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

Farming & the land, 1918

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Seed Wheat for Necessitous Farmers

Young Witness · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 6

The authorities have given careful attention to the important matter of supplying necesitous farmers next season with seed wheat, and have…

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Sheep or Rabbits

Young Witness · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 3

Following up the reading of paper at the R.A.S. conference of primary producers in Sydney by the New South Wales Government sheep…

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Wool Report

Young Witness · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 6

A.M.L. and F. Company Ltd. report:—The Appraisements for the year were brought to a close in Sydney last week, when some 324,000 bales of…

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Special Cattle Sale at Goulburn

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley reports having held a Special Sale on Tuesday last 17th December, of the "Pomeroy" cattle for Mr. A. A. Dalgish…

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Clearing the Wool Clip

Young Witness · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carcon Ltd. advise:— No delay will be experionced in appraising the balance of the current wool clip. Arrangemeats have been…

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Price of Wheat in Newzealand. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 2

A messge from Wellington states that the New Zealand Government has decided to fix the price of good milling wheat for next season at 6/6…

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1918-19 Wheat Payment in the New Year. Melbourne

Young Witness · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 2

Mr. Watt, replying in the House of Representatives this afternoon to a question by Mr. Lync[?] (Werriwa), made an important announcement as…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Burrowa Branch

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Burrowa Branch of the F. and S. Association was held at Mr. J. Wise's Office on Saturday, 7th…

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Special Cattle Sale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 4

W. H. Wheatley report having held a special sale on Tuesday last 17th December, of the Pomeroy cattle for Mr. A. A. Dallglish. The yarding was all that could be wished for…

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Huge Wheat Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 4

At the Murray's Flats depot extensive wheat traffic operations are in progress. From thirty thousand to forty thousand bags of grain are being loaded daily for outward transit, and…

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Sale of Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 4

New York, Dec. 19.—At an auction sale at Boston of Government-owned wool, which included 10,000 bales of Australian wool, bidding was spirited, and offerings were eagerly taken…

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Seed Wheat

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 December 1918 · page 2

The following letter from the Department of Agriculture to the General Secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales has been handed…

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Farm and Held Driginal Articles Rotation and Bacteria

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 December 1918 · page 4

That a change of crop, as in a rotation, is of advantage may be regarded as an agricultural truism, and the reason is considered to be that crop…

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Australian Wool Clip Sold to England

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 4

Melbourne, Tuesday,—It is reported on good authority that a proposal is under consideration for a further extension of t he wool scheme. Although no information has been given to the…

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Mixed Farming Land Owners' Problems. Failure of Wheat Crops

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 5

Discussing wheat and mixed farming Mr. Robert. Gibson, secretary of the Harden Farmers' and Settlers' branch, supplied some interesting…

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Farmer-harvests a Crop with Broken Ribs

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 5

A Young district farmer has just harvested 200 acres of wheat whilst suffering from broken ribs. On the day he commenced harvesing, this…

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