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

Farming & the land, 1870

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The New Farm Murder at Brisbane

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 March 1870 · page 4

ON the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd instant, in the Supremo Court, Queensland, William Pender, alias Prendergast, was tried for the murder of Patrick Hartness, on the 2nd January. We…

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Exhibition of the Yass Southern Agricultural and Pastoral Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 March 1870 · page 2

YESTERDAY the first annual exhibition of the above named society was held in a paddock at North Yass, placed at the disposal of the committee by Mr. A. R. Zouch, the ground routed…

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Sheep-directors

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1870 · page 3

The following gentlemen have, on the nomination of the chief inspector of sheep, been appointed for the district of Berrima:— D. Morrice, Esq., Glenrock; W. J. Cordeaux, Esq.,…

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Cheese and Butter

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 7

WE see no reason why our dairymen should not manufacture a quality of cheese which should command the highest price, both in our own and in the foreign markets. As we…

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The Yass Agricultural and Pastoral Show

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 2

ON Thursday the first annual exhibition of the above-named society was held in a paddock at North Yass, placed at the disposal of the committee by Mr. A. R. Zouch, the ground rented for the purpose not having…

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Facts for Farmers

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 April 1870 · page 6

DESIRE is a tree in leaf; hope is a tree in flower; enjoyment is a tree fruit Generally speaking, nine pounds of milk will make a pound of pork, eleven a pound…

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Cheese and Butter

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 7

As we have said, there are numerous methods of cheese-making practiced in the old country; but the methods differ rather in minor country; but the methods differ rather in…

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Fancy Farmers

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 7

MODERN agriculture owes much if not most of its comparative perfection to the experiments of a class of men who are peculiar to the present of a class of man who are peculiar to…

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Wheat-growing at Orange

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 30 April 1870 · page 3

We are informed by a gentlemen resident at Orange, that it has been accertained from a careful calculation that the wheat grown in the Orange district during the last season…

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Facts for Farmers

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 30 April 1870 · page 2

GRASS around a young fruit-tree does as much harm as a tight choker on a boy's neck. On an average the mule can do a third…

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Young Shepherds in Search of Sheep

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 May 1870 · page 4

ORDINARY Englishmen have no conception of the host of young men in every part of the country who are always on the look out for " an opening in the ministry "--that is, an…

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Monday. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Cattle Stealing

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 May 1870 · page 2

William Hobson and William, Sandford remanded from Saturday, were again brought up. Mr. Freestone who appeared for the…

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Tuesday. (Before the Police Magistrate), Cattle St[?]ing

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 May 1870 · page 2

William Rob[?] and William Sandford were again brought up remanded from yesterday. Thos, Rhodes said; I am dairy[?] in the employ of Mr. James Roberts of Ca[?]wang;…

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Large Industrial Farm for Immigrants. (To the Editor of the S. M. Herald.)

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 25 May 1870 · page 4

SIR,—There is no fact better known than that an able-bodied man, placed in ordinary circumstances, can raise by his labour from the soil more food than he can consume. The surplus to him in time…

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Brokerage on Wool

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 June 1870 · page 5

In reference to this long-debated question, Mr. Helmuth Schwartze devotes a large portion of his circular. He says: The sales have closed without any definite agreement having been come to on the…

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Sheep-shearing by Machinery

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1870 · page 2

AN American citizen, Mr. D. O. Macornher, has produced a sheep-shearing machine guaranteed to be an effective substitute to the professional shearer. The discoverer, in…

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Yass Southern Agricultural and Pastoral Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 July 1870 · page 2

A MEETING of committee of the above society was held yesterday, at noon, in the Court-house, Yass, Mr. R. C. Mackintosh in the chair. Mr. Roos Jones (secretary) informed the…

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To the Farmers of the Southern Districts

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 July 1870 · page 5

AT the close of the interview with the deputation from Goulburn on Wednesday last, the minister for works is reported to have said "it was not designed to carry out the alteration till they had ascertained…

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Wool Report

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 July 1870 · page 3

The sales commenced on April 7, and terminated on May 12. Mr. Hehnuth Schwartze reports that the attendance of buyers was good throughout; prices during first fortnight rose…

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To the Farmers of the Southern Districts

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 July 1870 · page 3

IN the last issue of this journal I had just time to call your attention to the increased rates proposed to be charged on carriage of wheat per rail, and suggesting that you should call meetings for—say…

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