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

Farming & the land, 1883

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday, 6 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 January 1883 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report: -- We offered nineteen hundred and fifty bales at auction to-day and sold seventeen hundred and ten. Prices and competition are about…

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Ostrich-farming in the South

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1883 · page 4

MESSRS. Officer Brothers of the Murray Downs station, near Swan Hill, are still persevering with the work of ostrich-farming, which they plackily commenced about…

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 January 1883 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Tuesday, at 3.30 p.m. Present-- Dr. Campbell (president, in the chair), and Messrs…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1883 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—At our sale to-day we found biddings for greasy wools, extromely brisk, good linos being specially sought after…

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Yass News. (From our correspondent.) Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Southern Argus · Thursday 18 January 1883 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of this association was held in the committee-room on Tuesday afternoon. Present: Dr. Camphell (president in the chair) and Messrs. W. S. Hall, T. Colls, J. Robinson, B. A…

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 January 1883 · page 2

THE schedule committee held a meeting on Tuesday last at 3 p.m., prior to the meeting of the general committee. Present-- Mr. T. Colls (in the chair), and Messrs. Hall and…

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The Pedigree of Wheat

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 January 1883 · page 3

In an article on this subject in Maomillan's Magazine, Mr. Grant Allan says:—Wheat ranks by origin as a degenerate and degraded lity.? Such in brief is the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Thursday, 8.35 a.m

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 January 1883 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report.--We sold 1650 bales wool this week at up to 12½d. for greasy, 19¼d. washed fleece, and 21½d. for scoured. . Full attendance of buyers and…

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The Farmer. Tillage and Pasture

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 January 1883 · page 3

Whether it is intended to fallow the stubble land with another crop, or let it out into pasture, it will be advisable to turn the sheep in as soon as the corn has…

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Burr Oaks Farm, in Eastern Illinois

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1883 · page 4

BURR OAKS FARM is 8 miles wide by 8 long —equal in size to 800 50-acre farms, to nearly 600 of 80 acres each, and to 400 of 100 acres each. Divided into…

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He Quit the Cattle Business

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 January 1883 · page 4

“I SHALL Lever handle cattle any more,” said Patriok Healy the other day while talking with a Wyoming stookman. “I got discouraged a good many years ago. I had…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 January 1883 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report--We sold 1850 bales of wool this week at up to 11½qd. for greasy, and 18½d.--for washed fleece…

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The Palo-alto Stud-farm, San Francisco

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 27 January 1883 · page 3

THE Palo-Alto farm of Leland Stanford at Menlo Park, thirty-miles south of San Francisco, where he has his country residence, is in some respects the most notable estate…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 January 1883 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:--At our sale this day prices for wool were unaltered, and the attendance and competition is still very good. The bulk of wool held over…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday, 9.50 a.m

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 February 1883 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report:--We offered 2000 bales of wool at our sales to-day, and sold 1500 at up to 18½d. for fleets, 21d. for scoured, and 11d. for medium greasy. No…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday, 6.30 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 February 1883 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:-- The prices at our wool sales to-day were firm. We had good competition, and sold 1000 bales at up to 11d. for greasy, 17d. for…

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Pastoral Letter

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 February 1883 · page 4

THE following Pastoral Letter to the Catholic clergy and laity of the diocese of Goulburn was read in all the churches of the diocese on Sunday last:--…

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 February 1883 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Tuesday afternoon last. Present--Mr. Roes Jones, (vice-president, in the chair), and…

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The Farmer. Hints on Swine Management

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 February 1883 · page 3

The economy of feeding swing on rich food, says a cow inspector to a Chicago stock journal, and the preparation of the name…

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Sheep Returns for 1883

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 February 1883 · page 2

THE following are the numbers of sheep returned to the Yass C.P.S. for the year ending 31st December, 1883:-- Thomas Armstrong, Murrumbateman 1,930…

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