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

Farming & the land, 1880

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the committee of the above society was held in the new court-house lost Tuesday, at 3.30 p.m. Those present were Messrs J. B. Sharp. Rees Jones, R. P. Johnston…

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The Farmer. Seasonable Farming Notes for March

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 3

THE long continuance of dry weather this session has very much interfered with tillage operations, and the month of March will have to be an exceedingly…

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Crookwell Agricultural & Pastoral Society's Show

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 5

PRESIDENT—J. W. Bray Esq. J.P.: Vice-Presidents—G. D. Hay Esq. J,P., H. Carr Esq.; Treasurer—J. W. Gunn Esq. J.P.; Honorary Secretary—T. H. Prosser Esq…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Association at Crookwell

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 2

THE second annual show in connection with the above association came off on Thursday last, on the grounds opposite Mr. Roratio Roberts’ Hotel, which had been kindly lent for the occasion. From…

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Rust in Wheat.—nature of the Pest

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 4

THE developments of the rust fungus that is proving so destructive to wheat in all the colonies from South Australia to Queensland are amongst the most important that…

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Crookwell Agricultural and Pastoral Show. To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 March 1880 · page 8

SIR,—I regret that I should have again to refer to your Taralga correspondence. would have thought that your correspondent upon his very culpable mis-statement being…

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Farm Memoranfda

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 March 1880 · page 3

HORSE-SHOEING.—Never allow a smith to touch a rasp to the outer surface of the hoof. Nature has covered it with a thin filament of enamel the object of which is…

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How the Stock on the Farm May Be Improved

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 March 1880 · page 3

UNQUESTIONABLY the most profitable course for the general farmer to adopt in improving the quality of his live stock is to begin by the purchase of first-class…

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The Farmer. Early and Deep Ploughing

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 March 1880 · page 3

THE benefits arising from early sowing are shown by the increased yields in the one case as compared with the others. The chief reasons for this are…

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Bee-farming

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 5

BEE-FARMING.—A school teacher (female), not a great way from Albury, started three years ago last summer with one swarm of bees in a soap-box At the end of the three seasons she had realised for…

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The Farmer. Preparing Seed for Sowing

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 March 1880 · page 3

The important matters connected with the preparation of the seed should now receive attention. Screening and pickling are important…

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Goulburn Agricultural,pastoral, and Horticultural Society

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1880 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held on Wednesday afternoon in the council chamber, Market-street, for the purpose of considering the advisability of forming an agricultural, pastoral, and horticultural society…

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A Cure for Rust in Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 March 1880 · page 4

A GERMAN resident in Rockhamp[?]on gives the following to the Queenslander as the method adopted in Germany for the preventon of rust in wheat:—‘As I am…

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Wool-sorters' Disease

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 April 1880 · page 4

IT is a remarkable fact that in this colony, the staple industry of which is wool, the wool sorters' disease is unknown. The reason probably is that the wool is only handled here…

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The Farmer. Seasonable Farming Notes for April

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 April 1880 · page 3

THE prospects of the coming season are so far most encouraging, the conditions under which the agricultural operations of the season are enabled to be conducted…

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Queanbeyan News. (Abridged from the Age.)QUARTER SESSIONS—Monday, March 29. BEFORE his Honor Judge Mc Farland ; Mr. P. J. Healey, Crown Prosecutor; Lieut.-Col. Russell, P.M„ representing the Sheriff. Sheep Stealing

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 April 1880 · page 4

Frederick Summerhill and William Luton, two boys 16 and 18 years of age respectively, were indicted for that they did, on the 19th March instant, at Queanbeyan River,…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 April 1880 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the committee of this society was held last Tuesday afternoon in the court-house. Those present were -- Messrs. Rees Jones (in the chair) J. K. Hume. J…

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The Farmer. Seasonable Farming Notes for April

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 April 1880 · page 3

THE prospects of the coming seasons are so far most [?], the conditions under which the agricultural operations of the seasons are enabled to be connected…

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How Good Butter Is Made in America

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 12 April 1880 · page 4

I RECENTLY spent a few days with a friend who makes "gilt-edged" butter. The farm is substantially a dairy farm, containing 140 acres of good pasture and meadow land…

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BUTTER. To the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 12 April 1880 · page 4

SIR,—The following extract from the Prairie Farmer will enable our dairy-farmers to estimate the profit or loss of selling milk to the proposed Milk Condensing Company at…

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