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

Farming & the land, 1869

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The Seeding of an Acre of Land with One Peck of Wheat

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1869 · page 7

ALTHOUGH I feel wearied and nearly nauseated with this one peck of seed an acre. matter, and I reluctantly turn to it; yet, as some clerical friends have written to me…

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Green Crops for Fodder

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1869 · page 8

BEFORE leaving this subject tor the present, it will be but right to add a few remarks on the relative merits. and, advantages of the crops most commonly used for feeding…

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The Farm and Station.— a New Industry

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1869 · page 2

THE growth of fine wool has paid well, and will continue to-pay, however the markets of Europe may fluctuate; but feathers promise to pay better. Not that the plucking…

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Five Hauhau Villages Destroyed.— Destruction of Crops

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1869 · page 3

FROM Wanganui we learn that Captain Finnimore, with the Wanganui Volunteer Cavalry, had made a most important expedition against the Hauhaus. After passing…

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Wool Stuck on the Road

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1869 · page 2

WOOL STUCK ON THE ROAD.—The Manaro Mercury says:—We are informed that teams laden with wool are stuck on the mountain, and a carrier loaded with goods for this town was offered full carriage to…

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Travelling Sheep. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 January 1869 · page 3

SIR.-- I take it for granted that it is now pretty generally known that owing to the scarcity of grass and water, something like two millions of sheep are travelling in search of these in the Southern…

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A School and a Farm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 January 1869 · page 4

UNDER the above heading the Ballarat Star describes an attempt recently initiated in Ballarat to combine scholastic with horticultural and agriucultural pursuits. Our contemporary says:…

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The Fall in Wool

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 20 January 1869 · page 4

THE opinion that the late depreciation in the value of wool was caused solely by a glut in the principal markets of Europe, has unfortunately been confirmed by the advices…

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Green Crops for Manure

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1869 · page 8

WHEN recommending the system of ploughing in green crops for manure, a few weeks since, it was stated that three such crops grown in succession and ploughed in as soon…

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The Farm and Station. — Tubewells

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1869 · page 2

WE have not heard as yet of many experiments with the tube-well in Australia, although this is just the sort of season in which they ought to be most valuable…

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Another Alleged Cure of Rust in Wheat

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1869 · page 7

ELSEWHERE in our columns will be found an interesting letter on the rust in wheat. Our correspondent does not attempt any explanation of this most fatal grain disease. He is…

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The Late Case of Sheep Stealing. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 February 1869 · page 3

SIR.-- I have just read in the columns of the Courier of the examination of the parties charged with sheep stealing. The decision of the members of the Yass Parliament surprised everybody. In…

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Railway Charges for Cattle

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1869 · page 4

A DEPUTATION, comprising Mr. Morri[?], M.L.A., and Messrs. Whitehead and H. S. Badgery (of the firm of Badgery Brothers), waited upon the Hon. J. Sutherland, minister for works, on Wednesday…

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Wool

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 February 1869 · page 3

There was a good attendance at the wool sales, and much animation evinced at the [?]ings. Prices have advanced one penny for good Australian and New Zealand…

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Colonial Wool Sales

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1869 · page 2

The colonial wool sales ended on December 21. The annexed report is from the circular of Messrs. Dutton and Ferry:— The fourth and last series of colonial…

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The Diseases in Sheep Act

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 March 1869 · page 2

YESTERDAY a meeting of directors under the above Act was held in the Court-house. There were present. Mr Besnard, who had called the meeting in the chair, Mr Gray of Byalla, and Mr A. Barber, of…

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The Diseases in Sheep Act

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 17 March 1869 · page 4

ON Thursday a meeting of directors under the above act was held in the Yass court-house. There were present, Mr. Besnard, who had called the meeting, in the chair, Mr. Gray of Bvalla, and…

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A School and a Farm

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 31 March 1869 · page 4

UNDER the above heading the Ballarat Star describes an attempt recently initiated in Ballarat to combine scholastic with horticultural and agricultural Pursuits. Our…

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Wheat Sowing

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 April 1869 · page 4

THE period for sowing wheat is fast approaching, and as the annual autumn gram shows, from the principal attractions this month, agriculturally speaking, we may…

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The Cause and Cure of Rust in Wheat

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 April 1869 · page 4

MR MITCHELL, the lessee of the Model Farm, Melbourne, lately road, before the Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society, a very excellent paper on the above important subject. After…

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