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

Farming & the land, 1874

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Local Intelligence. Young Police Court. Monday. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Profane Language. Ellen Morton, charged as above, was fined 5s. (Before the Police Magistrate, and J. H. Wallis, Esq, J.p.) Illegal Possession of Cattle

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 11 November 1874 · page 2

John King summoned Charles Hancox for illegally detaining a bull his property. Mr. Russell, for the prosecution, said it was a case of disputed ownership. Defendant elected…

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Farming in South Australia

The Burrowa News · Saturday 14 November 1874 · page 1

THE Melbourne Leader's "Travelling Reporter" writes as follows:— Leaving Gawler by the first of three trains starting at 8.30, 12.30, and 6.35, Kapunda, distant…

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Shoddy—the Iniquitous Rival of Wool

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 November 1874 · page 4

THE shoddy interest has grown to a proportion which overshadows if it does not overwhelm honest wool. It is asserted on authority that 40,000 tons of 80,000,000…

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An Uncommon System of Farm Management

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1874 · page 8

MANY of our readers will remember a system of land cropping and crop realisation adopted from fifteen to twelve years ago by certain men who had wit enough to…

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Wool and Wheat

The Burrowa News · Saturday 28 November 1874 · page 4

A most material influence, as regulating the value of that great Australian staple, wool, is the price and supply of wheat, and this again depends , not merely on the abundance of the harvests in…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 November 1874 · page 2

We shall be obliged to any of our country friends who will send us for publication such items upon either of the above subjects as they may deem likely to prove of interest to our…

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Cattle-stealing

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 28 November 1874 · page 2

AT the Gundaroo police court on Monday, Nov. 23rd, before Arthur Affleck Esq., J.P., John Taylor, alias Withers, was brought up for further examination on a charge of…

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W. Mort & Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Saturday 28 November 1874 · page 1

TO-DAY witnesses the close of a series of Wool Sales which, if somewhat variable, has been, on the whole, of a most satisfactory character. Every class of Wool, with the exception…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 December 1874 · page 2

We shall be obliged to any of our country friends who will send us for publication suck items upon either of the above subjects as they may deem likely to prove of interest to our…

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Example Farming in South Australia

The Burrowa News · Saturday 5 December 1874 · page 4

The Melbourne Leader's travelling reporter gives the following description of the Hill River Estate, the properly of Mr. C. B. Fisher, which is situated in the county of Stanley, two miles eastward of…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 December 1874 · page 2

We shall be obliged to any of our country friends who will send us for publication such items upon either of the above subjects as they may [?] likely to prove of interest to our…

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Long-woolled Sheep

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 December 1874 · page 4

THE adaptability of Long-woolled sheep to the circumstances of these colonies has recently been much discussed both in New South Wales and Victoria. The following…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 December 1874 · page 2

We shall be obliged to any of our country friends who will send us for publication such items upon either of the above subjects as they may deem likely to prove of interest to our…

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Long-woolled Sheep

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 December 1874 · page 4

THE following is from the Leader’s report of a monthly meeting of the West Bourke Agricultural Society,:— “Mr. Wragge read a paper on long woolled…

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Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 December 1874 · page 2

THE annual meeting of subscribers of the Above Association was held on Thursday at the Criterion Hotel, the President, Mr. G. O’M. Clarke, in the chair…

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Latest Intelligence. Melbourne Wool Sales.[from Messrs. R.goldsbrough & Co.] Melbourne, Dec. 10

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 December 1874 · page 2

WE have sold two thousand two hundred bales this week, greasy realising from seven to fifteen pence three farthings per pound; fleece, fifteen to twenty-six pence halfpenny…

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A Large Hay Farm

The Burrowa News · Saturday 12 December 1874 · page 4

As one of the specimens of example farming of South Australia may be mentioned that of the hay farm of Mr. Sudholz, which is perhaps the largest in Australia. The Adelaide Observer informs us…

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Long-woolled Sheep

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 16 December 1874 · page 4

THE crossing of the Merino with sheep of the long-wool varieties is more end more practised. It seems to be the impression that these crosses, and the varieties…

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Long-woolled Sheep

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 December 1874 · page 4

THE Agricultural Society has given us another paper—this time on THE PRINCIPLES THAT SHOULD GUIDE THE BREEDERS AND GRAZIERS OF SHEEP FOR COARSE WOOL AND…

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Worm Disease in Sheep

The Burrowa News · Saturday 19 December 1874 · page 4

The following paper prepared by Mr. P. R. Gordon, Chief Inspector of Sheep, Queensland, was laid before the Conference of Chief Inspestor of Stock, held in Sydney, November, 1874:—…

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