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

Farming & the land, 1863

53 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 3

A Successful French Farmer

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 3 January 1863 · page 4

THE reign of the present Emperor of the French is distinguished by the development of great agricultural prosperity in France; a fact which is to be attributed to the direct…

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The Dignity of Farming

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1863 · page 4

HE Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, at the [?]ual meeting of the Denbigh and Flint agricultural Society, gave the following dress on the dignity and importance of…

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Hallett's Pedigree Wheat

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1863 · page 4

As some of this wheat has been forwarded to the colony by Mr. E. Wilson, and may shortly be expected to arrive, the following letters on the subject will not be without interest. They…

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The Turkish Bath for Sheep

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 14 January 1863 · page 4

THE appearance of what was at first assumed to be small-pox, but which many experienced persons now believe to be an animalcular disease among our flocks,…

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Changing Seed-wheat

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 21 January 1863 · page 4

IT has long been well-known to practical men that a change of soil has a most beneficial effect on the growth of plants, aud that a change of pasture is equally…

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Unbranning of Wheat

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1863 · page 4

IN a report on the alleged grievances of the journeymen bakers, just made by Mr. H. Seymour Tremenheere to the Secretary of State for the home department, a process of…

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Cure for Scab in Sheep

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1863 · page 4

The present position of the sheep-owners of Victoria in relation to the frequent appearance of scab is a most critical one, and creative of great…

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Insurance of Crops. To the Editor of the Herald

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1863 · page 3

SIR,—A landlord unwilling to compel his tenant, or a tradesman his customer, to sacrifice his crops when the price of farm produce is low. accepts a promissory note for the amount of his debt, and as…

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The Practical Experience of an Australian Farmer. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 4 February 1863 · page 2

SIR,-- The following information was communicated by a person who emigrated from one of tho eastern counties of England. He arrived either, with his wife and family, in…

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New Method of Making Butter

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1863 · page 4

THIS invention is the production of a lady of the name of Whitehead, of Whitehead's Grove, Chelsea, who has for sometime turned her attention to the making of butter by the…

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Are Fowls Profitable to the Farmer?

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1863 · page 4

THIS is a question often asked, and I now have in my possession three letters from corespondents upon this question, and my positive answer is—Yes. Fowls will pay a large…

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On Farming and Some Remarks Not Irrelevant Thereto. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 14 February 1863 · page 2

SIR, -- The ground having become sufficiently saturated, it is desirable, during the intermission of farming operations, to commence ploughing for the ensuing crop of wheat…

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Hallett's Pedigree Nursery Wheat

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 7 March 1863 · page 4

SEVERAL weeks ago we mentioned that Mr. Edward Wilson was about to send out to this colony some of the above-mentioned wheat. A small quantity has now arrived—about…

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Local and General Intelligence. Yass Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society

The Yass Courier · Saturday 7 March 1863 · page 2

ON Wednesday last the first show of the Yass Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society was held on a plot of ground contiguous to Mr. Turner's store…

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Local and General Intelligence. Yass Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 11 March 1863 · page 2

YESTERDAY the Committee met at the Yass Hotel, for the purpose of awarding the prizes to the exhibitors at the lute show. The attendance was less than…

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Co-operative Farms

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1863 · page 4

The following may be accepted as a valuable hint worthy of adoption in the Australian colonies, not merely in reference to the ordinary cultivation…

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Sheep Farming in Different Countries

The Yass Courier · Saturday 14 March 1863 · page 4

IT would be very interesting and instructive to many of our readers to learn all particulars in reference to the progress of sheep-breeding and management…

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Lachlan Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Exhibition

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 18 March 1863 · page 2

THE first exhibition of this society was held at Burrowa, on Thursday, the 12th March, on the ground of Mr. Robinson, and contiguous to the laud of J. N…

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Price of Imported Sheep

The Yass Courier · Saturday 21 March 1863 · page 4

AN " Old Bushman," writes as follows to the Yeoman of the 14th instant:-- That the flockmasters of the Australian colonies are anxious to improve the…

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Women Farmers

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1863 · page 4

A LETTER headed as above, and dated from Pekin, Niagara County, N.Y., was read at one of the weekly meetings of the American Institute Farmers' Club. Several women…

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