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

Farming & the land, 1918

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Farmers and Settlers

Young Witness · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Wallendbeen Branch of the F. and S. Association was held on Saturday last. Those present were Messrs. L. P…

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Sheep Dying

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 2

Last week sheep were dying in numbers in the Crook well district. After the stock sale on Saturday' a number also died. One, which…

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Wheat Stacking

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 2

About 2,300,000 bags of wheat are now stacked at South Goulburn. The grain coming to hand is mostly reject wheat. A great deal of wheat is being stacked at Cook's…

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Stores or Fat Sheep

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 1

T. Lannan, grazier, giving evidence before the Interstate Commission in Melbourne, said it had been his experience that it pays the grazier or farmer…

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Local Wool Appraisements

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 3

Messrs: Cram Bros of Beehive Farm, Young have been advised by Winchcombe Carson, Ltd of the result of their wool appraisements. For…

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Breach of Pastoral Award Station Owner Fined £100

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 1

In the Arbitration Court Melbourne, on Tuesday, Mr. Justice Higgins gave judgment in the case in which the Australian Workers' Union proceeded…

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£6,000,000 Less Wheat. Objections to the Pool. the Guarantee Too Low

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 1

New South Wales is threatened with a decrease in wheat production for the coming season amounting to a value of £6,000,000. Compared with…

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Peculiarities of Sheep

Young Witness · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 1

An (Australian sheepman says:— "Not the least curious of all the habits which sheep have is that of each individual travelling in a line (as…

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Sheep in Japan

The Yass Courier · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 2
Also in Young Witness

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. write : —The Japanese Government has dispatched a special mission to America to investigate sheep breeding…

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Planting Wheat. "Early" Wheat and "Late" Ones. the Time to Sow Them

Young Witness · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 4

Mistakes are made practically every season by farmers who sow different varieties of wheat at the wrong times. There are those who seem to insist…

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Picklinc Seed Wheat. the Best Way to Prevent Bunt

Young Witness · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 4

The most efficient and convenient preventive for bunt or "stinking [?]" under present circumstances is certainely sulphate of copper, or bluestone…

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Farmers and Settlers. Young Branch

Young Witness · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Young Branch of the F. and S. Association was held on Saturday afternoon. Present: (Messrs G. Cooke (President)…

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Bags for Farmers. Government Purchase Sixty Million (Country Press Telegram) SYDNEY

Young Witness · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 1

A sensation was caused in Melbourne jute circles when a private cable was received from Calcutta in which it was stated that the…

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District Sheep and Cattle

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report that both sheep and cattle rates were on the down grade at Homebush last Monday. Supplies were beyond the…

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Sheep Dying. [To the Editor]

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 2

Sir, -- In your last issue there appeared a mischievous and uncalled for paragraph in reference to alleged diseased sheep. I have personally…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association. Murrumburrah Branch

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 1

The annual meeting of the above was held at the Mechanics' Institute, Harden, on March 23rd. Mr. N. Graham {President) in the chair…

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Goulburn Wheat Stacks. Visit of Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1918 · page 4

Taking advantage of the large number of farmers at present visiting Sydney, the State Wheat Office is arranging a special train to leave Sydney at 7.55 a.m. on Thursday next,…

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Visit of Ministers & Farmers. Inspection of Wheat Stacks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 2

At 12.20 to-day a special .train conveying the Hon. W. C. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, and 150 farmers and wheat agents representing the various districts of the State,…

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Inspection of Wheat Stacks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 4

The Hon. W. C. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, and a number of farmers, are due to arrive in Goulburn to-day (Thursday) at 12.17 p.m. for tile purpose of inspecting the South…

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