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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land
47 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 3
SIR, -- In making some calculations on the profit and loss on sheep breeding, for a work I am about to publish on agriculture, grazing, and pastoral pursuits, I was so struck with the importance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the subject of the notion of manures upon the soil, various and apparently contradictory accounts teach us. It is evident that the discrepancy must arise solely from the difference in the character of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON the subject of the action of manures upon the soil, various and apparently contradictory accounts reach us. It is evident that the discrepancy must arise solely from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DAY after day during the past three or four weeks accounts of disastrous fires have been received from all parts of the colonies, some having been the results of accidental causes,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →As stated last week, the system of potato-growing, alternating with grass and clover and occasional white crops, is only carried out consistently by Mr. William Rutledge, who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THIS subject has often been brought up for discussion; but, unlike many other questions, has never been satisfactorily disposed of Most farmers are now satisfied that great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →FOR three summers I have left the heat and dust of a crowded city and sought refuge in the quiet of a country farmhouse, and have of course made some observations, among…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Some days ago Mr. McMahon of Bungendore mentioned to me that during a summer similar to this he saved his potatoes through advice of his farming man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOME attempts at laying down grasses and taking off a corn or hay crop (oats) at the same time have, as might be expected, proved a partial failure, and in some instances total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,âDuring the past year or two you have kindly favoured your readers with a number of original articles and extracts from other papers containing useful information on agricultural pursuits, &c.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,âA letter appeared in your last issue not intended for publication. I may have been to some extent to blame ; but I thought the concluding portion, together with the address to Mr. Riloy and not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Samuel Ticchurst pleaded not guilty to an information in which he was charged with having, on the 5th December last, at Five-mile Creek, Burrowa, stolen an ox, the property of Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN one sense, December is a dull month in England—dull on the farm, where there is little to be done ; but not by any means so in the agricultural world—frequent meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →I OBSERVE a note in your issue of an eight thousand-acre firm in Bureau Co., Ill., and of Mr. J. S. Alexander's farm in Morgan Co., Ill., both of which will pass for fair-sized…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A FARMER should never break up more land than he can cultivate thoroughly; half-tilled land is always growing poorer, while well-tilled land is constantly improving. A thrifty and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LIME is coming more into use. The good effects from the use of lime are observed wherever it is judiciously applied. The almost total absence of this mineral in the soils of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE work of putting in crops will soon engage the attention of the farmer. On the kind of crops now cultivated a great diversity of opinion exists as to what should be grown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN laying down land in pasture, supposing that it has been used for corn or hay growing, it should be properly .cleansed, tilled, and manured, thus ensuring a good start…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN laying down land in pasture, supposing that it has been used for corn or hay growing, it should be properly cleaned, tilled, and manured, thus ensuring a good start for the young plant;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,-- You always pay great attention in your paper to the farming interest, and in your last you advise farmers not to sell their wheat at the present low prices, because, as you say, the anxiety…
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