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

Farming & the land, 1878

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 March 1878 · page 2

THE eighth annual show, under the auspices of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association took place yesterday on the show grounds at North Yass, and was, taking all the…

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Cattle and Horses

The Burrowa News · Saturday 2 March 1878 · page 4

Will be conveyed at owner's risk, at 8d per truck per mile. No less charge than for a whole truck to be made. Minimum charge, 15s. To be loaded and unloaded…

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The Wool Market

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 March 1878 · page 2

Messrs Mort. and Co, of Sydney, report an active demand at their wool sale this week, especially for good conditioned lots. The quotations were about equal to those…

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The London Colonial Wool Sales. London, February 26

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 March 1878 · page 2

The London Colonial wool sales opened this afternoon. The total number of bales available for the series is 260,000, including 49.000 from the Cape. Of this quantity…

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Farmer's Daughters

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 March 1878 · page 6

I was talking to a farmer's daughter the other day, and we naturally, it seemed, dropped into complainings, and each revealed the fact that she was discontented. I…

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

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 March 1878 · page 2

SIR, -- It is an ungracious act to criticise judges, decisions when their services are rendered gratis, and often at considerable inconvenience and expense to themselves. I therefore preface the…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Burrowa News · Saturday 9 March 1878 · page 2

THE eighth annual show took place on Thursday, on the show grounds at North Yass, and was, taking all the circumstances into consideration…

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The Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Show

The Burrowa News · Saturday 9 March 1878 · page 2

THE following very pertinent letter has been addressed to the Yass Courier, by Mr. A. E. Middleton, Broughtonsworth, anent the vageries surrounding the…

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The Wool Market

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 March 1878 · page 2

Mort and Co, of Sydney report:— At their wool sale held this week greasy realised up to 11½d; fleeee 18½ ; scoured 21½d. Sheepskins firm…

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The Best Cattle to Keep

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1878 · page 6

THE object of this article is not to puff any particular breed of cattle, but to try to convince those farmers who keep a few cows of the importance of keeping better animals…

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The Farmer Seasonable Farming Notes for March

The Burrowa News · Saturday 9 March 1878 · page 3

AFTER all the severities experienced from the drought, the weather that has obtained during the past month has gone far to make amends, and there is every…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 March 1878 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was hold in the court-house on Tuesday afternoon. The members present were-- Messrs. R. W. Pearson (hon…

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Our Pastoral Interests

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 4

As showing what is regarded in certain quarters as a successful land system, says the Melbourne Leader, the remarks of a reporter in a contemporary devoted to…

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Cattle and Horses

The Burrowa News · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 4

Will be conveyed at owner's risk, at 8d per truck per mile. No less charge than for a whole truck to be made. Minimum charge, 15s. To be loaded and unloaded…

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Farm Life From a Woman's Point of View

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 2

"FARMERS, my dear," said Aunt Tabitha, as she spread a rug in the corner for her favourite, the cat, "are, take them all round, a pretty contented set. They like…

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The Farmer. Farming Notes for March

The Burrowa News · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 4

As we have already dealt with the important subject of selecting seed in a [?] article, it will not be necessary at this time to do more than advert to the…

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The Farmer the Compost Heap

The Burrowa News · Saturday 23 March 1878 · page 4

It should be located in the most sha[?]y part of the yard, should have an impervious bed of concrete or of clay, well stamped down, and should…

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Loss of Sheep. (To the Editor of the Burrangong Argus)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1878 · page 3

SIR,—A paragraph appears in your last issue headed ‘Loss of Sheep,’ and stating that ‘a large flock of sheep, driven by two of our townsmen, who are complete amateurs in that line,…

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Fowls for Farmers

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1878 · page 4

MUCH discussion has arisen of late years in regard to fowls as to which are the most profitable—pure-bred or cross-bred. Some assert that there has been no improvement…

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New Metropolitan Cattle Saleyards

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1878 · page 2

THE accommodation at the Homebush cattle sale-yards has been found for many years to be altogether inadequate, and wholly unsuited to meet the increased and…

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