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

Farming & the land, 1881

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Telegraphic Intelligence [Through Greville’s Telegram Company.]sydney, Friday, 2 p.m. Wheat, 5s. to 6s. 9d

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 September 1881 · page 2

In the Legislative Council yesterday, the Hon. C. O. Campbell moved a resolution censuring the Government for its action in quarantining the steamer Ocean, which he withdrew, after…

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Wheat-growing on the Murray

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 20 September 1881 · page 2

WE learn from our special reporter, who recently visited Albury, that at the agricultural when held there, only two samples of what were exhibited. This [?] display [?], we are glad to thick, in to…

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Southern Dairy Argus. Published Every Morning Truth, ever lovely since world began, The foe of tyrants and the friend of man.—Campbell. Goulburn: Tuesday, Sept.20. Technical Education

Southern Argus · Tuesday 20 September 1881 · page 2

"KNOWLEDGE is power," remarks one of England's greatest philosophers, and in no age was this statement more thoroughly brought home to the minds of thinking men…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, September 23. Before Messrs. H. H. Voss, B. Horsburgh, and Captain Rossi. Cattle Straying

Southern Argus · Saturday 24 September 1881 · page 2

Jeremiah Limbeck was charged with allowing a calf to stray. This case was adjourned from last Wednesday. Defendant pleaded not guilty. An[?] Hartley deposed…

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Crookwell Agricultural and Pastoral Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 September 1881 · page 4

A PLOUGHING match under the auspices of the above took place on Saturday last in a paddock belonging to Mr. Francis Cartwright, situated about half-a-mile from the township,…

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Estimating the Value of Cattle

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1881 · page 4

The Live Stock [?] gives the following [?] of how a first-class judge of [?] will estimate their value.—"See his…

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The Wool Industry of Australia

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1881 · page 4

THE annual exhibitions under the [?] of the Australian [?] , and the sales from the [?] that follow, [?] proof…

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Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 October 1881 · page 3

THE general committee of the above was held yesterday afternoon at the 'Mechanics' Institute. Present—Mr. W. Davies J.P., in the chair; and Messrs Shepherd, Grunsell, Meyers, Ayling and…

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To the Farmers of Merilla Parkesbourne and Mummel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 October 1881 · page 3

GENTLEMENT,—I notice in a late issue of the Goulburn E. P. Post that a challenge was published in a Sydney paper by the defeated ploughman of Parramatta to plough the…

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Sheep for Farmers

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 October 1881 · page 3

The keeping of a flock of sheep is not only one of the "best means of adding to the resources of the farmer, but also affords valuable assistance in cultivation…

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The Farmer. Tillage and Pasture

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 October 1881 · page 3

The want of rain is beginning to be badly felt in many of the interior localities and unless a downfall be soon received the crops seriously suffer…

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Experimental Farms

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 11 October 1881 · page 4

EXPERIMENTAL farms have proved so successful in Europe and America that there is no reason to doubt that, if designed on a sound basis and carefully managed, they would…

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Shropshire Sheep

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 13 October 1881 · page 4

Shropshire sheep is decended from a breed which has been known to exist for about two centuries in the county of Salop and part of the…

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association.—annual Meeting

The Yass Courier · Thursday 13 October 1881 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the members of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in the committee room at the Mechanics Institute yesterday (Wednesday)…

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Seasonable Farming Notes

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 October 1881 · page 3

THE welcome writing rains with which the country' has been visited will not only be of immense benefit to the cereal crops, which are as a rule late this year, but they…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Saturday 22 October 1881 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the committee of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association for the election of office-bearers for the ensuing year, was held in the committee-room at the Mechanics'…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday, 6.35 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 October 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report: --At our opening wool sale to-day we offered twenty-seven hundred bales, and sold thirieen hundred bales. There was a large attendance…

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Moppity Stud Sheep

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 27 October 1881 · page 4

On Thursday last, as we learn from the Burrangong Argus, the committee and officers of the Burrangong P. and A. Association, with the representatives of the press, met at Moppity…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin's Sales

The Yass Courier · Thursday 27 October 1881 · page 4

AT our opening sale, held 24th; instant, we catalogued 2681 bales. There was a very large attendance of buyers, and biddings were brisk at prices about 10 per cent. lower than opening…

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Moppity Stud Sheep

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 October 1881 · page 3

WRITES the Burrangong Argus:-The committee and officers of the Burrangong P. and A. Association, with the representatives of the Press, met at…

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