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

Farming & the land, 1910

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Ideal Wheat Country

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 2

One experienced farmer at the recent Conference in Sydney, insisted that country for wheat growing should have 1000 ft. altitude and 22 inches…

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Sydney Wool Report. DALGETY & Co., Ltd. London Wool Sales—Close of the Series

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 3

A cable message received by Daigety & Company, Ltd., from their London House, states that The fourth series of Home wool sales, which opened on July…

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Sheep Eats Bank Notes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 4

Parkes, Thursday.—A district farmer had a peculiar experience the other day. He had several new Commercial Bank notes in his pocket, and lost them whilst crossing one of…

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Improvement of Wool Clips. Opinion of Mr. S. B. Hollings, of Bradford

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 3

“Every flock owner can rest assured that he has plenty of room for advancement, no matter how long he has been directing special attention to improving…

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Farmer Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 4

Nowra, Thursday.—On Wednesday George Purdie discovered the dead body of Hughie M'Donald near his home, about, three miles up the river. M'Donald had been coming home…

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Farmers' Co-operative Bank. London, Aug. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 August 1910 · page 2

Lord Carrington, President of the Board of Agriculture, speaking at a meeting of the Farmers'-Union, announced that he intended to submit to his colleagues a scheme…

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Butter Producing Countrie

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 6

The growth of the dairying industry in those countries which may be regarded as competitors, is shown in the following statement of exports of…

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Sydney Wool Report. Schute, Bell a Co., Ltd

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 4

August 8.—Early clip wools are steadily accumulating in store, pending the opportunity of offering at auction towards the end of this month…

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Practical —Agriculture. Original Articles. Specially Written for this Column. All Rights Reserved. Rotation of Crops

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 6

The rotation of crops is founded upon the fact of different plants repairing greater or less quantities of different kinds of soluble Salts, and…

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Murder in Dairy. Mystery of a Girl's Death

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 4

A verdict of "Murder by some person unknown" was returned yesterday (says the "Daily Mail" of May 26) at the inquest on Clara Durose, the young…

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High Wool Prices

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 3

At their November sale, 1900, the highest price realised by Messrs. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Melbourne, was 17d. per lb., for some beautifully grown wool…

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The Dairy. Value of Milk Records. an Expert Opinion

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 3

In a recent Issue of the English “Live Stock Journal,” the chairman of a large dairying company (Mr John Wrightson) gives a detailed opinion…

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How to Make Farming Pay

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 8

“ What is tho Lest class of farming to take up?” Is a-question which is frequently asked by the man with capital but without experience. No one can…

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Meeting of Farmers. Co-operative Principles Advocated

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 2

NOTWITHSTANDING the importance of the meeting, a comparative few farmers turned up at the School of Arts Hall on Saturday afternoon to hear…

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Farmer Freetraders. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 4

Sir,—A mass meeting of farmers, held at Winnipeg. Canada. denounced manufacturers growing rich by means of the tariff at the expense of the producer. So states the cable in Saturday's…

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Federation Wheat. From Farmers and Millers’ Point of View

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 August 1910 · page 4

THE large increase, in the yield of wheat recently obtained, not only in this but also in neighbouring States, is in no small measure due to the…

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Farmer’s Experiment Plots. the Milong Plot

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 August 1910 · page 2

THE August edition of the AGRICULTURALLY GAZETTE, just to hand, gives particular of the wheat experiments carried out by the Department during the season 1909…

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"Wheat King's" Profit £400,000

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 3

COST TO THE PUBLIC, £12,000,000. Mr. Patten's deal in May wheat being completed, I learn on authority that its profits will reach the comperatively modest…

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Sydney Wool Report. Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 2

Aug. 15.-The extent of daily arrivals of wool at rail would seem to indicate fairly extensive offerings at then next series of sales in this centre fixed…

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Practical Agriculture. Original Articles. Specially Written for this Column. All Righto Reserved. Feeding Dairy Cows

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 6

The kind of food that will be fed to cows in milk will, of course, be much governed by the production in any given locality. The aim should…

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