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

Farming & the land, 1911

582 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 15 of 30

Disastrous Sheep Shipment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 2

When the steamer Wanaka arrived on Thursday from New Zealand, and the New Zealand breeders who had shipped a large consignment of sheep to the Sydney sales took delivery of their stock, they…

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Sheep Dog Trials

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 4

At the sheep dog trials at the Sydney Sheep Show on Friday Speck worked for J. Morrison, of Queanbeyan. His trial was not attractive. After aimless attempts at the hurdles Speek was withdrawn before…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the…

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Shortage of Labour on Dairy Farms. L.k.g. Milking Machines to the Rescue

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 6

We read constantly in the newspapers of the difficulty in obtaining experienced milkers on dairy farms, and the difficulty will probably become still more acute, but the L.K.G…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Yass Courier · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 4

[These, Notes will be issued every week under the direction of the Honorary Mini[?]tr for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and [?] based mainly on the experiments of the…

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Sheep Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 4

At the sheep sales on Tuesday a Haddon Rig stud ram brought 700 guineas. Other sales included—On account A. J. and H. L. Austin, N.S.W., stud ram, Faithfull, 135 guineas; on…

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Stud Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 2

The stud sheep sales on Wednesday included the following Lincolns:—On account Eber Barriball (Waiuku, Auckland, N.Z.).—Two ewes, H. W. Bell, 6gs, 17gs. On account…

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Annual Wool Review

The Yass Courier · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 2

Dalgety and Company, Limited, wool salesmen, Sydney, report:—The wool year which closed on June 30th last was, on the whole, one of much…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Yass Courier · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 4

[These Notes will be issued every week under the direction of the Honorary Minis[?]r for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report undedate July 3-- About 6500 bales were offered in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Agriculture. Bathurst Section

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 2

Oats and rye may be sown; but, speaking generally, they should be in. It is debatable whether August-sowing would not be preferable for any not sown in…

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Wool Report. Schute Bell & Co Ltd

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 8

About 6,500 bales were offered in Melbourne last week, competition being general and fairly animated on a par with…

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Sydney Wool Report. Schute, Bell & CO

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 2

July 3—About 6,500 bales "were offered in Melbourne last week, competition being general and fairly animated on…

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Corn As Dry Farm Crop

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 5

In all dry farming areas the conservation of rainfall in the soil, where it becomes available to growing crops, is the keystone of successful agricul-…

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The Farmer. Breeding Heifers Too Young

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 3

The farmer who breeds a heifer at less than two years of age evidently does so in order to begin realizing a profit from her as early as…

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Farmers and Settler's

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 4

There was a small attendance at the meeting at Jugiong on Saturday with the view of re-forming a branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association. The time was…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Tref[?]e), and are [?] mainly on the…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. Antwerp, July 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 6

The wool sales opened yesterday. There was a good representative attendance, but the bidding disappointed holders, prices receding 5 centimes for merinos and up to 15 centimes for…

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Wool Report. Dalgety & Co., Gtd., report

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 10 July 1911 · page 3

The wool year which closed 011 June 30th last was, on the whole one of much prosperity for the great majority of people in any…

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Our New Serial Story. the Rentons. Now First Published. His Last and Best Effort. [?]Oo[?].--the Disappearance. Chapter I.--The Rivers' Farm House

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 10 July 1911 · page 4

It was late in the afternoon of a glorious June day in the year 1878. The dust on the country road, leading from La[?]ton (a fair-sized market town in--Shire)…

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