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

Farming & the land, 1882

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Election of Sheep-director

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 17 August 1882 · page 2

The sheepowners competent to vote for the sheep-district of Goulburn are requested to meet at the court-house, Goulburn, on Wednesday, the 23rd instant, at twelve o'clock, to…

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Sheep Show and Horse Parade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 August 1882 · page 2

THE first sheep show under the auspices of the Goulburn Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Society was held on the show ground on Wednesday. The attendance on the part of the public…

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Sheep Show at Goulburn

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 August 1882 · page 2

THE first sheep show in connection with the Goulburn Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Society took place on Wednesday on the ground at Goulburn. There were a total of 259…

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Sheep-show and Horse-parade. Second Day

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 19 August 1882 · page 3

THE show of sheep and parade of horses in connection with the Goulburn Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Society, was continued on Thursday last. The attendance was still more limited than on…

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The Southern Argus. Published in Goulburn. Truth, ever lovely since the world began, The foe of tvrant and the friend of man.-Campbell. Goulburn: Saturday, August 19. the Sheep Show

Southern Argus · Saturday 19 August 1882 · page 2

The first Sheep Show in connection with the Goulburn A. P. and. H. Society was held on Wednesday last on the Society's Grounds. Preparations for this event had…

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The Southern Argus. Published in Goulburn. Truth ever lovely since the world began, The foe of tvrante and the friend of man.—Campbell. Goulburn: Thursday, August. 24. the Yass Sheep Show and Horse Parade

Southern Argus · Thursday 24 August 1882 · page 2

The Pastoral and Agricultural Association at Yass has issued its programme for a Sheep Showed, Horse Parade, arranged to take place on Wednesday, September 20th…

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This Year's Wool-harvest

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 2 September 1882 · page 2

THE Shears are again being plied. The woolharvest of 1882 has commenced, and already small quantities of the clip are being borne to the coast. It is probable…

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 September 1882 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the committee of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in the committee-room on Tuesday afternoon, the 5th instant…

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The Melbourne Stud Sheep Show

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 4

THE MELBOURNE STUD SHEEP SHOW.—One of the most successful stud sheep shows ever held in Australia was brought to a close at Melbourne on Wednesday, in the wool-warehouse of Messrs. R…

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Receiving Stores for Farm Produce

Southern Argus · Tuesday 12 September 1882 · page 2

At the Bathurst Farmer's Union meeting on Thursday it was resolved to hold a meeting of delegates of all unions on Wednesday. September 20 in Bathurst, to raise capital to establish…

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How to Obtain Large Yields of Butter

Southern Argus · Thursday 14 September 1882 · page 4

There in a vast difference in the quality of cows, and it is well known that in a fixed herd one cow will yield double or triple the quantity of butter to that obtained from another, and that the milk from…

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 September 1882 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in the committee-room, at the Yass Mechanics' Institute, on Tuesday afternoon. There were present…

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The Farmer. Deep Cultivation

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 September 1882 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Gisdstone [?]uch of the South Australian Farmers Association the following paper was read by Mr. Wornum:—…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral Show

Southern Argus · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 2

On Wednesday the eighteenth annual show of this association was opened. The display of horses, although not large, was interesting, several good blood horses being to the fore. The great Reprieve…

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Annual Show of the Australian Sheep-breeders' Association

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 2

The crowds who have flocked to the stores of Messrs. Goldsbrough and Co. to inspect the finest collection of sheep that has ever been seen…

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Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Show

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 19 September 1882 · page 2

This show took place on Friday last, and was a great improvement upon former efforts. The attendance improvement upon any similar occasion in Albury, was the largest of any similar occasion in Albury, the receipts at the gates amounting to £125. There…

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Block in Railway Cattle Traffic

Southern Argus · Tuesday 19 September 1882 · page 2

The Dubbo Despatch reffering to the paragraph which appear in Tuesday's Herald observes:— "The block in the stook traffic which recently occured in Dubbo was not due to the practice of…

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Western Farmers and Eastern Produce Dealers

Southern Argus · Tuesday 19 September 1882 · page 4

The Sydney Herald's Bathurst correspondent writes on the 12th instant:—The Bathurst Farmers' Union had a meeting on Thursday, at which there was a discussion as to the advisebleness of…

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Exhaustive Farming

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 21 September 1882 · page 6

THE facilities offered for agricultural settlement in Victoria and South Australia a few years back induced a large number of people to become formers, and so great was the…

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Technical Education for Farmers

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 21 September 1882 · page 5

DURING the last few years an agitation has been got up on several occasions as to the desirability of agricultural education; but after the question has been discussed for a…

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