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

Farming & the land, 1877

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Pastoral and [?]

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 January 1877 · page 3

In [?] of [?] have [?]ing the [?] siter[?] of the [?]…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 January 1877 · page 3

We (Sydney Echo) learn, by telegram from Melbourne, that at the sale of yearlings on Tuesday, at Flemington, those from Woodstock averaged over 200 guineas each. A brown filly…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 January 1877 · page 2

If the present Government remain in office much longer, every acre of Crown lands in Riverina will be alienated to the capitalists of Melbourne, at the upset price of £1 per acre for…

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Pastoral and Agriculttral

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 January 1877 · page 3

During the quarter ended the 31st ult. 9622 acres of land were selected in the Yass Plains district. The deposits of 25 per cent, paid at the time of the conditional purchase amounted to…

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Local and General. the Young Australian Cricket Club. Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 January 1877 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held at the court-house, on Tuesday last. Mr. J. B. Sharp, J.P., vice-president, occupied the chair. The ON Wednesday night about thirty young men assembled at Mr. Mote's hotel for the purpose, as set forth in the advertisement, of forming a now cricket club in the town. Mr. T. Jackson…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 January 1877 · page 2

From the 1st of October last to the 10th instant 61,217 bales of wool were shipped from Port Jackson to London, and 183 bales for the United States of America. It is thought that…

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A Contented Farmer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1877 · page 4

ONCE upon a time Frederick King of Prussia, surnamed "Old Fritz," took a ride and espied an old farmer ploughing his acre by the wayside, cheerily singing his melody…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 January 1877 · page 3

SALES of wheat took place in Melbourne, on Monday last, at 6s. per bushel. Flour is quoted at £13. At Adelaide (S.A.), on the same day, a telegram informs us that wheat was firm, a…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 January 1877 · page 3

A sale of Crown Lands will be held to-morrow (Wednesday), at noon, in the court-house, Yass. There are only two country lots catalogued at the upset price of £1 per acre. Lot 1, portion…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 January 1877 · page 3

Mr. David Robertson, of Junee, has become the purchaser, for stud purposes, of a thoroughbred Timor pony, three years old, bred on the Hardwicke estate. The pedigree of the animal is…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 January 1877 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held at the court-house, on Tuesday last. Dr. Campbell, J.P., president, occupied the chair. The other…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 January 1877 · page 3

THE European Mail of the 24th November last states that the trade in horses between Canada and England is likely to be largely developed, as the profits are such as to encourage…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 February 1877 · page 4

It is one of !he popular fallacies under which Tree selectors labour that interest on balances of their conditional purchases will only be received by the land officers on Thursdays. Such is not…

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Dairy Cows

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1877 · page 2

THE large annual demand for dairy cattle must be supplied from any and all sources that are available. The selections however must come mostly from the native stock…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 February 1877 · page 4

The underspecified gentlemen have been gazetted trustees of the Bungendore permanent and temporary commons for the ensuing three years:-- Messrs. Michael Reilly, John McMahon,…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 February 1877 · page 3

The Manare Mercury states that grasshoppers are committing great havoe in the district; the grass is rapidly cleared by the pest. There will be sad reverses to chronicle in the district if rain…

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W. Mort and Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 2

THE fourth and lost series of sales of 1876 terminated on 2nd inst., the position of the market being the same as when we wrote on 24th ult. The arrival of new wool amounted to 173,292…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 February 1877 · page 3

The reports as to the results of the harvest in South Australia are rather meagre, but it seems evident that the returns from the threshing-machine are not favourable. We subjain the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 February 1877 · page 3

The claims of the undermentioned persons for undefined pre-emptive leases, under the Land Act of 1861, have been approved :--Charles M. Edghill, Wagga Wagga, 240 acres, parish of…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 February 1877 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of management of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held at the Court-house, on Tuesday last. Dr. Campbell, J.P., president of the association,…

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