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

Farming & the land, 1866

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Sheep Stealing at Moppity

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 October 1866 · page 3

[?]oseph Burford pleaded not guilty to an [?]rmation in which he was charged with hav[?] on, the 29th July, 186. at Bendick Morrell [?]en 437 sheep, the property of Carlo Marina…

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THE DAIRY.—No. VII

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 13 October 1866 · page 8

WE are glad to learn that cheese-making is becoming now the rule and not the exception with most of our dairies, and that this branch of farming industry is being more…

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The Farm.—notes on the Month

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 13 October 1866 · page 8

RARELY in the annals of the colony has been known so fine a season as the spring of the present year. After the drought, such weather as we are experiencing is…

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THE DAIRY.—No. Viii. (Concluded.)

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 October 1866 · page 8

THE usual quality of cheese made in Victoria is known as whole-milk cheese, that is, cheese made of milk which has not been skimmed. In the morning the milking is…

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The Farm

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 31 October 1866 · page 4

FROM nearly every district of Victoria we have the most favourable reports of the crops. "The wheat never looked better," is the almost unanimous verdict of the knowing ones. The farm pests—the…

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The Dairy. Davis Garret's Dairy Farm

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 7

WE paid a visit recently to the above farm in Delaware county, about eight miles from Philadelphia. It is located in the great dairy section which has given the reputation…

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The Farm.—notes on the Month

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 7

THIS has been an extremely fine season for getting in the various spring-sown crops, such as mangolds, carrots, lueerne, and maize. As there is a great deal of fencing…

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The Farm.--notes on the Month

The Yass Courier · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 3

THIS has been an extremely fine season for getting in the various spring-sown crops, such as mangolds, carrots, lucerne, and maize. As there is a great deal of fencing now being done, it may not…

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Exportation of Wheat to England

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 1 December 1866 · page 3

THE question of shipping wheat to Great Britain is receiving some attention amongst both farmers and merchants. The 64s. a quarter, or 8s. a bushel, which we quoted on Monday, was from the Times of…

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The Farm.—notes on the Month

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1866 · page 3

THE year 1866 will be chronicled as a year of plenty; the busy hum of harvest will begin ere another month comes round; already the South Australians are anticipating a commencement. From every…

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The Farm.--notes on the Month

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 12 December 1866 · page 4

The year 1866 will be chronicled as a year of plenty; the busy hum of harvest will begin ere another month comes rounds; already the South Australians are anticipating a commencement…

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The Rust in Wheat

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 15 December 1866 · page 7

THE experience of agriculturists in the United States of America is in favour of a yearly change of seed as the only preventive of rust. The following extract, having…

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The Messrs. Cumming's Sheep, and Mode of Getting Up Their Wool

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 December 1866 · page 2

THE desire for information as to how these gentlemen manage to obtain such high prices for their wool being so very general probably this portion of my communications…

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Cheap Irrigation for Small Farmers

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 2

WE take it for granted that now-a-days there is no doubt about, not only the value, but the indispensability of irrigation. Without grass there are no sheep, without sheep…

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