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

Farming & the land, 1918

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Modern Dairying

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 4

The benefits of labour saving machinery in the dairy are probably more appreciated than in most industries. The Dairying Industry ranks as one of the largest and most important…

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Wheat Stacking

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 4

The wheat stacks at the South Goulburn railway yards have reached immense proportions the number of bags new stacked there being 1,189,910. There was a full resumption of…

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Helping the Sheep Farmer

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

Small sheep farmers of Queensland are appreciating the scheme whereby the Department of Agriculture handles their wool and puts it on the market…

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Sheep Inspection

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 1

The Chief inspector of Stock has written to the local P. P. Board emphasing the importance of the latest provision against the spread of the…

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Harden Cattle Sale

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

The next Harden Cattle Sale, held by Messrs. Robert Gibson and Son (Harden), and Malden Brothers (Sydney) will be held on Tuesday,…

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Burrowa Cattle Sale

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

Dwyer and Dutl[?] end West [?]d Co, in conjunction, report having held a most successful cattle sale at Dwyet and Butter's yards on December 22…

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Price of Wheat Farmers Desire Increase

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Farmers and Settlers' Association has approach ed the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughea) in an endeavour to obtain a higher…

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Wool Report

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

T[?]e Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report:—The final appraisements for the first half of the wool year were completed a…

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Good Wheat Yield

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. John Dwyer, sharefarmer, of Rose Hill, [?]as just finished harvesting a plot of Marquis Wheat, which was planted as an experiment. It…

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Wool Appraiser Appointed

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.— The Prime Minister has appointed Auguste Roussean as a Commonwealth wool appraiser for the Commonwealth…

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Germany and Wool

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

Evldence of the shortage of wool in Germany is gathered from some of the nowspapers published by the enemy. Wool fabrics are exceptionally…

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No Buyers the Wheat Crop. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The controllers of the Australian Wheat Pool report that no buyer has yet been found for the 1917-18 wheat crop. It is probable that over a…

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Wheat and Grass Burned

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

At Berrlgan a fire on W. Adams' property destroyed about 50 acres of growing wheat and 1500 acres of grass before being subdued. Another fire…

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Wool Sale Dates Fixed

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6
Also in The Burrowa News

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report: —The Central Wool Committee has arranged to hold four series of wool appraisements in Sydney. Sales…

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Wool on Hand In Sydney

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. write:—Approximately 310,000 bales of wool are in Sydney stores awaiting…

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Wheat Competition R.a.s. Results

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. H. C. Stening, Inspector of Agriculture, who judged the second field wheat competition held by the Royal Agricultural Society has furnished his…

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Cost in Wheat Production a Dasis of Calculation

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

About no subject connected with agriculture has there been more controv[?]rsy in recent years than about the cost of producing some of our main…

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Shipment of Flour Disallowed by Wheat Board Hobart Mills Close

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5

HOBART, Friday.—A serious position has arisen owing to the Hobart mills having ceased to grind wheat, the result being that pollard and bran…

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The Crops

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

Farmers are busy taking off the golden grain, and the crops taken on an average are a big improvement on last year. A…

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