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

Farming & the land, 1913

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Butterfly Farms

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 4

It is, perhaps, not a matter of general knowledge that in England there are at least three farms devoted entirely to the cultivation of butterflies and moths…

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Incredible Callousness Sheep Before Human Life

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 4

A couple of weeks ago news filtered through from Queensland of the tragic end of a young man, 26 years of age, named Harold Peacock, formerly a…

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Sale of Dairy Herd. Record Prices

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 2

Messrs. O. H. Furner and Co., Ltd., report having held a remarkably successful clearing sale on Tuesday on behalf of Mr. Thomas Thoroughgood, of Norwood. There was a large…

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Wool Market

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

Schute, Bell & Co.'s report. April 21.-The market showed buoyancy again at the Antwerp sales last week, so that satisfactory clearances…

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Sydney Wool Market

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date April 21:- The market showed buoyancy again of the Antwerp sales last week, so that…

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Wheat Food Values for Poultry

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 3

Main poultry keepers who are used to feeding their birds on Various meals have very little idea of their composition. And now just a few words on the…

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Practical Agriculture. Original Articles [?] written to this column All Rights Reserved Moisture in Butter

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 3

The maximum amount of moisture in butter allowed is 16 per cent., and in a contention that this maximum was too low, the point was submitted to a…

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Farm Buyers Operating

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 2

Sales have just been completed of blocks 12, 13, 34 and 32 of the "Terramungamine" Subdivision, near Dubbo; also of one of the two remaining blocks of the well-known…

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

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 4

The London sales opened last week without appreciable change in prices, as compared with closing rates of the last series there, but…

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Sydney Wool Market

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date April 28:-- The London sales opened last week without appreciable change in prices, as…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell & Co.'s Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 4

April 28.—The London Bales opened last week without appreciable change in prices, as compared with closing rates of last series there, but…

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High Prices for Locally Bred Cattle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 4

At the cattle sales on Wednesday a vealer bred by Mr. Max Chisholm, of Merrilla, 9 months old, was sold by O. H. Furner & Co., Ltd., for the high price of £4/2/6, the same owner's other…

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The Workers and the Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

"Mr. Fisher promises us more protection. Well, America is learning the lesson of protection, and is turning away from high tariffs. I have already held, and still hold, that there is…

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Farming on Share System

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 4

A case of great interest to farmers was heard at the Pakenham Police Court last week, when a farmer named Thomas Ranson Toby proceeded…

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Sydney Wool Market

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date May 5 :- Our London agents cabled us on Thursday that there had been indications…

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Wheat Producers—Beware!

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 2

Any person engaged in the production or handing of wheat during the coming season may be "held up" while ploughing, sowing,…

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More Money for Australian Farmers

The Yass Courier · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

It has long been thought that Africa is the only country in the world where ostriches can be farmed with profit, but in “life” for June,…

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Wheat Buying Case

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 2

A somewhat interesting case to wheat-buyers was decided in the Temora Small Debts Court last week, when A. D. Ness sued Camp and…

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Homestead Farms

The Yass Courier · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 5

In reply to an inquiry re-converting the unselected blocks (Farms 32 and 35) on the Hardwicke Estate into Homestead Farms, Mr. McGirr has…

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Wool Sales

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, report on May 22:- Our yesterday's wool catalogue included a number of early shorn wools, mainly…

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