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

Farming & the land, 1884

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Fat Cattle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 June 1884 · page 4

IN the Braidwood District, Mr. Frank Mason, of Krawarree, has just delivered, at his yards, to Messrs. C. and H. Dunne, of Picton, a mob of fat cattle, numbering 120 head, at the highest price…

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Important to Sheep Owners

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 3

IN the Banco Court, on May 17 (before their Honours the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Windeyer, and Mr. Justice Innes), a decision of great importance (upholding…

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The Farmer. the Kitchen Garden in June

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 3

The secret of success in gardening consists largely in diligent sowing and planting. To keep up a continual supply of vegetables one must now a few seeds and…

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Farmers and Their Friends

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 17 June 1884 · page 4

"MAN is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward," and the farmer's life is no exception to the universal lot. From the moment that he goes upon the field with his plough…

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Sheep on Wheat Land

Southern Argus · Saturday 21 June 1884 · page 4

On wheat-producing farms, says Mr. B. G. Buell, sheep have many advantages over any other of our domestic animals, some of which are:—…

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Improving Farm Houses

Southern Argus · Saturday 21 June 1884 · page 4

It is a source of great satisfaction to notice as we have within the last half dozen years the improvement which has been making in the appearance of farm dwellings. It is being…

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Diseases in Sheep Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 June 1884 · page 2

A MEETING of the board of sheep directors was held yesterday morning at their office, Auburn-street. Present—Messrs. T. Marsden, I. Shepherd, J. T. Burcher, J. Cropper, directors, and F. M. Charteris,…

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The Fut[?] of American and [?] Wheat

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 26 June 1884 · page 4

C[?] experts of retire-ground flour to such [?] at England are not likely to increase materially for many years to come, and it [?] able whether…

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How to Prepare Wool for Market

Southern Argus · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 4

A Californian papr has the following useful hints to woolgrowers:—A considerable portion of Californian wools are very heavy, but this cannot be avoided, as it is really no…

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Dairy Farming

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 6

PROFESSOR L. B. ARNOLD, writing to the Now York Tribune, remarks as follows:—Mr. J. B. Smith writes from Ohio that, in patterning after the methods practised…

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A Big Farm

Southern Argus · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 4

In an article on Messrs. Ellis Brothers' Five Rivers Estate, New Zealand, the "Southland Times" says:—"It is simply a Southland farm, of Brobdignagian…

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Wheat From Tuppal

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1884 · page 4

Shortly after the completion of the harvest last year a small consignment of wheat, consisting of 225 bags, was sent by Mr. Thomas Brown, of…

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Ayrshire Cattle

Southern Argus · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 2

The Ayrshire cattle which arrived in Sydney last weak from the herd of Messrs. A. and J. M'Farlane, of Dunedin, New Zealand, were sold on Tuesday at Kiss Bazaar. The heifers, of which there were 22,…

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To Equip a Wheat Farm in Dakota

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 6

The amount of machinery necessary to plant and harvest the crops of the north-west (according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press) is…

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The Shepherd and the Sheep

Southern Argus · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 4

Reverend Whangdoodle Baxter has considerable trouble in collecting his salary from the delinquent members of his flock. Uncle Mose, in particular, shows a great…

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Yass Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 July 1884 · page 2

A SEASONAL meeting of the committee of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Tuesday evening last, there being present-- Dr. Campbell (President, in the chair),…

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Messrs. Mort and Co.'s Stud Sheep Sale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 July 1884 · page 2

THERE was a very good attendance of buyers at the above sale, which commenced on Monday morning at the Wool Stores, Circular Quay. Mr. James Gibson's lot from his Belleveue flock,…

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Stud Sheep Sale

Southern Argus · Thursday 17 July 1884 · page 2

At Mort and Co.'s sale of stud sheep on Tuesday, Mr. A. L. Faithfull's (Springfield) rams averaged £55 1s, 4d; the highest priced one was 105 guineas. A number of sheep belonging to Mr. Stephen White…

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The Stud Sheep Ssles

Southern Argus · Saturday 19 July 1884 · page 8

The above sales were continued on Tuesday at Messrs. Mort and Co.'s wool warehouse. A. perfect duel took place between representatives of Victoria and New Zealand…

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A New Disease in Sheep

Southern Argus · Saturday 19 July 1884 · page 4

A letter from a drover in Queensland to a contemporary describes what he considers a new disease in sheep, with which a mob that he was driving from New South Wales…

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