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

Farming & the land, 1880

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A Sewage Farm in Leamington

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 7 June 1880 · page 4

WE take the following account of a farm, which receives the sewage of Leamington, from the Spa Courier of February 7:— Many of our readers are familiar with the…

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MELBOUHNE. Messrs. R.[?] Goldsbrough’s Weekly, Wool, Tallow end Hide report :—

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 June 1880 · page 2

WOOL.—In our local market there is very little doing, and we have no sales to report during the week. The pareela that are coming forward consist principally of country scoured for which…

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Wool Duty

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 July 1880 · page 2

WE are favoured with the following memo, from Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Sydney: -- The duty is to come into operation on the 1st August, 1880, and is to be levied according to…

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Cattle and Horse Tax

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 July 1880 · page 2

Provides for a yearly tax on horses and cattle; that the tax shall be levied from the 31st August, 1880, at the rate of sixpence per head, which tax is to be paid by the owner before the…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 July 1880 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the committee of the of this society was held in the court-house last Tuesday afternoon. The President (Dr. Campbell) occapied the chair, and the other members…

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The Wool Duty and Stock Tax

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 July 1880 · page 2

THE following digest, issued by Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin, will be of use to a large number of our readers :— WOOL DUTY…

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Seasonable Farming Notes for July

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 July 1880 · page 3

The season up to the present being a special one with regard to its moisture, together with the promise given that the winter ad spring are likely to continue…

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Mixed Sheep

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 14 July 1880 · page 4

UPON few subjects connected with rural economy, probably upon no single one is there greater need of diffusion of knowledge than in regard to the principles of breeding…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 July 1880 · page 2

AN adjourned meeting of the committee of the above society was held in the court-house last Tuesday afternoon. Present—Messrs. Rees Jones (in the chair), J, McBean, R. A. Barber,…

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Merino Sheep Breeding. [Agricultural Reporter of the Melbourne Leader.] Jellalbad

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 July 1880 · page 2

THE low price of cattle, and of nearly all kinds of farm produce, together with the satisfactory state of the London wool market, is calculated to direct the…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 July 1880 · page 2

THE tenth annual show of this society is fixed for the 15th September next, a date selected so as not to clash with the show to be held at Young on the 25th August or that at Wagga on the…

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Mer [?] Sheep Breeding. [Agricultural Reporter of the Melbourne Lander]. No. Ii Stoney Point

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 July 1880 · page 3

Stoney Point, the estate of Mr. J. F. Cumming, situated on the [?] Creek, near Darlington, [?]celebrated for the fine clock of pine…

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Profitable Dairying

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 July 1880 · page 3

MR. DAID TOUCH, manager of the Leamington sewage farm, furnishes the Mark Lane Express with the following particulars of the returns obtained from the cow:…

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Quick Work with Dairy Cows

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 26 July 1880 · page 4

QUICK WORK WITH DAIRY COWS.—HOW to improve and make the most of milch cows is a subject which has been much overhauled of late, and many old maxims…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 30 July 1880 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the committee of this society was held in the court-house last Tuesday afternoon. Present -- Messrs. Rees Jones (in the chair). T. Colls, R. W. Pearson, A. McCallum,…

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Merino Sheep Breeding. No. III.—LARRA

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 July 1880 · page 2

Mr. J. L. Currie's Larra sheep hare been celebrated as high-class pure merinoes since the earliest period of Victorian history. In 1844 the flock was…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 August 1880 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the committee of this society was held at the court-house last Tuesday afternoon. Those present were -- Dr. Campbell, president, and Messrs. Rees Jones, R. W…

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Seasonable Farming Notes for August

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 August 1880 · page 2

OWING to the forward character of the [?] the [?] crops are unusually advanced, and in the majority of instances the chief source of danger seems to lie in…

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How They Preserve and Pace Butter in Illinols, U.s

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 9 August 1880 · page 4

In matters little what package is less a writer in the Cuntry Genle[?] provided the flavour of the [?] cad in no way receive harm, from anything is the…

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Tass Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Tenth Annual Show. Wednesday, September 15th, 1880. List of Special Prizes

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 August 1880 · page 4

Best Aggregate Exhibit of Merino Sheep, the property of exhibitor, Silver Cap, valued at £10 10s.; offered by MR. J. B. SHARP, J.P., of Cliftonwood, Yaas, to be called "The…

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