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

Farming & the land, 1920

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"Surely We Have the Brains to Sell the Wheat."

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 October 1920 · page 4

Mr. E. S. Twigg, Cowra's fighting farmer, fights on to the last ditchand a little bit over if he can. Though the Australian pool to handle the…

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Dairymen's Association

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 October 1920 · page 5

At a special meeting of the above held on Wednesday evening last, presided over by the President, Mr J. Board man, the Secretary, Mr W…

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Wheat Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 4

The Assembly carried the Wheat Marketing Bill through committee and then adjourned till this afternoon…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool Report

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 4

SCHUTE, BELL & CO., Ltd., report on 2nd Oct., as follows:--At Adelaide yesterday about 20,000 bales of wool were…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Young Witness · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 1

At the Sydney wool sales on Tuesday Australian manufacturers were the mainstay of the market. There was fair competition some Continent…

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State Parliament The Wheat Bill. Animated Discussion Farmers and World Parity

Young Witness · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 2

Parliament House, Wed, Night. The State Parliament sat until 2.20 this morning. The Wheat Bill passed the second…

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Public Meeting The Wheat Pool

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 2

A largely-attended public meeting of wheat-growers and others was held in the Mechanics Institute, Harden, on Saturday afternoon last…

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The Wool Slump. Price Cutting Proceeding. London

Young Witness · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 1

The Daily Telegraph states that the slump in wool prices is seriously affecting Bradford. It is hinted that some firms are in difficulties. There…

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Sydney Wool Sales. No Demand for Scoured. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

Young Witness · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 2

The Sydney wool sales continued today, only 2411 bales being submitted by two firms. Most of the cllps from the northern and north-western…

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Farmers and Settlers a Blank

Young Witness · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 3

Mr. Robert Gibson, Harden) writes: "The fact of the Legislative Council having appointed a committee to inquire into primary production, and…

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Burrowa's Wheat Area

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 October 1920 · page 3

The Burrowa district has declined in its wheat area. In 1914 there were 23,331 acres under wheat; in 1915…

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"Hermit's Sheep." Wool a Yard Long

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 2

Mr. O. Pursehouse of Auburn-st., is the owner of a pair of freak-woolled sheep, a crossbred and merino. The since they were lambs had been…

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Wheat Conference

Young Witness · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Friday.—The Premier of South Australia stated that he is agreeable to Mr. Storey's proposal to hold a wheat conference at the end…

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Record Sheep Sale at Jerilderie

Young Witness · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 3

Mckenzie and Co. report having conducted a special sale of shorn sheep at their Jerilderie yards on Thursday 30th September. The…

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Wool Auctions. Satisfactory Prices

Young Witness · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 3

The resumption of wool auctions in the Sydney market this week after an interval or nearly four years, naturally created an extraordinary amount…

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Sheep Cheaper. Fats at Homebush. Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 2

Upwards of 37,000 sheep were penned at Homebush on Thursday. The bulk being useful to good. The market was the cheapest seen for a…

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Wheat at Stations a Statement Denied Sydney, Friday Night

Young Witness · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture wishes to correct the statement contained in a telegram from Young, and published in a city paper, to the effect that the…

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The Wheat Problem

The Yass Courier · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 3

Mr. E. S. Twigg, of Cowra, writes: — Farming for the past six years has because a living hell, and to-day ready cash has to come from somewhere to…

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Wheat

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 2

"The wheat industry is now in a most serious state," writes Mr. Robert Gibson, of Harden, "After the last four years wheat growing being…

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Corridor of Wheat

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 2

Samples of College Purple wheat and Bathurst Early oats, grown by Mr. Reg Jasprizza on Mr. J. E. B. Jasprizza's farm at Morangorell, has…

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