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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 3 of 3

Original Correspondence. the Exhibition of Sheep at Burrowa. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 22 August 1863 · page 2

SIR,--In your report of the ram show at Burrowa, you state, in reference to the second prize, that the judges had considerable difficulty in deciding whether it ought to be awarded to No. 5. or to No…

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Original Correspondence. Sheep Breeding. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 5 September 1863 · page 3

SIR,-- Mr. O'Brien's letter, which appears in your paper of the 2nd, was evidently written with the view of bringing before the public the excellence of the Douro breed of sheep. You evidently…

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Farm Calendar for September

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 12 September 1863 · page 2

THIS ought to be a month of continued exertion by farmers. Whilst the ordinary grain crops are springing up, requiring for the present no attention, all hands should be employed in getting in the…

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Original Correspondence. the Agricultural and Pastoral Society. To The Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 26 September 1863 · page 3

SIR,--Permit me to enquire through the medium of your columns if the Agricultural Society of Yass is still in existence, or has it, like some other public institutions, perished within the year? It…

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Curing Butter

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 October 1863 · page 4

IT is seldom that really good sweet butter can be obtained. Any which can be got, if not rancid at the time, is sure to be o so in a few days. This is the result of bad…

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To the Farmers of This District

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 October 1863 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—We have the prospect of an early harvest, consequently greater risk from frost to the wheat when in blossom. It may be as well to remind farmers of the…

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A Visit to Manor House Farm.—mr. Hallett's Pedigree Wheat

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 24 October 1863 · page 2

WALK or ride along the eastern sea-front of Brighton until you get opposite to the Sussex County Hospital, or, if you please, take the upper line and parallel road by St. James's-street and Upper St. James's-street, or by Edward-street and the Eastern…

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Preserving Wheat From the Effect of Frost. To the Editor of the Herald

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1863 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue and that of your contemporary of Wednesday last, there appears a letter signed William Conolly, advising farmers as the best means of neutralising the effects of late frosts upon wheat…

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Sheep Breeding in Australia

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 11 November 1863 · page 4

THERE is an impression, which is too general amongst those who embark in pastoral pursuits, that the breeding and feeding of sheep in Australia require very little special knowledge or experience…

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The Crops

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 28 November 1863 · page 3

THE accounts received of the abundant harvest in England contrast strikingly with the accounts we have to send home of the failure of a large part of our own wheat crop. We had not a very promising…

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The Yass Pastoral Society To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 5 December 1863 · page 3

SIR,--I observe in your paper a paragraph calling upon tho Yass Pastoral Association, &c., to resume operations for another year. It would seem that tho call is likely to meet with little attention. As…

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The Price of Wheat. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 19 December 1863 · page 3

SIR, -- You have many correspondents, each one in his turn advocating some question or principle affecting the public weal. With your kind permission I will obtrude on your notice for the…

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The Farm.—a Word or Two on Draining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 December 1863 · page 4

THERE appears to be current an opinion among a considerable number of agriculturists that in such a climate as this draining is unnecessary. There is nothing so much to be…

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