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

Farming & the land, 1914

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"Black" Wheat. Fighting a Boycott

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 2

Wagga, Wednesday.—In reference to reports to the effect that arrangements had been completed for 700 farmers from this district to go to Sydney to handle grain declared "black" by…

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Gorging on Wheat. a Sure Remedy

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 3

At this season cases of mortality among horses from gorging with new wheat frequently crop up. Iu this…

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Wool Sales. Schute, Bell & Co.'s Report. Jan. 12

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 3

The market closed last week at very satisfactory levels for all descriptions, the tread of values being still somewhat in…

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Educating Farmers

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

The best mid most profitable work that farmers' unions in dairying, districts could do would be to give attention to these practical matters…

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Farm and Field. Specially written for this column. All Rights Reserved. Functions of Fertilisers

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

Every fanner who roads an agricultural paper knows that the essential ingredients which it is necessary to restore to the soil as plant food to make…

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More Farms Available

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 3

The Minister for Lands announces that 70 farms will he gazetted on January 21 for ballot on March 2. They are on…

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A Record Load of Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 6

A load bearing 150 bags of wheat, weighing 12 tons and drawn by 10 bullocks, being a record for the Burroan district, was recently unloaded at Goorama siding by Silas Beven,…

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Cable News. Free Wool. Salt Lake City, Jan. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 2

The Woolgrowers' Conventioon sharply criticised the presidential attitude in connection with free wool. Mr. M'Laure, the convention secretary,…

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Rations for Dairy Cattle. Balanced v. Unbalanced Ones

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 4

With a view to demonstrating the loss which dairymen may sustain if they supply their cows with an unbalanced ration (that is, a ration which contains…

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Dairying. Danish Tuberculin Unions. The Cause of Clean Herds

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 4

Denmark provides an excellent example of what can be done by dairymen themselves towards the advancement of their industry--an example that can be…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. of Agriculture, and are based, mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 140. Agricultural. Seasonable Work. Practical Suggestions

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 4

With the harvest over and a good deal of the carting of the wheat done, preparations for the ensuing sowing should now occupy the thoughts of…

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"Black" Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 4

The general secretary of the A.W.U., Mr. E. Grayndler, has approached representatives of wheat-buying firms in Sydney and urged them to use their influence with his own in an…

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Wool Reports

The Yass Courier · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 4

H[?] Jone and Deylla, Ltd., offered [?] in the New Year a [?] bales, including a [?] of the New…

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Bookham Station Wool Clip

The Yass Courier · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 2

Competition on Messrs. John and Jas. A. Love’s Bookham wool clip was very, lively at Winchcombe, Carson’s Sydney suction last week, and…

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Wool Reports. Schute Bell & Co. Ltd

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 4

The market closed, at its highest point for the season for good wools last week, and there is every prospect of…

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Wool Sales

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited, report having offered on Monday for their second sale in the New Year a catalogue of 3383 bales, including a fair…

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Preservation of Farmyard Manure

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

Tho manure heaps will soon be accumulating again, and it behoves every farmer to take the necessary measures to stop waste of the fertilising…

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Farm and Field. Original Article Specially written for this column. Salt As a Fertiliser

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

Some plants more than others are benefited by dressings of salt applied to the soil. Thus mangold wurzel and beetroot still preserve the ancestral love…

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Wool Reports

The Yass Courier · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us on Wednesday:—“We sold 5300 bales at to-day’s sale, the market for fine wool being firm at…

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Dairying. Crossing Dairy Cattle. Useful Broads

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 4

Speaking before the Inverell branch of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. H. A. Alexander made some comments on the crossing of cattle for dairy purposes,…

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