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

Farming & the land, 1869

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Our Cattle Stock—how They May Be Improved

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 18 September 1869 · page 8

IN deciding which of the breeds should be selected for improving our stock, it must be borne in mind that there are few or no pure- bred black-polled or West Highland cattle…

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Young Local News. Young Police Court. Wednesday, 8th September. (Before G. O’M. Clarke, Esq.. P.m.) Cattle-stealing

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 18 September 1869 · page 2

Frederick Rivers, was brought up charged with the above offence. Walter Watson, being sworn, said: I am senior-constable, stationed at Wombat. On…

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CIRCULAR. To Wool Growers

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 September 1869 · page 3

WE beg to announce that we have arranged with Mr. HENRY AUSTIN to assist in the conduct of our wool business, believing, as we do, that his great experience in the Home and…

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How to Break Cattle to Lead

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

The following appeared in the Goulburn Herald some ten years ago; but it is now going the rounds of the papers, and as it is calculated to be useful we here reproduce…

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Colonial Wool Sales

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 6 October 1869 · page 4

The third series of colonial wool sales opened with a large attendance of home and foreign buyers. The catalogue comprised 6166 bales, apportioned thus:—Sydney and…

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Local and General. Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Assobiation

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 October 1869 · page 2

A PUBLIC MEETING of "members of this society, and of all who are favourable to the objects thereof," was held at the Court-house on last Wednesday afternoon. Amongst those present…

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Advantages of Cross-bred Sheep

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1869 · page 2

MR. J. C. WHITE, in a letter to the Courier on the subject of cross-bred sheep, says:— In a former communication on the subject of cross-breeding in sheep, I promised to let…

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Correspondence. Parliament. the Yass Southern Pastoral and Agricultural Society. To the Editor of the Yass Courier. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, October 19

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 October 1869 · page 3

SIR, -- As a well-wisher of the above society, although not yet a member, I read the account of the meeting in your last issue as well as your own leader, and having read the report of the PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACT. -- Ministers, in answer to questions, said: That the attendance of children at the public schools would be found in the return then laid on the table; that the estimated…

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Thursday, November 4. Cattle-stealing at Burrowa

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 November 1869 · page 3

Margaret Fuller was admitted to bail, her husband in £20, to appear when called upon to answer a charge of cattle-stealing. CATTLE-STEALING AT BRINDABELLA…

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Local and General. Yass General Sessions. Thursday, November 4. Cattle Stealing at Braminew

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 November 1869 · page 2

John Miller, John Finerer, and Michael Hayes were charged with stealing a cow, the property of Joseph Franklin, at Braminew, on 10th August last…

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Local and General. Yass Southern Agricultural and Pastoral Association

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 November 1869 · page 2

A GENERAL meeting of members was held at two o'clock yesterday in the Court-house, Yaas, for the purpose of electing office-bearers and committeemen. Only eighteen members were…

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Fine Flavour in Butter and Cheese

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 18 December 1869 · page 8

AT the meeting of the Canadian Dairyman's Association, hold in Ingersoll last month, Mr. X. A. Willard spoke on the important question, how to secure flavour in cheese…

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On the Early and Late Cutting of Grain Crops

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 2

THIS is a subject of annually recurring interest, and just now is the time for its discussion. Owing to the general scarcity of labour for harvest work, most of the farmers…

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