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

Farming & the land, 1914

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Pastoral. Sheep Fly Maggot. Suggestions for Checking Them

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 September 1914 · page 1

Since the formation of the Government sheep fly experiment station in the Brewarrina district in September, 1913, a considerable amount of information has been obtained…

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Canadian Crop. Ottawa

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 September 1914 · page 2

The Department of Trade estimates the Canadian wheat production at 159,660,000 bushels and oats at 327,732,000 bushels. SYDNEY, Thursday…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., report under date, Sept. 14:-- It is intended to hold a conference of selling brokers from the various States in…

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Seized Wheat. Legal Difficulty

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 2

The 142,000 bags of wheat seized at Darling Island by the Government under the authority of the Necessary Commodities Act is still intact in its possession. None of it was distributed on…

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The Broken Hill Miners. "We're Not Cattle."

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 4

That the Broken Hill miners are independent the police and railway officials of Goulburn would not for a moment deny, for they had this particular phase of their characters fully…

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Commandeered. Stocks of Wheat. 142,000 Bags. Seizure by the Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 4

The police on Thursday seized on behalf of the State Government. 142,000 bags of wheat stored in the railway sheds at Darling Island. Inspector Mitchell, who effected the seizure,…

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Seized Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2

The State Attorney-General hopes to have a scheme ready to-day (Tuesday) for distributing the wheat seized by the Government. It is understood that application is to be made to…

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Important to Sheep-owners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2

Sheep louse and sheep tick have been proclaimed diseases under the Stock Diseases (Tick) Act. Regulations in connection therewith are published in the Government Gazette of the 2nd…

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Seized Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 2

Only a little wheat was sold by the Government on Wednesday, mostly for poultry feeding purposes. Country millers on Wednesday asked the…

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Seized Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 4

Only a comparatively small quantity of wheat was sold on Tuesday by the Government. The Attorney-General was freely questioned in the Assembly in regard to the seizure of…

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Sheep Prices at Homebush

The Yass Courier · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 6

Sheepbuyers were keen for business at the Homebush auctions last Monday. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. commenting on the market state that…

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The Wheat Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 2

Wheat is quiet, prices tending in buyers' favour. The visible supply is 67,760 bushels. Chicago wheat is quieter. September is quoted at 108½ cents., and December at 111 cents…

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Sheep Stealers in Snow Country Says the “ Wagga Advertiser'”

The Yass Courier · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 4

In-regard to the rush for snow leases to depasture stock, on-account of shortage of feed on the plain country, people who have had no…

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Yass Farmers and Settler’s Association

The Yass Courier · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 6

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above branch was held in the Mechanics’ Institute on Saturday afternoon last, but the attendance was…

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Sale Of Sheep

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3

At the public sale-yards, Goulburu, recently, about 82 sheep generously given by Mr. Walter Reynolds, "Somerton," Lake Bathurst, to the…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell & CO

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 2

Sept. 21.—The conference of selling brokers held in Melbourne last week decided to await the opening of the London sales on the 6th October before…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Boy and Girl Charged. Burrowa Police Court. Friday, September 18. (Before Mr, D. Brace, J.P.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 2

Daisy May Smith, aged 22, and Bernard George smith, aged 13, were charged that on the 18th September, 1914, they…

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The Wheat Seizure. What Mr. Conroy Says

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

Mr. A. H. Conroy is himself a large wheat-grower, and has given the principle of the fixing of prices by statute law considerable thought. On Wednesday he…

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Crookwell Farmers and the War

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

At a meeting of farmers of the Crookwell district held here on 19th instant, it was resolved that a donation in potatoes be made to the Patriotic War Funds, and…

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American Sheep Buyers

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 3

Representatives of the United States Federal Department of Agriculture and i the National- Woolgrowers Association ate on a visit to New…

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