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

Farming & the land, 1872

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Proposed Rules of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 April 1872 · page 2

THE following new code of rules will be submitted for adoption to a general meeting of the members of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association to be held to-morrow at the…

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Corporation Farming. To the Editor of the Penny Post

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1872 · page 3

SIR,—As the aldermen seem to be of opinion that splendiferous offers for the lesseeship of the new Cabbage Market and Cattle Yards are now in embryo, and as their “collective wisdom” has failed…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 April 1872 · page 2

ON last Saturday afternoon a special meeting of members of the above association was held at the Court-house, to consider a proposed new code of rules for the guidance of the affairs of the…

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Facts for Farmers

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1872 · page 4

MILLET, or broom corn, is every year coming into greater demand for the manufacturer of various descriptions of broomware, and in the United States it affords the raw material…

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Correspondence. Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 April 1872 · page 3

SIR,--In the report in your yesterday's issue of the meeting of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society, the secretary is reported to have said, regarding the attendance of members of…

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The Wool Trade

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 April 1872 · page 3

The following table shows the remarkable rise in the value of colonial woo from Christmas, 1870, to Christmas, 1871:—…

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The Growing of Wheat

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 May 1872 · page 4

THE time for beginning the seeding of land intended for wheat being at hand, a few directions as to the details of management may prove generally useful. The crop of the present year…

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Local and General. Wool-growing in the South-western District

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 May 1872 · page 2

WE are glad to able to express an opinion, already entertained by many, that Mr. A. H. Hume, of Everton, near Burrowa, is likely very soon to obtain for himself a reputation for…

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Facts for Farmers

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1872 · page 4

IN growing oats, it is well to bear in mind that the straw contains fifty per cent. of silica or flint, and this shows why it is that oats flourish luxuriantly on meadow land…

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Superior Cultivation of Farms

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 June 1872 · page 4

IT is a fact without doubt that mechanical operations in the cultivation of land do not add to the existing, but undeveloped fertility of the soil: still they are necessary in the…

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The Devon Breed of Cattle

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 June 1872 · page 8

THE following description of this valuable breed of cattle is given by Captain J. T. Davy, editor of the Devon Herd-Book:— The breeds of cattle reared on forms are…

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Wool Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1872 · page 2

The total arrivals of wool amount to upwards of 200,000 bales. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers has been large. The bidding commenced with great spirit, The prices, as compared…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 July 1872 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association for the year 1872-3, was held pursuant to notice on Tuesday afternoon last, at two o'clock, in one of the rooms of the…

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The London Wool Market

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 2

The second series of sales, which commenced on April 11, was brought to a conclusion on the evening of May 11. In order that our readers may form an opinion of the…

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The First Wool-sale at the Milwall Locks

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 2

The sale at the Milwall Docks took place, as I intimated it would, on April 27. There was a fair assortment from the various colonies, and the day was fine and clear, the…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 July 1872 · page 2

ON Wednesday last, at twelve o'clock, a meeting of the newly elected committee was held at Mr. T. Colls, Commercial Hotel. There were present: Dr. O'Connor and Messrs…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 July 1872 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the above society was held on Friday last, at the Court-house. Present.--Dr. O'Connor (in the char), Messrs. Roes Jones, D. Davis, T. Colls, A. Rommington,…

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Anglo-australian on Matters Affecting the Pastoral Interest

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 7 August 1872 · page 3

THE mail has brought another address to Sir Daniel Cooper, this time from the sheep-owners of Tasmania. It is most handsomely engrossed on vellum, and bears the signatures of men of consideration and…

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Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultnlal Association’s Second Annual Exhibition

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 2

THE weather during the whole of the week has been all could be desired for the Exhibition. and the influx of visitors to the town has exceeded by far anything that we have…

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Correspondence. Cure for Pleuro-pneumonia in Cattle. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 August 1872 · page 3

DEAR SIR,--I send you the enclosed cure for the pleuro, should you think it worthy of a place in the Courier, as I have no doubt it would prove a great benefit to many of your subscribers, as I…

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