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

Farming & the land, 1911

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Sheep Kill Each Other. an Appalling Shambles

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

Brisbane, Wednesday.—A Winton wire states that the particulars are to hand regarding the disaster to Lucknow sheep, bound from Avon Downs. They show that they had…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

The first series of colonial wool sales opened brisk this afternoon with a 5 to 10 per cent. decline on the closing rates of the previous series…

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Dirty Dairy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 4

At Wagga on Monday Michael Minogue, a farmer, of the Tooyal district, was prosecuted at the Wagga Police Court under the Dairies Supervision Act on a charge of…

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Historic Farmhouse Sold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 4

The historic farmhouse of Ligny, where Napoleon won his very last battle against Blucher two days before his final defeat at Waterloo, has been purchased at a heavy…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date Jan. 16 :-- Weekly sales will be resumed in…

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For Bagging Wool. a Handy Method

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 4

The accompanying illustration shows how to construct a handy apparatus for packing wool. The four legs of the sacker are made of 2 x 4in stuff, 6½ft…

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Sydney Wool Report. Schute, Bell, & CO

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 3

Jan 16.—Weekly sales will be resumed in Sydney this afternoon, and no doubt a lower market than ruled here last month will have to be faced…

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Ear-marking Sheep

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 4

A CASE of a somewhat novel nature was heard before the Goulburn police court this week, in which Donald P. Cullen pleaded not guilty to a charge of cutting…

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Wheat Culture. Experiments to Overcome Difficulties

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 4

MR. Hugh Boss, inspector of the southern section on New South Wales, under the Department of Agriculture, has been supervising experiments in the Goulburn district…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 5

At the wool sales this afternoon bidding was active, home buyers operating keenly at the opening rates of the series. Jan. 19…

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For Bagging Wool. a Handy Method

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 2

The accompanying illustration shows how to construct a handy apparatus for packing wool. The four legs of the sacker are made of [?] stuff, 6½ft…

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Great Maize Crops

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

Splendid maize crops are growing in the vicinity of the Murrumbidgee and Little Rivers, and great yields are expected. Mr. Alfred Humphries’…

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Crowther Settlement Farms

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 2

THE following is the official summary of the Crowther Estate closer settlement purchase farms, which will he available for application on February 20 :—…

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Wheat District on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 4

It is reported that the whole of the Teodolina wheat district, in the province of Santa Fe, is on fire. The report has not yet been confirmed…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 2

The wool sales opened this afternoon firm and with increased competition. Faulties were still weak. American buyers are operating for best New Zealand crossbreds, some sections of the…

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Yass Wool

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 2

Fleece wool belonging to Mr. M. Davis’ Gounyan clip, from Murrumbateman, realised 11¾d per lb. at Winchcombe Carson’s sale on Monday last…

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Scientific Notes. Cattle Pump Drinking

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

An inventor, in Kansas, by an ingenious scheme, makes his cattle pump their own drinking water. The path leading to the watering trough…

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Sydney Wool Report. DALGETY & Co., Ltd

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

Jan. 19.—Results obtained at the first week's sales in the New Year in Sydney market have, unfortunately, proved the same as those experienced…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 2

At the wool sales this afternoon there was strong Yorkshire competition for all good combing merinos, which showed a hardening tendency. Faulties were rather irregular…

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Special Cattle Sale

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 2

Messrs. W.H. Wheatley, De Lauret and Co., of Goulburn (in conjunction), report having yarded over 1000 head of cattle (including about 6000 head on…

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