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

Farming & the land, 1918

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Harden Cattle Sale

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

Messrs. Robert Gibson and Son, of Harden, in conjunction with Messrs. Malden Bros;, of Sydney, report having held a very successful Sale of Cattle at…

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Wool Report

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report:—We held a further appraisement last week the results of which will not be…

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Wool Insurance

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., writes: —"Owing to the particularly wet weather which has been experienced this season an unusually large quantity…

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Wheat or Meat ?

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

The suggestion of Mr. Ashford, the Minister for Lands, that wheat land should be allowed to go out of cultivation, in order to devote the…

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Successful Cattle Sale at Goulburn

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

O. H. Furner and Co., and the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd., (G[?] burn branch) report having held a very successful cattle sale on…

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"I Guarantee Five Years." Your Wheat Will Keep—grow It. Professor Lefroy's Outspoken Advice. Australia's Soundest Policy

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 3

Feeling that their views and interests were not adequately represented at Tuesday's conference, between 60 and 80 wheat growers met in…

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Wheat or Meat Facing the Future. Important Conference Opened. Minister Urges Stock Raising. Question's of Finance and Shipping

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 3

The Minister for Lands on Tuesday opened an important conference of pastoralists and farmers at Parliament House to discuss whether stock…

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Pure Food Act Interesting Point for Dairymen and Milk Vendors

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 1

The following amendments have been made to the Pure Food Regulation N0. 40 which should be of interest to the various Dairymen and Milk…

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The Westville Fires. Farmer Committed for Trial

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 1

At Cowra on Monday, the Coroner (Mr. J. Montgomerle) held the adjourned inquiry into the fires which occurred on Mr. Albert Cooley's…

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Wheat Stacking

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

It is expected that arrangements for stacking wheat at Cook's Cutting. between Yarra and Breadalbane will be completed in about a fortnight's time. Probably wheat will not…

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Wheat or Meat? Farmers Urged to Activity

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Robert Gibson, of Hardea, who is taking an active interest in the above problem, writes to urge farmers in the wheat districts to be up…

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Weevil In Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Albury.—At Hopefield there are already huge stacks of wheat, and from the mice-proof fences erected in these yards it looks as though a very large quantity of wheat has still to come in…

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Two Fires. Hay, Wheat Crops, and Grass Destroyed

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Two bush fires occurred within a few miles of Young yesterday. The first fire broke out near the Chilling Works, and fanned by a stiff…

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The Wheat Problem

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Mr Ashford, the Minister for Lands, indignantly protests against the imputation that he desires to reduce the area under wheat to the…

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Send Wheat to Britain Commandeer the Ships. Senator Gardiner's Plan

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Senator Gardiner commented this morning on the cabled report of the message of Lord Rhondda, British Food Controller, to…

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Farmers and Settlers. Want Government to "Leave Them Alone."

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 1

A meeting of the Young branch of the P. and S. Association was held in the P. and A. Hall on Saturday afternoon, at which Messra. G. Cooke…

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Delegate Sheep Sale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 4

A Macartliur ant Co. report: We yarded between 5000 and 6000 sheep, including lines if young merino wethers and some of fattening ages, also lines of merino ewes with lambs at…

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Wheat Stacking

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 2

The new station at Cook's Cutting, between Yarra and Breadalbane, will be ready for opening on February 7. It will not be used for stacking wheat at present, but to…

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Wheat and Meat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 2

The wheat and meat conference discussed on Wednesday the methods of keeping wheat free from weevil. It was recommended that tile Government should test the storing of wheat on…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 4

W. H. Wheatley reports a very successful sale of 4500 head of cattle, at Goulburn yards bust Thursday. There…

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