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

Farming & the land, 1914

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Dispute As to Sheep

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

In the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in Banco, before the Chief Justice and a jury of four, the action, Leahy v. Cogan, was heard. Dr.Brissenden, instructed by Messrs. Minter, Simpson, and…

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Wool in Better Demand

The Yass Courier · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 6

The good effect of the lifting of the Government embargo in reference to the export of merino wool to America was manifest in the more general…

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Help for farmers. What the Government is [?]ing towards creasing the wheat Area for Next Season

The Yass Courier · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 3

The following has been supplied us for public information. (1) Advances of seed wheat will be made to all necessitous farmers…

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The Wool Sales. Fall in Merinos. London

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

Jacomb, Son, and Co., and Buxton, Ronald, and Co., offered 9538 bales of wool. There was an excellent attendance, but except for New Zealand slips and scoured, for…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report having offered at auction on Wednesday, 9th instant, a catalogue of 1465 bales. Although un favourable news…

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Harden News. Wheat Grab

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 2

What is going to be the result of the wheat grab is hard to say. It its generally thought that although the Bill will be passed in the Lower House…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell & CO

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 3

December 7th.—Sales are to be returned here to-day, when it is hoped that business may be resumed to some extent by United States'…

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The World's Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 4

Bathgate's mid-season estimate of the world's wheat yield is 439,350,000 quarters…

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Labour Saving Appliances in the Dairy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 7

Owners of large dairies have hitherto experienced considerable difficulty in obtaining the services of reliable hands for their milking sheds. The conditions inseparably connected…

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Wool Market, Yass District Prices

The Yass Courier · Monday 14 December 1914 · page 2

At Thursday’s sale, super-merino wools slightly improved on recent rates, while all free lines if in fairly good condition met with a good…

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Exportaton of Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

Sir T. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, has elicited that the Board of Trade will permit the exportation of merino wool to the United States if the Bradford Conditioning…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 6

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, limited, offered at auction on Tuesday, 1830 bales. Wool market was practically unchanged ; good merino and…

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Distressed Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 4

An outline was given on Tuesday by the Minister for Agriculture of what the Government is doing, and proposes to do, in regard to advances of seed wheat and other necessaries to…

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Harden News. the Wheat Yield

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 3

The local sharefarmers are generally most dissatisfied with the price of 5s. per bushel for wheat; and the whole position is most Unsatisfactory,…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell & CO

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 3

Dec. H.—We held a successful sale on the 8th inst., offering 1094 bales, the limit allowed us under the reduced roster. Bradford competition was as…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 6

At the wool sales on Thursday 6162 bales were catalogued, and 4482 sold, including private transactions. The market was firm for best descriptions, but medium grades were…

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The Wheat Scheme

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 6

Mr. Hall, who is administering the Wheat Act, made a statement on Thursday. He said—"To-morrow a Government agent will be available at practically every wheat centre in New…

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World's Wheat. Shortage Predicted

The Yass Courier · Monday 21 December 1914 · page 4

The Premier has a despatch from the Agent General, enclosing a memorandum from the Board of Agriculture on the probable world’s…

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Seized Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 4

The chairman of the Wheat Acquisition Board (Mr. George Valder) stated on Saturday that the reason the board had advised the issue of a proclamation over wheat in Southern Riverina and…

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Special Cattle Sales

The Yass Courier · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 6

W. H. Weatley reports . having yarded over 5,800 head of cattle at the Goulburn yards on Thursday, the 17th inst., to a very large and…

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