Facts for Farmers
A GOOD definition of a model farmer is one that makes his land do double duty without impoverishing it. The relation of forest surface to nude…
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Farming & the land, 1870
71 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 4
Wool Seen Through the Microscope
THE microscope shows us that an apparently solid hair is not really so. Wool is distinct from hair considered commercially, but physiologically they are identical. Our best…
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A MEETING of the committee of the above association was held on Saturday last, at noon, in the Court-house, Yass. Mr. J. Grooves occupied the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting,…
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NEW varieties of grape cuttings sometimes sell in England at from 5s. to £5 each. Raspberries are said to grow better if planted in rows like a hedge and cut back to…
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After the first hearing of the case against Margaret Waters and Mary Ellis for starving babies at Brixton, the police contrived to accumulate it vast mass of evidence, and at the second hearing the…
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SIR,—Since my letter to yourself on the 9th instant I observe that the suggestion which I threw out from the conversations of our agricultural friends, has been duly acted upon. It cannot admit of two…
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ON Tuesday last, at noon, a meeting of the committee of the above association was held at tho Court-house, Yass. Those present were Messrs. J. P. Ritchie, R. C. Mackintosh, J. Grovenor, T…
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Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, has had again to open another inquiry at the Lambeth Workhouse touching the death of a female child, which was alleged to have died from the treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Arrival of the English Mail. News by Telegraph. Local and General. [By Electric Telegraph.] News to the Sixth of August. War Declared Between France and Prussia. Great Panto on the Stock Exchange. Fall in the Price of Wool. Sydney, Monday 1 p.m. MURRUMBURRAH
THE news flashed throughout the length and breadth of Australia on the arrival of the Rangatira at Glenelg last Sunday is of the most solemn and important nature. Europe THE s.s. Geelong arrived in King George's Sound last Thursday, having left the Point de Galle on the 9th inst. The branch s.s. Raugatira with the South Australian mails on board It is thought likely when the Legislative Assembly meets next Thursday that Mr. Samuel (the Treasurer) will announce his resignation. The other members of the Ministry are said to AUGUST 27.--The road steamer, said to be in successful use in the old country, and of which some notices have recently appeared in your journal, is certainly a thing to be desired for this…
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A MEETING of gentleman interested in the establishment of metropolitan cattle sale-yards was hold on Tuesday afternoon at Mr. T. S. Mort's wool stores, to consider and decide upon the best site for the…
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John Noonan, remanded from Monday, appeared upon the above charge. Mr. Freestone appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Gordon for the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Intelligence. Young Police Court. Monday. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Sheep Stealing
John Noonan, charged with stealing sheep, the property of Messrs. Elliot and Allan, was remanded until Thursday for the attendance of witnesses…
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MESSRS. Macfarlane and Blair are the originators of a new integral for the purpose of sheep-washing and wool-scouring which gives every promise of supplying a very…
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A MEETING of the members of the above Association was held according to advertisement on Thursday evening, at the Criterion Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter and Butter-making. What Makes Bad Butter?
THERE are several causes which produce different degrees of badness in butter. In the making up of butter the hands of the operator should be scrupulously clean and free…
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ON very many occasions we have urged our farmers to abandon the practice of placing their trust upon one description of crop alone. Year after year we find one party relying…
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IN Utica, United States, ground bones are mixed with other food for milch cows, and the result is said to be that the bone-dust gives an increased flow of milk…
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The effects of the war have modified opinions as to the future course of prices rather than the present demand. There is a slight inquiry for parcels by private contract at July closing rates, but the…
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EVERY farmer should make such divisions and raise such crops on his land as will best suit his nearness to or remoteness from market, always bearing in mind what will least…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sheep Act. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR, -- Perhaps you or some of your readers will be good enough to explain the meaning of the 70th clause of the present Sheep Act. These are the words: -- "No owner or other person shall…
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