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

Farming & the land, 1912

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Railway Congestion. and Farmers’ Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 2

THE statement made in our commercial columns yesterday (says Wednesday’s S.M. HERALD) by a merchant, to the effect that if greater quantities of wheat sure brought,…

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Annual Stud and Flock Sheep Sale at Yass

The Yass Courier · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 2

On Wednesday last the annual sheep sales, conducted by Mr. P. M. Bourke were advanced another stage on the road of time. The dry season…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tref[?]e, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments ol the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Sir Evelyn Wool and the Giraffe

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 4

It was while serving in India that Sir Evelyn Wood had one of the strongest experiences that can fall to any man, however venturesome, says a writer in "The…

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Germination of Wheat

The Yass Courier · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 3

A question of vital importance to wheat-growers is the proper germinations of the seed when it is sown. In last month’s Agricultural Gazette…

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Wool Reports Dalgety & Co. Ltd

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 4

At yesterday's sales we submitted our fifteenth catalogue for this season comprising 4,650 hales, including several super lines in the grease…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. For the Man on the Land

The Yass Courier · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L,. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the…

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Wool Sales. Hill. Clark & Co. Ltd

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

On Monday we offered a catalogee of 3,606 bales. The selection was comprised chiefly of good general average wools with some nice c[?]ps…

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Farm Tragedy. Father and Son Shot

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 6

Melbourne Thursday.—A gruesome tragedy was discovered to have taken place on a farm at Moorngag yesterday by Mr. T. F. Harrison. He found is a slab and bark hut the bodies of…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 2

Alexander MacAulay was charged on an information laid by Arthur James Griffen with stealing one bull calf the property of the said…

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Wool Report

The Yass Courier · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 2

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool Salesmen, Sydney, report under date of 15th instant -.—The Sydney market has the distinction at the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefic Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Detriment. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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No. 41. Farming in the "Dry" Districts

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 4

THE first results of farming operations at the Nyngan State Farm are encouraging. The manager of the farm (Mr. H. J. Kelly), in a report, says that the…

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Canada Through Australian Spectacles:: Ready Made Farm Chapter Xvi

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 4

When British people start a colony, they invite all the world to come in and share the blessings of the place, and there is something magnificent in that British form of hospitality, which gives welcome to every soul. But it won't work always, as we have found out in…

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Farm and Station Laborers

The Yass Courier · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 4

We are advised by the Director the Immigration Bureau that 150 selected agricultural laborers from the rural districts of Great Britain…

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Wool Reports. Schute, Bell, & Co. Ltd

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 4

As is usual at the closing sales of the main selling season, the proportion of heavy conditioned, wasty, and poorly skirted lines in recent…

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Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 3

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report under date 19th Feb.—As is usual at the closing sales of the main wool-selling…

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Wool Report

The Yass Courier · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 2

Hill, Clark and Co. Ltd., report :—On Tuesday last we held our last weekly sale for the season just coming to a close, when we brought…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Treffic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Wool Reports. Hill Clark, & Co., Ltd

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 2

On Tuesday last we held our last weekly sale for the season just coming to a close, when we brought forward a catalogue of 2,930 bales…

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