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

Farming & the land, 1885

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The Farm and Garden. (Castner's Rural Australian.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 6

SUFFICIENT rain fell last month to sink well down into the subsoil, thus ensuring a reserve which will be very acceptable during the hot summer months. It will be well to…

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Division of Pastoral Holdings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 4
Also in Southern Argus, Goulburn Herald

WE have received the supplement of the New South Wales Government Gazette containing the list of the division of pastoral holdings. It contains 162 pages of matter. In a future issue we will give…

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The Wheat Market

Southern Argus · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 2

London, July 11.—The wheat market is unchanged, and no business is reported. Foward shipments and off-coast cargoes sold at 34s. 9d. to 35s. 3d…

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The Colonial Wool Sales

Southern Argus · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 2

London, July 11.—The wool sales concluded yesterday, at from a half-penny to one penny per pound below the April closing rates, except for greasy and crossbreds, which recovered. 323,000…

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The Colonial Wool Sales

Southern Argus · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 2

London, July 10.—The colonial wool auctions will close to-morrow. Two hundred and fifty thousand bales have been sold, and seventy thousand held over for next series. The general tone of the…

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The Farmers of Yass Plains

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 July 1885 · page 5

A MEETING Of the members of the Yass Plains Free Selectors' and Farmers' Union will be held on, Tuesday next, the 21st. instant, when, besides the usual quarterly…

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Division of Pastoral Holdings

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 July 1885 · page 2

It is notified, for general information, that the division of the pastoral holdings hereinafter mentioned has been determined in accordance with the provisions…

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Crisis in Home Farming

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 July 1885 · page 2

SIR EDWARD SULLIVAN, a well known statistican, in a communication recently addressed by him to a London paper has called attention to the startling fact that,…

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Division of Pastoral Holdings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 7

THE following was published in a supplement to the New South Wales Government Gazette on Saturday:— It is hereby notified, for general…

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Stud Sheep Sales

Southern Argus · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 7

Sydney, July 17.—The annual sheep sales were commenced this morning. American rams averaged £12 16/; the highest price, 140 guineas, was given by Mr. Ricketson of…

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The Farm. Poultry Items

Southern Argus · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 4

In winter and early spring, when fowls cannot procure insect food, they should have meat a few times a week to stimulate and keep up egg production. Grain and green…

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Stud Sheep Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 July 1885 · page 4

THE annual sales of stud sheep were commenced on Friday morning by Messrs. Wilkinson, Graves, and Lavender, who by dint of strong persuasion, succeeded in realising about 781 guineas for several…

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Stud Sheep Sale

Southern Argus · Thursday 23 July 1885 · page 2

The eleventh annual stud sheep fair was resumed on Tuesday morning at the stores of Mort and Co., Limited,Sydney. The lots sold were all Tasmanian, and the bidding throughout was brisk and spirited…

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Stud Sheep Sale

Southern Argus · Thursday 23 July 1885 · page 3

Sydney, July 22.—Mort's stud sheep sale was re-commenced this morning. Prices were well maintained. A four-tooth ram, the property of Mr. Gately, of Tasmania, brought 135…

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Yass Plains Free Selectors' and Farmers' Union

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 July 1885 · page 2

A QUARTERLY and special meeting of the members of the Yass Plains Free Selectors' and Farmers' Union was held at the Temperance Hall on Tuesday-afternoon last, the 21st July…

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Sheep Sales

Southern Argus · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 7

Sydney, July 24.—Hill, Clark, and Co. sold to-day the Cannonie st[?] rams, at prices ranging from 7 to 56 guineas. At Brunker and Wolfe's sale, flock rams sold at from 2 to…

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Division of Pastoral Holdings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 7

It is hereby notified, for general information, that the division of the pastoral holdings hereinafter mentioned has been determined in accordance with the provisions of the…

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Annual Sales of Stud Sheep

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 4

Messrs. Mort and Co. continued their sales of stud sheep on Wednesday. The Now South Wales Sales opened with Mr. A. L. Faithfull's pens, from Springfield, Goulburn…

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