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

Farming & the land, 1914

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 4

The Farmers and settlers' Association resolved on Friday not to ally itself with any other political organisation or to make joint selection of candidates. A stormy scene…

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Mr. Cook and the Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 6

Addressing the Farmers and Settlers' Conference on Thursday Mr. Cook said—One thing he could promise—that the Government would not put on any more taxees than were…

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For the Wheat, Oat, and Barley Crop. Lest We Forget

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 2

Much depends upon the breaking of the soil crust after rainfall, and in most of the wheat districts rain has fallen relieving many…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 4

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. A[?]sford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 166…

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The Orchard. Farmyard Manure. Its Application to the Soil

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 4

The quantity of farmyard manure that should be supplied to orchard lands will vary widely according to the character of the soil and the amount…

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A Buoyant Wool Market

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1914 · page 4

According to the latest reports received by us from John Bridge and Company, Ltd., the well known Sydney wool brokers, there is, as…

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Farmers and Settlers’ Association. Trucking Yards again Discussed

The Yass Courier · Thursday 23 July 1914 · page 6

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above Association was held in the Mechanics’ Institute on Saturday afternoon last. In the absence of the…

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Farmers Conference

The Yass Courier · Thursday 23 July 1914 · page 5

The farmers and Settlers’ Conference pronounced in favor of freehold tenure. The principle that all produce was equlaly “black” or…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 2

Schute, Bill and Co., report under date 20th July : -- Values continue to be well maintained at the current London sales, United States competition being…

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Lest We Forget. for the Wheat, Barley or Oat Crop

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 3

Thus writes Mr. W. T. Nixon, Shirley's popular representative, in "The Fertiliser" Magazine:— HARROWING THE SURFACE:…

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Record Price For Wool

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 2

It is interesting to note that from the latest wool reports ef John Bridge wool brokers, Sydney, the raw material continues to hold its own…

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The Price of Butter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 July 1914 · page 6

The wholesale quotation for butter on Thursday was advanced 4/ per cwt., making the price of choicest brands 124/. The movement, according to many Sussex-street agents, was quite…

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Who Farms the Farmer? To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 July 1914 · page 2

Sir,—The so-called Farmers and Settlers' Association, I notice, are having their annual conference in Sydney. This association when first formed was a genuine farmers and settlers'…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notice

The Yass Courier · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 4

Considerable disturbance and in[?] [?] as well as [?]iety and wor[?] is sometimes occasioned in large [?] by outbreaks among the [?]…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 4

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision, of the Horn. W. G. A[?]ford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 167…

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Wool Trade Affected. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 2

It is reported that in consequence of the complications arising out of the European situation a number of Sydney wool buyers are having their purchasing orders cancelled…

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Anxiety in the Wool Trade. The Austria Question Again

The Yass Courier · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 5

The cables to hand from Europe during the last forty-eight hours have caused considerable anxiety to all concerned in the wool trade…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell & CO

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 4

July 25.—At the wool sates in Brisbane last week, June quotations were well maintained except for some slight irregularity in scoureds. The tone of…

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The Wool Trade. an Ominous Outlook

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 4

The events of the last forty-eight hours have done much to alter the favorable prospects looming ahead of industry generally and the Wool trade…

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Crossbreeding with Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 5

The crossbreeding experiments with sheep, initiated under the direction of the Sheep and Wool Expert, are now running into five years at Wagga experiment farm, and it is possible…

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