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

Farming & the land, 1917

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Days on Pumpkin Farm

Young Witness · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 3

In the days when we were kiddies, Athoeing the pumpkin plot, I chopped a nice big pumpkin, And dad came along and hit me on…

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Goulburn Annual Stud Sheep Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 4

W. H. Wheatley report having held their 12th annual stud sales on Tuesday, 27th February, when 1425 were yarded and sold at an average of £2 16/5 per head. There was a, very large…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale. [?],484 Sheep Sold for £38,410 15/8 Cash

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 4

W. H. Wheatley report having yarded on Thursday, February 22, 35,000 sheep to a very large and representative attendance of buyers from Riverina, west, local and coast districts…

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Stud Sheep Sales

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley report having held their 12th annual stud sales on Tuesday, 27th February, when 1425 were yarded and sold at an average of…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale Sheep Sold for £35,410. 15/8 Cash

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 4

W. H. Wheatley report having yarded on February 22nd, 35,000 sheep to a very large and representative attendance of buyers from Riverina,…

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The Wheat Pool

Young Witness · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 3

Wheat shipments have been making a better show latterly, and in the past seven weeks some 13,959,000 bushels have been exported. But there are…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 6

John Bridge and Co. Ltd., report under date 3rd March, 1917:-Official arrangements have now been made for a series of appraisements commencing…

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Farmers to Co-operate

Young Witness · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 6

The following motion will be moved by Mr. C. Hicks, of "Trelawney," Bechungra, at the annual meeting of the Bethungra Ferndale Cootamundra…

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Farmers' Representative

Young Witness · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 6

The matter of the representation of farmers on the Australian Wheat Board was further discussed at the meeting of the board in Sydney, and…

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Appeal to Farmers. Germany's Last Hope. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 2

Mr. Lloyd-George has sent a personal letter to every farmer, urging him to sow every acre, and defeat the last hope of the Prussians—the submarine…

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Special Cattle Sale

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 4

W. H. Wheatley report having yarded 2500 head of cattle to a large attendance of buyers from south, west and local districts. Competition was…

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Wheat Pool

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 4

A deputation of members of the Federal Parliament, representing the wheat growing areas of the different States of the…

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Wheat Guarantee

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 5

The State Cabinet on Tuesday approved of a recommendation that the guarantee offered by the Government [?]o farmers for wheat should be…

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Local Wool

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 4

Last' week's wool appraisements included the Moppity and Verana clips. Moppity first fleece brought 20(¾d to 26¾d, and Verana to 24¾d…

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Local and General Jeir Wool

The Yass Courier · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 2

A Queanbeyan exchange referring to the excellent prices obtained for Jeir station wool says that it is in a very great degree owing to the…

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Wheat Elevators

Young Witness · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

Tenders closed on Thursday for the construction of wheat elevators, embracing all the machinery of a bulk handing system for wheat in New…

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State Wheat Office

Young Witness · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

In regard to complaints which had' been made by farmers respecting their treatment by the State Wheat Office, the Minister for Agriculture' states…

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The Wheat Market

Young Witness · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 1

A London cable this week state: The wheat market is quiet. A parcel on passage to Liverpool was sold at 82/ Chicago wheat futures are…

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Choosing Seed Wheat. Its Importance to the Crop

Young Witness · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 3

Among the preparations for the sowing of wheat there is hardly any to which greater importance should be attached, than the choice of the seed…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 6

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 10th March, 1917 :—The latest news points to increased difficulties in the matter of shipping. The…

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