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

Farming & the land, 1917

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Wool Report

Young Witness · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 6

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report:—Growers will be disappointed to learn that the Central Wool Committee,…

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Harden Special Cattle Sales

Young Witness · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 6

Messrs. Robert Gibson and Son (Harden), and Maiden Bros (Sydney) in conjunction report having held a very successful sale on Friday last,…

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Travelling Sheep Without a Permit

Young Witness · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 6

At the police court at Lockhart, three farmers, F. Orms, M. Hehir, and H. Cox, were each fined 10/ and costs for travelling sheep without…

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First Bales of Wool

Young Witness · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 2

The first bales of wool of the season from the Young district, were despatched to Sydney on Wednesday. A truck load each came from Messrs M…

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Tuddungra Items. Good Crop Prospects

Young Witness · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 2

The wheat crops in this portion of the district are exceptionally good this year, some of the earlier sown being out in car. Providing weather…

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Field Wheat Competition. Fifty Farmers Enter

Young Witness · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 1

The Royal Agricultural Society has received fifty entries for its second field Wheat competition, to be judged prior to the coming harvest. Any…

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Cost of Wheat Production Royal Commission's Finding

Young Witness · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 3

The report of the Royal Commission of inquiry on rural industries is now printed, and issued at 12/6. In view of the diversity of opinion as to…

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Wheat Baggers and Lumpers. 15/ a Day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 2

Mr. Justice Heydon to-day delivered judgment in the application of the A.W.U. for an award to cover wheat baggers and lumpers. His Honor said that the wage of 15/ a day for…

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Wheat Baggers' Award (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 2

Mr. Justice Heydon to-day delivered an award on the application of the A. W. U. to cover wheat baggers and lumpers. The award is very…

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Wheat Stacking

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 October 1917 · page 2

There are at present 285,688 bags of wheat stacked at the South Goulburn railway yards. As an aftermath of the strike the work has been almost suspended, and a number of men…

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Wheat Silos

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 October 1917 · page 2

Tenders will shortly be called by the State Government for the construction of 70 wheat silos throughout N.S.W., at a cost of about a million pounds. The railway department…

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Burrowa Special Cattle Sale

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 2

Dwyer and Butler, in conjunction with West & Co. report having held a highly successful cattle sale at Dwyer and Butler's yards at Burrowa on the [?]th inst…

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Goulburn Special Cattle Sale

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 4

W. H. Wheatley report having yarded 1500 head of cattle on Thursday, 4th October, to a large attendance of buyers from the Riverina…

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Wor[?]s in Cattle

Young Witness · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 1

Dr. Cleland, of the Board ot Health, arrived in Temora on Saturday, (writes the "Independent"), and was introduced. to the Narraburra Shire…

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10 Per Cent, Wool Dividend

Young Witness · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., writes The Prime Minister announces that a 10 per cent dividend on last year's wool clip will be paid on October 23…

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To Save the Wheat. System of Government Silos List of Sites

Young Witness · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 1

In. order to conserve the great accumulations of wheat in this State, the Government has decided to erect a number of [?]ilos in the country…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

Young Witness · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 2

Mr. E. J. Gorman, one of the directors of the recently formed Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Grain Handling Company, will address farm,…

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Cropping Systems. Their Effects on Yields of Grain

Young Witness · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 6

The effect of continuous cropping for wheat was once more proved by a series of experiments conducted by the University of California, U.S.A., in a…

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Wool Clip Dividend

The Yass Courier · Monday 15 October 1917 · page 2

The Prime Minister slated last week that the Central Wool Committee has resolved to declare a dividend, payable on the 23rd inst., of…

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Wheat Area

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 2

The Acting Government Statistician Mr. H. A. Smith, advises that in the estimated area sown with wheat this year, 3,812,500 acres, the area of crop…

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