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

Farming & the land, 1862

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Gwydir Pastoral District. Proclaimed in Government Gazette, 2nd Aug., 1855

The Yass Courier · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 4

1. Cobbadah, 9 squaremiles -- Reserve No. 3 of Gwydir Reserve. Proclaimed in Government Gazette, 4th July, 1855…

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Bligh Pastoral District. Proclaimed in Government Gazette, 4th July, 1855

The Yass Courier · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 4

1. Terrabile Creek, 1 square mile -- Reserve No. 7, of the Bligh Reserves. 2. Junction of Maraba Creek and Castlereagh River, 1 square mile -- Reserve…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral District. Proclaimed in Government Gazette, 11th March, 1852

The Yass Courier · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 4

1. Weimby, Confluence of the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers. -- 15 square miles, Reserve No 1, of Murrumbidgee Reserves…

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Lachlan Pastoral District. Proclaimed in Government Gazette, 25th Oct., 1852

The Yass Courier · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 4

1. Berrongaroo, 1 square mile, Reserve No. 1, of the Lachlan Reserve. 2. Sandy Falls, 1 square mile, Reserve No. 2, of the Lachlau Reserve…

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Darling Pastoral District. Proclaimed in Government Gazette, 8th Nov., 1860

The Yass Courier · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 4

1. Perry (Menindee), 16 squaremiles -- Reserve at the confluence of Menindee Creek with the River Darling. 2. Moorna, 4 square miles -- That…

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Liverpool Plains Pastoral District. Proclaimed in Government Gazette, 9th March, 1858

The Yass Courier · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 4

1. Gulligal, Namoi River, 4 square miles -- Reserve No. 14 of Liverpool Plains Reserves. 2 Walhollow, Mooki River, 9 square…

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Small Farmers

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 12 February 1862 · page 4

We observe, from a statement in the Yass Courier, that during the month of January, the first month of tho operation of the new land law, free selected farms…

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On Food for Sheep

The Yass Courier · Saturday 15 February 1862 · page 4

WE are told that Charles II., as well probably as many preceding kings, was particularly fond of mutton, and no doubt his subjects enjoyed a dish of mutton as well…

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Facts for Farmers

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 22 February 1862 · page 4

A Mr. Augustus A. F. Greoves writes to the Yeoman in the following strain respecting the manufacture of the real stilton. Put together a meal of the morning's milk and a…

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Original Correspondence. Small Farms. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 22 February 1862 · page 3

SIR,--I noticed in your last issue some remarks extracted from the Maitland Mercury having reference to the most profitable manner of occupying small blocks of land…

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Farming by Steam

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1862 · page 4

THE poets of modern agriculture, the happy souls who farm a little, write a little, anti talk a great deal at semi-agricultural, semi-scientific and wholly social gatherings, are…

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The Farmer of the New School

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1862 · page 4

WISH it to be most distinctly understood hat in the above designation I do not by ay means intend to include that very numbers class of young farmers who ape the…

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Butter

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1862 · page 4

THE farmers of Argyle and the neighbourhood may glean some useful information from the following article on the manufacture of butter, which is abridged from the New York…

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Horse and Cattle Stealing. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 7 May 1862 · page 3

SIR,--Permit me, through the medium of your valuable journal to offer a few remarks relative to the extraordinary increase in cattle and horse stealing in the Burrowa…

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Colour of Butter

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 10 May 1862 · page 4

A correspondent of the Field asks how he is to give a proper colour to butter during the winter months. The following answers have been given, and, as they contain some…

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London Wool Report

The Yass Courier · Saturday 10 May 1862 · page 2

The sales commenced on the 27th February. The prices obtained were fully equal to the rates current in November. After the first ten days prices were…

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Wool Report

The Yass Courier · Saturday 14 June 1862 · page 3

Arrivals to 23rd April reached total of 84,385 bales. Judging from the feeling in the north, and the general state of trade, the recent rate can scarcely be looked for --…

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The Sheep Station.—wire Fencing

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 14 June 1862 · page 4

SIR,—The last time I was travelling I determined to trouble you with a few words about wire fencing. At the time I thus determined I was driving for a few miles alongside a wire…

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The Cattle Panic

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1862 · page 4

IT is a matter of general regret that the supply of cattle for, the market still continues so much in excess, that the value of cattle for boiling down into tallow regulates entirely the…

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Economy in the Preservation and Storing of Manure Upon a Farm or Garden

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1862 · page 4

THE following article, which we find in the Gardeners' Chronicle, is deserving of the greatest consideration by every farmer and gardener in this colony. It will be seen that…

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