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

Farming & the land, 1917

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Goulburn Sheep Sales

Young Witness · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley announces a big sale of sheep at Goulburn on Thursday next, 18t inst., when 30,000 will be penned and disposed of in lots to…

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Farmers' Demands Guarantee of 5s for Wheat

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

COWRA, Saturday.—At a representative meeting of farmers to-day, which was attended by Mr. Piggott, W.H.R., it was resolved that wheat…

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Cattle Values Rise Again

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

Beef prices were decidedly in owners' favor at Homebush last Monday. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. stales that rates were 10s to 20s higher. Every…

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Mob of Black Cattle

Young Witness · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

A very novel and interesting night was witnessed in Burrowa a few days ago (says the "Times") when a mob of black polled Angus cattle…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 6th January, 1917 :—Operations under the new conditions now obtaining is the wool market…

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A Young Wool Clip

Young Witness · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

Some district wools were included in the first appraisement catalogues submitted in Sydney. 15 boles of merino [?] from Mr. Danold Cram,…

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Marengo. the Crops

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

From all quarters comes news of disappointing crop returns, and it is nearly safe to estimate that there will not be more than half the amount…

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Farmers and Wheat-growing. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 6

Sir,—That the wheat industry is in a critical state is no doubt a fact. The position is that for some time grazing has paid better than wheat-growing. Sharefarming on the halves has…

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The Potato Crop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 1

Provided the land is kept well cultivated during the next two or three months, the very serviceable rains that have fallen in practically [?] districts where winter supplies of potatoes…

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Worm in Sheep

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Sheepownera whose lambs are not thriving and coughing or scouring with loss of condition should make a thorough examination, as such lambs…

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Wheat Harvest. Another Half-crown Instalment. Wheat Growers Wanted

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture announced that on Monday the payment of the first instaiment of 2/6 per bushel on this reason's wheat will be made…

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Wheat Experiment Plots at Young

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

The Wheat and Oats Experiment Plots conducted by the Department of Agriculture on the property of H. G. M. Thackeray, "Wootoona,"…

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Minimum for Wheat. Mr. Campbell Wants 4/. Encouraging Farmers. Production Cost Too High

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. Campbell, secretary of the Farmers and Sethers' Association, claims that unless the minimum is raised wheat farmers will be forced out of the…

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Wool Appraisements. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. Hughes slates that the first appraisements have been completed at the wool Bales in Sydney and Melbourne. He adds that he is glad to…

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Phosphorous in Crop

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Yesterday morning whilst Mr. Davis a sharefarmer, was engaged harvesting on'Mr. K. Chew's property at Avoca, Cowra road, he was startled to…

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Tin of Phosphorus Concealed in a Crop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

Young, Tuesday—Whilst an employee named Davis was, harvesting, in a paddock at Avoca. Monteagle, yesterday, a wheel ran over a tin, containing phosphorus concealed in the crop…

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Sheep Stealing

Young Witness · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

For some eighteen months past systematic sheep stealing has been going on at Brookong Stations (says the Wagga "Express"), but until Tuesday…

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Wheat Estimate

Young Witness · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

The Government Statistician estimates that the New South Wales wheat crop would have exceeded 55 million bushels. If it had not been…

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Wool Report

Young Witness · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report—The appraisements of four of the catlogues which were submitted a fortnight ago…

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Poisoning Sheep Blow Flies

Young Witness · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

The attention of the Minister for Agriculture, Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., has been drawn to the fact that quite a number of letters have…

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