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

Farming & the land, 1883

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 June 1883 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the association was held on Tuesday last. Present--Mr. Rees Jones (vice-president, in the chair), and Messrs. T. Colls, G. Merriman, J. Duffy, J…

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Farm and Garden. Operations for June

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 June 1883 · page 4

KITCHEN GARDEN.--Sow the early kind of peas; also beans, carrots, radishes, parsnips, onions, salad, spinach, etc. Continue the earthing up of celery,…

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The Farmer. Roots for Dairy Cattle

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 June 1883 · page 4

There [?] rule [?] the nomad tribes of the Arabian [?] or by the [?] or any other…

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Fire at Farmer and Co's

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1883 · page 4

MESSRS. Farmer and Co.'s magnificent ''Victoria House'' premises, in Pitt-street, Sydney, had a very narrow escape on Monday night from destruction by fire. It…

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Fire at Farmer and Co.'s Drapery Establishment

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 June 1883 · page 2

MESSRS FARMER AND Co.'s magnificent " Victoria Home " premises, in Pitt-street, had a very narrow escape on Monday night from destruction by fire…

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Forthcoming Sales of Stud Sheep

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 2

THE sales of stud sheep in the metropolis, this year, according to advertisements at present before breeders, will be the most, extensive ever known is this colony…

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Notches in Wool

Southern Argus · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 6

At the recent meeting of the Microscopical section of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Mr. Trebeck exhibited a…

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A Hint to Farmers

Southern Argus · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 6

Important information with regard to the selection of seed wheat is conveyed through a Melbourne journal. The writer advocates the…

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Sheep Returns

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 July 1883 · page 2

THE following is the return of the number of sheep in the district of Yass for the year end 31st December, 1882 :-- Armstrong. Thomas, Greenwood 1930…

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 July 1883 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the committee was held on Tuesday, the 3rd instant. Present -- Dr. Campbell (President, in the chair), Mr. Rees Jones (vice-president), and Messrs…

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Forthcoming Sales of Stud Sheep

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 July 1883 · page 4

THE sales of stud sheep in the metropolis this year, according to advertisements at present before breeders, will be the most extensive ever known in this colony…

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The Farmer. Seasonable Farm Notes for July

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 July 1883 · page 4

The season thus far has been one of the most favourable ever experienced there have been checks and delays in the progress of wheat sowing, from drought, and…

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Fibre Crops

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1883 · page 2

AMONG the agricultural industries that have hitherto been almost ignored, in the Australian colonies is that of the cultivation of fibre crops, and it would be well if some of our…

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The Farmer Planting and Manuring Potatoes. [Mark Lane Express.]

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 July 1883 · page 3

Potato planting is now in full swing, and it is not unlikely that a larger screage than usual will be devoted to the crop this year. There is more than the…

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Miscellaneous. Capture of the Barber Boys by Iowa Farmers

Southern Argus · Saturday 14 July 1883 · page 4

WAVERLY (Iowa), June 7.—The capture of the noted Barber boys occurred at a farmhouse four miles soutwest of Tripoh, and sixteen…

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 July 1883 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the committee was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of receiving the report of the improvement committee. There were present--Dr. Campbell (President, in the…

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Lecture on Wheat

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 19 July 1883 · page 4

MR. R. W. Emerson Mac Ivor F.I.C. delivered a lecture on Wheat at the public hall, Shepparton (Victoria), on Thursday evening, 21st ultimo. There was a very…

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Wheat-raising in California

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 July 1883 · page 4

IN the pioneer days of California the few men who turned their attention to farming were ridiculed by the miners, who asserted that the soil of the state was…

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Farming in America

Southern Argus · Tuesday 24 July 1883 · page 2

THE proprietors of the Melbourne Australasian, in a spirit [?] prise that deserves every commendation, have despatched an experienced agricultural reporter, Mr. T. Dow, to the United States of which…

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The Arkansaw Farmer

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 24 July 1883 · page 4

A CATTLE-DEALER stopped at the house of an Arkansaw small farmer, and called to a man who was drawing water with an oldfashioned windlass that cried out with an…

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