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

Farming & the land, 1918

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Gored by a Bull. Farmer Meets His Death

Young Witness · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 6

Mr. Robert Finlayson, 63, a wellknown famer at Wallace Bungaree (Vic) was gored to death by a bull on Friday last. Deceased purchased…

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Farm Meat Killing

Young Witness · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 3

Mr. E. S. Twigg, Cowra. writes:— Last Monday week, with the help of a steam from an engine, to heat water, 10 pigs were killed after 4.30 p.m…

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Agricultural. the Farmers' Experiment Plots. The Progress of the Policy

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 1

It was in 1909 that the policy was initiated by the Department of of Agriculture of demonstrating on farmers' own properties the value of…

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Dairying. Silage for Milking Cows. Winter Feeding at Glen Innes

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 1

The value of silage as a rough winter fodder for dairy cattle has rarely been better illustrated in New South Wales than by a short report from the…

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Wheat Fraud Charges

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 4

The men alleged to be concerned in the State wheat frauds were again before the Central Police Court oh Thursday morning. Wm. Burrell (48), labourer; Thos. Hogg (40),…

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Dairy Utensils

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 6

The wide range of Dairy Utensils handled by us is not equalled in the State. Our stocks are most comprehensive, and in spite of the war, and the difficulty and expense of…

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The Results of Dry Farming Methods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 5

"There is nothing to touch it between Parkes and Condobolin," said the Under-Secretary and Director of Agriculture, of the crops on Condobolin Demonstration Farm. The farm is…

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Sheep From Monteagle

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 1

Sheep were in heavy supply at Homebush last Thuraday. On account of the demand existing for trucks the Railway Commissioners notify that…

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At Cook's Cutting. Wheat Stacks Threatened

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 4

An outbreak of fire occurred on Mr. Chisholm's property near the Cook's Cutting wheat stacks on Saturday last at about 1 p.m. About 1000 acres of grass on Mr. Chisholm's property…

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Some Good Crops

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 2

Harvesting is in full swing now It is reported that Mr. T. Boyd, on Gcraldra station, is stripping 30 bushels to the acre, and Mr. S. Clark is…

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Stock Turned on Crops

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 3

"For the last nine years I have travelled freely over the western line, and I have never yet seen a worse drought than that which the districts…

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That Stunted Wheat Crop Farmers Take Heed. (To the Editor)

Young Witness · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 4

It will pay, and pay well, to get to that ripened wheat crop at once with the harvester. The sample you will find, on examining oven the most…

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Camping Sheep Old Methods Abandoned

Young Witness · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 3

The paractice of drovers tying dog[?] upon public roads to shephrd sheep was discussed at Saturday's Shire Council meeting at Gundagai. It…

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Bush Fires Five Hundred Sheep Die

Young Witness · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 1

WAGGA, Tuesday. — Disastrous grass and crop fires swept the district north of Junce, starting near the Junce town boundary, and rapidly…

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The Lost Sheep Owner Would Know Them After Three Years' Absence. a Burrowa Case

Young Witness · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 6

At the Burrowa Police Court J. H. J. O'Keeffe, on remand was charged that, between the 9th and 24th Novvember, at Fell Timber Creek, near…

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Wool

The Yass Courier · Monday 16 December 1918 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., under date December 11 reports:—Notification has just been received that there…

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Repatriation Re 1918-19 Wheat Harvest

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 2

The following circular is to be issued to the farmers and wheat agents of the Young district:— "You are probably aware that a…

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The Future of the Wheat Pool

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 2

Following on the statements by the Acting Prime Minister that the Federal Government are tired of the wheat business, and that they are…

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Bendick Morrell the Crops

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 1

The wheat yield in this district is very satisfactory, according to reports from various farmers, but the great majority of crops have been cut…

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The Wheat Cases

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 December 1918 · page 2

A further adjournment till January 2 has been granted in the wheat cases…

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