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

Farming & the land, 1917

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Damage to Wheat. (To the Editor)

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

The damage now being done to our wheat attacks by the mice, which besides the monetary loss to the fanners is also a national disaster, should be…

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Wheat Stacks Fire. Heavy Damage at Gidginbung

Young Witness · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 3

Shortly after 6 a.m. on Sunday a fire was discovered in a stack of wheat at Gldginbung railway siding. The stack was in charge of Mr. Field, of…

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Wheat Possible New Zealand Purchase. (Country Press Telegram) SYNDEY

Young Witness · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 2

Mr. MacDonald, Minister for Agriculture in New Zealand, has arrived in Melbourne for the purpose of Inquiring into the possibility of purchasing…

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A Red Triangle Farm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

The Y.M.C.A. in Australia has received word that a healthful farm in Somerset, England, has been purchased by the association and fitted up as a sanatorium to be placed at the service of…

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Red Triangle Farm

The Yass Courier · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 2

The Y .M. C A. in Australia has received word that healthful farm in Dorset has been purchased by the Association and fitted…

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Wheat Stack Collapses

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2

As a result of the inroads made by the mice, a huge wheat stack at Bendick Morrell collapsed early yesterday morning and covered the railway…

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Record Wheat Harvest

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 1

Statistics were made available by the South Australian Wheat Harvest Board. They show that to date for this season 40,169,000 bushelts of…

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Wheat Pool. Position Obscure

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2

Addressing a meeting of wheat growers at Wagga, Mr. Trethowan, M.L.C. member of the State Wheat Board, said he believed that formers would…

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Sowing More Wheat Movement at Wagga

The Yass Courier · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 2

At a public meeting of farmers and business people of Wagga held on Monday last, Mr. H. K Mitchelmore (president of the M P and A…

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Important to Wheat Farmers

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 3

Mr. John Wise advises having received the following letter from the State Wheat Board.— "I have to inform you that in…

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Wheat Certificates

Young Witness · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

Wheat certificates are to be sold on the Melbourne Stock Exchange. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn) stated that a ta meeting of the…

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"John Bridge." Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Chairman on Wool Clip and Wheat Pool

Young Witness · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 3

From the financial columns of the "Sydney Morning Herald" of the 16th inst, we extract the following interesting remarks made by the Chairman…

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Wheat Pool Ballot

Young Witness · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 2

Mr. H. B. Argus, J.P., of Boree Creek, solicits the support of the district farmers in connection with the Wheat Pool Ballot. Mr. Argus has had…

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Diminishing Wheat Production

Young Witness · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

What the Wagga branch, of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association has done illustrates the policy which must be adopted throughout Australia if she…

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Commercial Wool Reports

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 12th May, 1917:—After an interval given over to the Brisbane market, appraisements will…

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Wheat Sowing. a Seasonable Reminder

Young Witness · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

Sowing operations have been considerably delayed this season owing to the fact that the farmers have not had much fallowed land and also because…

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Wool. the Question of Control

Young Witness · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. write:—50,000 bales of wool will be offered during the appraisements which commenced in Sydney last Monday and…

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Extension of the Wheat Belt. a Fascinating Problem

Young Witness · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 6

"A feature of the agricultural development of Australia during the last fifteen years has been the gradual extension of the cultivation into areas…

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Wheat for Britain. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 2

Mr. Hughes states that the British Government has agreed to take as much wheat, which has been sold to them in the form of flour, as Australian…

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"John Bridge." Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Chairman on Wool Clip and Wheat Pool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 4

From the financial columns of the "Sydney Morning Herald" of the 16th instant, we extract the following interesting remarks made by the chairman (Mr. Lionel J. A. Bridge) of…

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