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

Farming & the land, 1909

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Wool Sales

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. report under date March 17th inst:--At our sale to-day we submitted a catalogue of 667 bales, comprising portion of three well-known…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Meeting of Committee

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the Young Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held at Mr. J. F. Dwyer’s office on Thursday last. Mr. J. Foray the (president) occupied the chair and…

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[Reuter's.] London, Friday. Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day there was strong, keen competition for merinos at the highest rates of the series. Continental buyers ale taking the bulk, and Americans are buying…

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Wool Sales. London, March 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 6

At the wool sales this afternoon bidding was animated. Prices for merinos showed a hardening tendency. Sir Thomas Sutherland presided at the…

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Cable News. the Wool Sales. Prices Hardening. London, March 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

The sales this afternoon were the keenest of the present series. Prices for all sorts are hardening. Merinos were 5 per cent. above the opening…

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High-priced Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

Messrs. deLauret and Co. report having sold on account of Mr. F. F. Gibson, Tirranna, four Hampsire wethers at 39s per head and four Hampshire ewes at 37s per head. This shows…

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Victoria Wheat Harvest

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

The figures prepared by the Government statist relative to the Victorian wheat harvest make encouraging reading, showing a remarkable increase as…

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Wool Sales. London, March 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 4

At the wool sales yesterday the biddings of Yorkshire buyers displayed remarkable animation. Good merinos showed a hardening tendency, and crossbreds were very firm at highest…

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The Advancing Wool Trade. Addition to Wool Stores Pyrmont. From the Sydney [“Daily Telegraph.”]

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 3

The contract announced in our issue of Tuesday last as having been let to Messrs. Stuart Bros., in the office of Mr. Clamp, architect, for the erection of…

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Goulburn Show. Yass Sheep Again Successful. MR. C. C. Hall’s Object Lesson

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

The Penny Post says;—In the sheep sections among the [?] the entries were not so numerous and there was little competition, although the quality…

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Share Farming

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

The Gundagai Times says :—Share farming has become so popular in this State, probably as the result of the successful experiments on landra…

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Sale of Farming Areas

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

Mr. P. M. Bourke, commission agent, Yass, reports the following property sales at satisfactory prices : On account of Mr. [?] .Moore…

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Australian Butter Values in London

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 3

At every opportunity certain politicians representing country districts, and also some of the Government dairy experts in the Commonwealth, make it a point to…

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Farm and Field. Action of Warm Water on Rennet

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 3

It is stated by the Canadian dairy journals that the discovery has been made in Canada that the use of warm water destroys the action of rennet. The…

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Cattle mortality

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 4

Brisbane. -- Barcaldine reports that 110 bulls from Westwood, en route to Chudleigh Park, Richmond, T. Ellis, owner, D. Brown in charge, arrived on Tuesday…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on March 23 : -- Cable messages have been received by us from our London house advising the…

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Wool Market. Winchcombe, Carson & CO

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 6

17th March.—After an interval of a fortnight we brought forward yesterday a catalogue of 1357 bales, comprising several lines of attractive wool…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) Daffodils in Pots

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 4

It does not appear to be generally known, especially among amateurs, that for pots, daffodils in variety yield for a comparatively small…

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Wool Sales

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co., Wool & Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date 23rd March:--The London sales have closed with an increasingly buoyant tone, and in view of…

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Agriculture, Etc. Dairy Herds. Various Types Compared

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 3

Dr. A. E. P. Rockwell has an article in "The Popular Science Monthly" on the subject of milk, and incidentally offers the following remarks on dairy…

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