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

Farming & the land, 1881

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The Dairy. Butter-making Utensils

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 1 November 1881 · page 4

AT our agricultural shows dairy utensils of various kinds may generally be seen, but no attempt is over made to submit them to a practical test for the benefit of butter and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 November 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:--Our catalogue of wool to-day comprised sixteen hundred bales. Prices are quite equal to sales of last week. Competition brisk, and…

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Ostrich Farming

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 1 November 1881 · page 4

THE success of the farmers of the Cape Colony with ostriches, has of late years caused more than a little attention to be devoted to these strange but profitable birds. Recent…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Thursday 3 November 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report:--There was a large attendance of English and foreign buyers at our wool sale to-day, and vigorous competition for every line of greasy fleece…

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Associated Dairying

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 3 November 1881 · page 4

THE factory, or as it is often called the American system of dairying, was first started in the United States about twenty-five years ago, and has proved so successful…

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Burrow a Police Court. Wednesday, November 2. (Before Messrs. W. J. E. Wotton, E. Deer, and W. B. Pett). SHEEP-STEALING

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 November 1881 · page 2

John Manyan was charged with stealing three sheep, the property of Messrs. Kennedy and Clarence, of Marrara. Senior sergeant Hitch deposed: I have…

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The Farmer. Tillage and Pasture

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 November 1881 · page 3

The season during which spring [?]wings can be carried on has been lengthened by the recent rains. The early down mangels will not be well forward, and it…

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Extraordinary Loss of Cattle

Southern Argus · Monday 7 November 1881 · page 2

We have received says the Dubbo Express the particulars of the sudden death, of thirtyone heal of cattle camped on Monday night upon the reserve adjoining the property of…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday, 7.30 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 November 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report: --We to-day catalogued 1500 bales of wool, and sold at auction and privately 1450 bales. The market is very firm,…

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Thursday 10 November 1881 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the committee of the above association was held at the committee room on last Tuesday afternoon. Those present were--Messrs. R. W. Pearson, T…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Tuesday, 9.40 p.m

The Yass Courier · Thursday 10 November 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report:--There was a large attendance at our wool sale to-day. The demand was again active, and all lots not encumbered with…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday, 6.40 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 November 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report :--Our catalogue of wool to-day numbered twenty-five hundred bales, and we sold at auction nearly fourteen hundred bales. We…

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The Farmer. Tillage and Pasture

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 November 1881 · page 3

Haymaking generally will soon set in, and some crops will require to be dealt with, from all appearance, quite early in November. Rye-grass and prairie grass…

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Provision for Dairy-stock in Summer

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 19 November 1881 · page 7

ONE Of the greatest difficulties an Australian farmer has to contend with is the long summer droughts and the consequent scarcity of herbage for his live-stock. In most other…

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Capitalistic Farming in the United States

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 19 November 1881 · page 7

MR. J. F. Williamson of Chicago contributes to the Victorian Review an article from which we extract the following:— Within the past decade an entirely new…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 November 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report: -- We sold three thousand bales of wool this week; competition was brisk and prices were firm, American demand being especially active. Greasy fleece…

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Wheat Experiments

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 24 November 1881 · page 2

The general result of the wheat experiments carried on by Dr. Bancroft at his farm, Kelvin Grove, which were minutely reported upon in this journal some seven weeks ago, is a…

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The Farmer. Tillage and Pasture

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 November 1881 · page 3

LAST Week we drew attention in the necessity for exercising due care in the work of haymaking with respect to time of cutting. Hay is seldom cut too early…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday, 6.45 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 November 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report: -- We offered twenty-eight hundred bales of wool at our sale to-day and sold at auction and privately twenty-two hundred bales…

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Pastoral Affairs in Queensland

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 1 December 1881 · page 4

Among sheep-owners the principal event of the month has been the shearing. This has progressed very favorably, there having been but little wet weather to hinder…

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