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

Farming & the land, 1916

600 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 30

High Priced Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

Hill, Clark, and Co., Ltd. (Goulburn branch) report having sold a draft of 800 crossbred lambs at the exceptional price of 24/ per head in the paddock. These lambs were only five months…

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Commercial. Young District Wool

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

Crossbred fleece wool from Mr. Chas. Crichton, Glaisnock, Young, sold at 17¾d per lb at Winchcombe, Carton's Sydney auction last week…

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Milvale Whirlwind at Milvale. Excitement at Wheat Stack

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 3

Milvale railway yards was visited last Friday by a whiriwind which caused a sensation amongst the wheat lumpers and carters engaged in the…

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Crop Harvested in Day

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 3

It is remarkable what co-operation and unselfish patriotism can do, when people make up their minds in earnest to carry out the gigantic of noble task…

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Roumanian Wheat. British Hold Contracts. Bucharest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 2

Theo Government has refused Germany's offer to outbid the British syndicate's contract for wheat…

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Short of Butter

Young Witness · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.—The Berlin authorities are initiating a system of butter cards next month…

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Fire in Mill. Much Wheat Dbstroyec

Young Witness · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

GUNNEDAH, Tuesday. — What is known as No. 2 mill, owned by Brunton and Co., was totally destroyed, by fire here this morning. The mill…

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Wheat Stacked. Week Ending February. 12

Young Witness · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

Following is the number of bags of wheat stacked at all stations on railway lines within a radius of 40 miles of Young, for the week ended…

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Great Wheat Stacks.. the Western Harvest

Young Witness · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

CANOWINDRA, Tuesday.—The present wheat harvest has eclipsed all previous records. There are 400,000 bags of wheat piled in high stacks…

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"John Bridge" Wool Sales Sterling Figures

Young Witness · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

John Bridge, and Co. held another auction sale on the 14th inst., and a glance at the appended figures indicates that it is worthy to rank with…

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On the New Line. Farmers' Grievance. Delayed Railway Facilities

Young Witness · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

A farmer at Piney. Rauge, on the new cross country railway from Stockin bingal to Forbes, ventilates what appears to be a very real grievance…

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Wool

The Yass Courier · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. A. Kerr’s Otterbourne’ Clip brought 47½d in Sydney a few days ago. The wool was classed as deep grown, fine, soft and fleecy…

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F.A.Q. Wheat Standard. F.A.Q. Wheat Standard

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The sectional committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce met yesterday afternoon and decided to make the F. A. Q…

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Oilworks Strike. Wheat Held, Up

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Owing to labor difficulties at the Vacuum Coy's. oil works, four large cargoes of oil are held up in harbour in ships, which are…

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Million Bags of Wheat. Awaiting-railway Trucks

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 2

ORANGE. Monday.—Over a million bags of wheat are stacked between Forbes and Orange, awaiting trucks. At Goologong, 5000 acres of wheat…

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Wheat Scheme

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 4

Melbourne, Tuesday.—A conference of the Ministers for Agriculture of the various wheat producing States to consider the operation of the wheat scheme was begun to-day. Among the…

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Wool Trade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 4

We have been requested by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., to give pub city to the following statement:— WOOL GROWERS!…

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The Wheat Harvest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 4

As an indication of the heavy wheat traffic being dealt with during the current season it. has been ascertained that no fewer than 293,180 bags of wheat were loaded at stations in the…

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Wool Trade

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2
Also in Young Witness

We have been requested by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., to give publicify to the following statement:-- WOOL GROWERS!…

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