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

Farming & the land, 1885

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Farm Items

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 August 1885 · page 3

DISINFECTANT FOR STABLES.— Any one of the following may be used that are most convenient:-Chloralum, made by the following formula:(Chloride of…

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Yass Plains Free Selectors and Farmers Union

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 August 1885 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the members of the Yass Plains Free Selectors and Farmers' Union war held at Mr. "Argyle McCallum's"rooms on Monday afternoon last, at which there were…

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Suggestions Fob Wool Farmers

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 2

Now that the wool season has again come round, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company has done well to publish a spacial circular addressed to the…

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The Farm. Lampas

Southern Argus · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 6

When the "cow doctor" tells you that your colt has"got the lampets," and offers to burn them out with a hot iron, set the dogs on him and clear him off the place. He, and his hot…

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Farmers’ Meeting at Marengo

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 19 August 1885 · page 2

PURSUANT to notice a meeting was held at O’Connor’s hotel, Marengo, on Saturday last, the object of which was to form a branch of the Land and Industrial League. About forty persons were present,…

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Conference of Farmers Delegates

Southern Argus · Thursday 20 August 1885 · page 2

Sydney, August 19.—The Conference of delegates of the various Formers Unions commenced this morning. They decided that the action of the Government re the Darling…

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The Farmers Agitating

Southern Argus · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 2

A conference of delegates from various Farmers Unions was [?]ld at the Freemasons Hotel, Yorkstreet, Sydney, on Wednesday. The special business was to consider the Sydney auction sales…

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The Farmers' Union

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 3

A conference of farmers met in the Freemasons Hotel on Wednesday morning, to discuss matters in connection with the agricultural industry of the colony. Mr. James Bligh Johnson, J.P., was…

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Pastoral Settlement in Western Australia

Southern Argus · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 4

A correspondent sends the following to the Australasian:- Considerable attention has been lately given to the only remaining portion of the large…

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Baby Farming

Southern Argus · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 2

At the Ryde Police Court on Saturday an investigation was held into the death of a child who died at an establishment there. The child was an inmate of a "baby farm" at Lane Cove River, kept by a…

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Cooma Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon a large meeting of selectors and others was held in the School of Arts, Comma and the following motions were carried:— "That this meeting form itself into a Political…

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The Baby Farm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 2

ON Tuesday last an iuquest was concluded at Ryde, before Mr. J. E. Bowden, district coroner, on the body of an infant named Francis Andrew Mc Grath, who died on August 6, at a place known as…

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The Position of the Wool Trade

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 2

THE serious decline in the prices of wool as received by recent advices has caused widespread anxiety among Australian producers. The question as to whether…

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Sale of Stud Sheep at Melbourne

Southern Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 8

The annual Melbourne sale of stud merino long wooled sheep commenced on Wednesday at the wool warehouses of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency…

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Cootamundra and Goulburn Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 September 1885 · page 4

AT a meeting of the committee of the Cootamundra A. P. H. and I. Association on Wednesday evening Mr. Pinkstone urged that the association should, if possible, test the opinion, which was…

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The Baby Farming Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 September 1885 · page 2

THE hearing of the charge of false registration preferred by the police against Mrs. M. A. Baker, arising out of a case of alleged baby-farming at Ryde, was continued before the Ryde Bench on…

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The Wool Sales

Southern Argus · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 2

London, September 1.—The wool sales were opened to-day. The attendance of home buyers was good, but of foreign scant. Biddings were reserved. Merinos went ½d to 1d…

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Latest Telegrams. ["Argus" Special Message]. The Baby Farming Case

Southern Argus · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 2

Sydney, September 2.—The Hyde bench dismissed the alleged baby farming case against Mrs. Baker, without hearing evidence for the defence, but they condemned the loose…

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Section Iii. -- Sheep. Merino

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 September 1885 · page 2

Judges -- Messrs. E. J. Allen and J. F. Jenkins. Stewards -- Messrs. A. McCallum & R. Campbell. Class 39... Best Merino Ram, 2½ years and over, 4os., entrance 10s. H. R. F. Hume."…

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Section Ii. -- Cattle. Durham or Shorthorn

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 September 1885 · page 2

Judges -- Messrs. G. Mair, A. Webster and J. J. Walsh. Stewards -- Messrs. J. Brassil and B. Brogan. Class 28...Best Bull, 2 years or over, 40s. R…

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