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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Wool and the Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 4

No wool will be received at Goulburn and elsewhere until further notice. It appears that all the wool stores are full, while there is a congestion at Darling Harbour and Clyde. This is due to the…

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Mould on Butter

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 4

As mould is a tiny plant or fungus, it is important that butter-makers and butter-dealers should know by what means they can entirely prevent its…

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Wool Market. Harrison, Jones a Devlin

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

Nov. 25.—We submitted a choice cats logue of 4061 bales, comprising a splendid assortment in the grease and a further large instalment of the well known CC…

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The World's Wheat Harvest "A Ceaseless Yearly Wonder."

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 3

The world's harvest is a ceaseless yearly wonder, and agriculture through it is getting buried beneath a manure of Latin and other words, is ever…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (Copyright.) Reason for Milking Cows Clean. Prof. F. S. Cooley. (Experiment Station)

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 4

Many causes for fluctuations in the fat contents of milk have been discovered, most of which are more or less understood by dairymen. Breed…

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Wool and Wheat Blocked at Stations. Provision for Storage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday Colonel Ryrie, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Railways if in view of the fact that at many country railway stations there were…

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Will Sheep Kill Snakes?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

This is a story told by a Victorian farmer of the behaviour of a flock which he happened to witness. He noticed that the sheep had formed a ring, and were trotting around…

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“ the Stones.” Islington Cattle Market

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 2

The famous dictum, of Rabelais that “one half of the world known not bow the other half lives” applies equally to London. There are tens of thousands…

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The Wool Sales. London, Nov. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 2

At the wool auctions this afternoon good crossbreds and merinos were keenly competed for, but common sorts were irregular…

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The Farmer’s Produce. “ RINGS ” AND “ CIRCLES.” (From S.M. HERALD.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

ONE has not to attend the sales of produce at the Redfern railway auction yards for any length of time before discovering that a consignment…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

Upon the resumption of the Sydney wool sales on Monday moderate catalogues were submitted, and good clearances effected. Competition was keep at full late rates,…

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Cable News. the Wool Sales. Closed Firm. London, Dec. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 4

The wool sales closed firm with strong competition. London, Dec. 3. Compared with September rates, all crossbreds advanced 5 percent. Greasy merinos were rather…

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Feeding Off Wheat with Sheep

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 5

Many farmers make it a rule to feed off their early wheat crops. Sheep are admirable for this, for if care is taken not to put them on a field…

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The Dairy. Production of Cold Cream

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 5

Flavor-producing germs multiply rapidly while the milk is warm. It is only by cooling the milk down that it can be saved. If no bacteria had got…

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Fertilisers for Different Crops

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 5

The recently issued journal of the Irish Department of Agriculture contains a full report of the field experiments carried out in recent years in various parts of…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 2

Schute, Ball and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date December 6:-- Sales were resumed to-day, and good…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Yass Wool Selling Well

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., report: After considerable delay, resulting from the complications following on the [?] [?] we were able to…

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Carriage of Wool

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 2

LAPSED FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS. During the latter part of last week the Railway Commissioners ceased carrying wool into the city. The wool…

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Wool Market. Schute Bell & CO , LTD

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 2

Dec. 6.—Sales were resumed to-day, and good clearances were effected at about the best level of prices current before sales were suspended. In…

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Wool Market. Schute Bell & Co., Ltd

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 6

Dec. 6.—Sales were resumed to-day, and good clearances were effected at about the best level of prices current before sains were suspended. In…

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