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

Farming & the land, 1882

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Practical Education in Dairying

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 31 October 1882 · page 4

A PROPOSAL was recently made to the National Agricultural Society by Mr. D. Wilson, an energetic and thoroughly practical Victorian farmer, to have a dairy in…

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Influence of Climate and Season on Crops

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 31 October 1882 · page 4

IT is unnecessary to tell the Australian farmer that climate and season greatly influence the growth and yield of crops, but there are some facts bearing upon the…

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Poetry. a Pastoral Ballad—in Four Parts

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 November 1882 · page 4

IV. DISAPPOINTMENT. Fe shepherds give car to my lay, And take no more heed of my sheep;…

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How to Feed Sheep

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 9 November 1882 · page 4

IN recommending that sheep should be kept by the farmer in combination with his tillage operations for the reason that sheepkeeping helps farming to pay, it should not…

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To the Farmers, Selectors, and Others

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 November 1882 · page 2

GENTLEMEEN,—You have now before you and the country what is called a New Land Bill, and as the land question is the most important of all questions, because the prosperity of the country hinges…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 November 1882 · page 2

MESSRS. HARRISON, JONES, AND DEVLIN report:-- We catalogued twenty-one hundred and fifty bales and sold, under, the hammer, seventeen hundred. The biddings for good wools are…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney. Monday. 8 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 November 1882 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report.:— We offered 2477 bales of wool to-day, and sold 1908 bales. The good prices that have been ruling since the opening of the season are well…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Thursday, 9.40 a.m

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 November 1882 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report:--We offered 3000 bales of wool to-day. Greasy brought from 8½d. to 14¼d. washed fleece, 15d. to, 18¾; medium, scoured, 14d. 21d. 2400…

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Selectors' Wool

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 2 December 1882 · page 2

We have been enabled to inspect several samples of highclass strong combing wool shorn from sheep which undoubtedly may be regarded as…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday, 7.35 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 December 1882 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report: --We catalogued 2600 bales for our sale today, but had to withdraw the bulk. The prices for good wool were fully a halfpenny…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Thursday, 10.30 a.m

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 December 1882 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report:-- We offered 2900 bales of wool at auction to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was brisk throughout. Good greasy wool…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday, 7.2 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 December 1882 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report: --We offered 3180 bales of wool at auction today and [?] sal[?] to [?] bales. We [?] a [?] demand than last week,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Preparing for the Harvest

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 2

In a few days the wheat harvest. will be general throughout the early districts of Victoria, and it will be advisable to make all necessary preparations as soon as…

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The Farmer. Selectors Wheat Stores

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 December 1882 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the South Australian Farmers Association one of its members Mr. W. J. George, read a paper upon the above subject from which…

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Hornless Cattle

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 30 December 1882 · page 3

WE learn from British agricultural journals that there has for some time past been an extraordinary demand for polled cattle, and more especially the Scotch breeds, and at…

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