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

Farming & the land, 1920

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Sheep Dearer. Cattle Values Maintained

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 4

SYDNEY.—At Homebush on Monday six thousand sheep were penned. The bulk being useful mutton. The market was very, dear for all…

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Lake Cowal Filling. Rescue of Sheep

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 2

Bland Creek is running strongly into Lake Cowal and will probably fill the lake completely, and cover 25,060 acres of grazing land. Messrs…

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Butter and Cheese. Imperial Contract's. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 2

The Minister for Customs states that the Commonwealth Government has been advised that the Imperial Government has cancelled the…

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Grazier's Heavy Loss. Sheep in Open Trucks Trampled To Death

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 1

A consignment of fat merino ewes with lambs returning to Mr. J. H. McFarlane's "Glensloy" station after having been on agistment at…

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Wheat Pools. Mr. Dunn and Federal Government. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) denies the suggestion made from Melbourne that he is holding up the decision regarding the…

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Record Wheat Price. 16/ Per Bushel. F.A.Q., Grain for Export

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE.—The Victorian Wheat Commission, acting on directions received from the Australian Wheat Board, announced that it had…

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Australian Farmers' Scheme

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 1

LONDON.—Lord Burnham has taken a thousand shores in the Billlis Australian Farms Scheme, which aims at the settlement of ex-service…

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Soldiers at the Cowra Farm

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 1

So far seven returned men have taken up quarters at the Cowra Experiment Farm and entered on six months' general training in farm…

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Goulburn Stock Sales. High Prices—sheep to £5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 July 1920 · page 2

A very firm market ruled at the stock sales on Wednesday for stock suitable for the meat trade. Extra prime sheep brought up to…

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Argyle Dairy Company. Annual Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 July 1920 · page 4

The Argyle Co-operative Central Dairy Co., Ltd., held their annual meeting at the Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. W. Gregory…

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Sulphur As Fertilise for Wheat

Young Witness · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

In view of reports from experiment stations in other parts of the world, it was decided by the department in 1915 to conduct a series of…

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Get the Full Value of the Rain. Harrow Growing Wheat Crops and Prevent Evaporation

Young Witness · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 5

The advisability of harrowing growing crops of wheat is a matter for immediate and serious consideration by farmers in districts lately…

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The Wool Question. a Complaint From Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Mr. Mutch, Minister of Education stated on Wednesday that the treatment of wool and sheep skins had been considerably hampered by…

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"History Making Year." Wool Position. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 5

The present will be a history making year in the wool trade. It will cover the transition from appraisement methods to auction selling, and…

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"Kept in the Dark." Colonel Lassetter's Allegations. £157,000,000 Lost on Wool Account. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

Colonel Lassetter, after reading the available information regarding Mr. Watt's resignation, alleged that although Mr. Hughes was opposed to…

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The Farmers' Interests. Keep Control in Our Hands

Young Witness · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 6

"The good old times" in the farming industry do not elicit many sighs of regret or yearnings for the impossible return of days that have flown…

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Expert Handling of Live Stock. Farmers & Graziers Co. Moving with the Time. Establishments of Branch Offices

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Co., writes:-- The services of Mr G. T. Weaver, of…

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Profitable Farming

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

A settler on the Lachlan, 7 miles from Cowra, it is reported made a profit of five hundred pounds within the last twelve months from 95 acres…

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Stock-Expert G T. Weaver. Secured by Farmers and Graziers' Co. Country Branches to Be Opened

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance, and Agency, Co., Ltd., writes:— "The services of Mr. G. T. Weaver,…

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Stock Expert G. T. Weaver. Secured by Farmers’ & Graziers’ Co. Country Branches to be Opened

The Yass Courier · Monday 19 July 1920 · page 2

The Farmers’ and Graziers’ Co. operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd., writes :— “The services of…

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