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

Farming & the land, 1917

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Wheat Experiments at Tubbul

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

Wheat experiment plots are being continued by the Department of Agriculture on the property of Mr. E. W. L. Gordon, "Yanterilla," Tubbul. Two…

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Wheat or Flour. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. C. Grahame, stated that he has received inquiries from a number of people, whether it would not be…

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Protecting Wheat From Mice. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 3

The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Grahame, announced yesterday that there will be a change in the management of the work in connection with…

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Export of Butter. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 3

A Melbourne report states that [?] is probable that the export of but ter will be prohibited this season…

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Eubindal Patriotic Crop

The Yass Courier · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 5

The ploughing and sowing of the above was a great success. The weather was perfect. As the ground seed and fertilizers were given free,…

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Wool Report

Young Witness · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 5

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report:—The appraisements were finished in Brisbane last week and catalogues are now…

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Wheat Kills Horses

Young Witness · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 4

From many country centres comes word of valuable horses dying through over gorging on wheat, the latest deaths coming from the Kelso district,…

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10,000, Sheep Drowned in New Zealand, Wellington

Young Witness · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

The damage done in Hawkes' Bay and in Poverty Bay by the floods is very consfderable. In the former province it is estimated that between…

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Will Be Paid. Sixpence Per Bushel on Old Wheat. Price Minister's Reply to Mr. J. Lynch. Melbourne

Young Witness · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

In the Federal Parliament to-day, Mr. John Lynch (Werriwa), asked the Prime Minister if the sixpence per bushel on old wheat would be paid on…

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Sheep Share Farming

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 4

Mr. R. F. Gardner, of Culcairn, writes suggesting that a system of share farming in regard to sheep should be adopted. There are, he states, so many…

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Rain Worth Millions. Wheat, Wool and Lambs. Pastoralists' Bright Outlook

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 4

It is estimated that the recent rainfall has benefited Australia to the extent of £25,000,000 in the value of wheat and lambs alone…

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July Sheep Sales

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 2

Messrs John Bridge & Co., have asked us to make known to their clients and friends in this district that, if they intend visiting the metropolis…

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Some Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 2

It is said that 6,000,000 bushels of wheat are to be brought to Goulburn. Does the ordinary everyday man, woman, or school girl or boy realise what this means? There are 2078.8…

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"A Farmer's Farewell to His Wheat Certificate."

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 2

A very interesting article entitled "A Farmer's Farewell to his Wheat Cortifleate," for which we have not space this issue, will appear in "The…

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Field Wheat Competition

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 1

The Council of the R.A.S. has decided to carry on the Field Wheat Competitions which were begun last season. The division embraced in…

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Storage of Wheat at Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 2

Departmental approval has been given for the stroage of two million bags of wheat at South Goulburn, and preparations are being made to that end. New railroads are to be laid down, so…

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Wheat. Large Quantity for Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 4

It has been decided that an immense quantity of wheat from the south shall be stacked in the Goulburn yards. Operations will commence forthwith…

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Labor's Country Policy Helping the Farmers. Facilitating Land Settlement

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 4

In recognition of Labor's announced belief that practically all wealth comes primarily from the land, the P.L.L. Conference has drawn up a document…

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Settling Soldiers on Farms Estates Reserved. What Has Been Done

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 2

The Minister for Lands is pleased. at the turn matters are taking with his policy for the settlement of returned soldiers on the land. The whole…

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Important Cattle Sale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 4

Grainger & Falkiner, Ltd., of Singleton, in conjunction with John Sheahan, of Stanthorpe, announce a special sale of 1100 breeding cows, station bred, at Bollvia, New South…

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