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

Farming & the land, 1885

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The Bathurst Farmers Union

Southern Argus · Thursday 18 June 1885 · page 4

A meeting of the Bathurst Farmers' Union was held on Saturday to discuss a certain manifesto, which had been drawn up for consideration as a guide to the farmers at…

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Division of Pastoral Holdings

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 June 1885 · page 2

The Department of lands is experiencing: considerable difficulty in finally notifying the division of pastoral holdings by reason of dilatoriness of lessees in replying to…

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Stud Sheep Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 June 1885 · page 3

MORT and Co.'s annual sales will commence on the 21st July, and not on the 13th July, as previously advertised. This alteration of date has become…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 June 1885 · page 2

Mr. John Bridge reports--I held my usual fortnightly sale of wool and sheepskins to-day. The attendance of buyers was large. The wool catalogue consisted principally of country…

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The Farm. Judges of Poultry

Southern Argus · Saturday 20 June 1885 · page 4

To be a good judge of poultry, a person requires a great deal of practical knowledge, for without it, it is absurd to enter the field, a man might have a good knowledge of one…

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The Bathurst Farmers' Union

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 June 1885 · page 6

A meeting of the Bathurst Farmers' Union was-held on Saturday last to discuss a certain manifesto which had been drawn up for consideration as a guide to the farmers at…

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Latest Telegrams. ["Argus" Special Message]. Cattle and Sheep Markets

Southern Argus · Tuesday 23 June 1885 · page 3

Sydney, June 22.—Cattle in good supply to-day, but most of inferior quality; prime lots improved, but other sorts are unaltered; best beef 24/- per 100 lb. Sheep are in moderate…

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"Martin's Home and Farm."

Southern Argus · Thursday 25 June 1885 · page 2

A monthly journal bearing the above name has been issued from the establishment of Messrs. James Martin and Co., importers and manufacturers of agricultural implements, George-street,…

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The American Wheat Crop

Southern Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1885 · page 2

London, June 27.—It, is estimated that the American wheat crop will be greatly below the average…

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An Irish Sheep-shearing

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 July 1885 · page 4

TIM WATSON is a great character, though a very small farmer: He is devoted to fishing, or at any rate to talking about it. The Buffy skirts his farm, and it is impossible for a passing angler to escape his…

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Burrowa Police Court. Saturday, June 27. (Before Mr. W. J. E. Wotton, P.M. and Mr. F. W. Hume.) Alleged Sheep-stealing

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 July 1885 · page 2

William Maloney was charged, on suspicion, of having stolen 70 sheep, the property of Oliver Poplin and Joseph S. Hayes…

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Sheep and Cattle Sales. to the Editor

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 3

SIR,—As an extensive buyer and seller of stock at the Goulburn sale-yards, I must protest against the arrangement lately entered into by the stock and station agents, whereby the sheep and cattle sales…

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The Farm. Useful to Farmers

Southern Argus · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 4

As farmers are constantly losing valuable horses through their getting at wheat, which causes them to be "blown," the following remedy, says the Adelaide Observer, which…

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Wheat Competition

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 July 1885 · page 4

A REPORT on the wheat markets of Europe, as influenced by the wheat production of the United States, has been published by the American Government…

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The Farming Industry on the Clarence River

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 July 1885 · page 4

A PUBLIC meeting was held at Ulmarra on Tuesday evening, at which about 130 people were present as representing the farming interest of that and the adjoining…

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The Farmers' Ticket

Southern Argus · Thursday 9 July 1885 · page 4

The following is a copy of the Platform adopted by the Bathurst Farmers' Union at a meeting held on Thursday, July 2:—"That at the general election of members…

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Bathurst Farmers" Union

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 July 1885 · page 2

THE following is a copy of the "Platfrom" adopted by the Bathurst Farmers' Union at a meeting held on Thursday. July 2:—"That at the general election…

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The Wheat Market

Southern Argus · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 2

London, July 7.—Adelaide wheat of the coast is quoted at 34s 4d per quarter…

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The Wool Sales

Southern Argus · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 2

London, July 7.—At the wool sales to-day, 8[?]00 bales were offered. The demand is steady, but not active…

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The Farm. Advantages of Green Manuring

Southern Argus · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 4

To manure our tillable lands seems the only alternative left for keeping up their fertility, while the crops they annually produce are being taken from them. Nature's…

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