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

Farming & the land, 1914

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Worms Damaging Wheat. In the North-West

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 24 August 1914 · page 4

The reports of cutworms doing damage among wheat crops were lately supplemented by a letter from a farmer, in the North-West who, having noticed…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 2

At a meeting of wool buyers and selling brokers on Wednesday morning it was unanimously resolved that no sales of wool be held for the present. Another meeting will take…

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Strong Demand for Cattle

The Yass Courier · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 6

It was an owners’ day in the cattle section at Homebush last Thursday Winchcombe, Carson Ltd, report that, though still faced with the…

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Germans Attacked by Boer Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 4

Reuter's Agent has confirmed the report that Germans in South-West Africa raided Union territory. They had been making preparations for some time. A force from Windhoek, the…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell & CO

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 3

Aug. 24.—Sales of wool on any scale do not seem to be appreciably nearer. It would be futile to offer wool at auction whilst French, Belgian, Russian…

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Cornsacks and Prices. Protecting Wheat-growers

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 3

Mr. G. W. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, who has been interesting himself in the prices charged for corn-sacks, said on Monday that active…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Partridge (General Organiser F. and S.A.), called in at Burrowa during the week, and made…

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Warwick Farm Races.—saturday

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

Hurdle Race—Compromise I, King Lucre 2, Monsievr 3. Farm Stakes—Gadara King I, Sir Reginald 2, Quiseta 3. Liverpool Mile—Chid I, Hopcast 2, Ravello 3. Three-year-old Handicap…

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Sale of Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 4

At the public sale-yards, Goulburn, on Wednesday, about 82 sheep generously given by Mr. Walter Reynolds, "Somerton," Lake Bathurst, to the Patriotic Fund were sold by auction…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 2

Schute, Ball and Co., report under date, August 31:-- A cable from Bradford published to-day says:--"There is great demand for…

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More Wheat for Britain. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 2

Fourteen additional vessels, carrying cargoes for Germany, have been diverted to Liverpool, including several wheat cargoes, which the Government requisitioned…

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The Wheat Crops

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 2

Notwithstanding the continued dry weather, only about 40 points of rain having fallen since 17th July, when 7 points were recorded. The…

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The Wool Market

The Yass Courier · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 4

Mr. Winchombo, in the following letter, assures us that the wool selling brokers have the question of making a market here prominently before…

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Wool Sales Postponed. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 4

The wool sales have been. postponed, till October 6. The list closes on the 21st instant…

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Australian Wheat Ship Arrives. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 4

The ship Svaland, which loft Sydney on May 14 with 45,296 bushels of wheat, has arrived at Queenstown. The steamers Dorset, which left Brisbane on June 11, and the Marathon,…

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The War and Wheat. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 4

Sir,—In connection with the many public efforts now being made to ameliorate the evils which most certainly must ensue as the direct or indirect results of the calamity which has…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., report under date, Sept. 7 :-- The wool trade is still lifeless, and prospects ahead do not seem bright…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell & CO

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 2

Sept 7.—The wool trade is still lifeless, and prospects ahead do not seem bright judging by the sheepskin sales…

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Power on the Farm

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 4

What a blessing the Oil Engine has proved to the 'Man on the Land,' with the numerous duties to which he can put his engine, and what a…

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The Hop Crop. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 2

The English hop crop is one of the largest in the yield for the acreage for many years, and also one of the choicest quality. It is estimated at 450,000 cwt…

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