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

Farming & the land, 1886

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Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 6

IT may be interesting (says the Braidwood Dispatch) to the wool growers of the surrounding districts to know that some of their neighbours, being dissatisfied with the…

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The Mystery of Moor Farm Chapter Vi. Flotsah and Jetsa[?]

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 2

"GENTLY, lads, gently. Walk quiet, for your lives; there's a young stranger in the next room," said a woman in a low tone. "Aye, aye! God bless it! But we've got another…

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Lachlan Sheep

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1886 · page 6

Mr. W.P. Jones, who has a selection Tomanbil station, near Frobes, well known for the fattening quality of its grass, recently took a draft of his fat sheep to the sydney market,…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 January 1886 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report-- We have sold two thousand two hundred bales of wool since our last report. Greasy realised up to 3d. per lb.; washed fleece, 11½d. per lb.; scoured…

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The Mystery of Moor Farm Chapter Viii. a Rescue From the Sande

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 2

SEVERAL, weeks passed, and the search for old Mr. Skelton had in at measure languished. The magistrates had met, and Augustus Skelton had offered a reward of £100; the Bench had also announced a…

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Why He Sold the Farm

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1886 · page 4

"THEN why do I sell?" you ask me again, Big cabin an' clearin', an' all? Well, stranger, I'll tell you; though maybe you'll think…

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To Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 January 1886 · page 4

FROM an advertisement in another column it will be seen that Messrs. J. and J. Wearne, of the National Flour Mills, Sydney, are offering to buy any quantity of wheat at 4s 3d per bushel, delivered…

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Treatment of Sheep

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 2

There are many reasons why the few growers who still persist should abandon the habit of washing their sheep before shearing, and we know of not a single…

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Wool Sale. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report:--There was a large attendance at our wool sales to-day, and spirited competition. Since our last report we have sold 2,500 bales at 4d. to 8¾d…

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The Mystery of Moor Farm Chapter X. the Cutter, the "Fairy."

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 2

THESE are some people who, having made up their minds to act in a certain way, will proceed steadily towards their object, no matter whether it be a legitimate one or not. Augustus Skelton had in…

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Farmers' Trains

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 4

THE second of the farmers' trains will be run on Thursday next. Application for tickets should be made on or before Tuesday next…

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Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 3

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Marulan. Pastoral, Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 3

A preliminary meeting was held on Tuesday, the 19th inst., at the Terminus Hotel to organize a district Pastoral and Agricultural Society. About 20 gentlemen were present…

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A Question for Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 4

MR. JOHN WEARNE , of Sydney, who was one of the deputation which waited upon the Colonial Treasurer with reference to the revision of the tariff, has sent us a few lines on the subject. He says he…

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Crookwell. Agricultural and Pastoral Association

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the committee of the above, called in response to a requisition to consider the legality or otherwise of the appointment of secretary, was held at McQuiness's Commercial Hotel on…

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The Mystery of Moor Farm Chapter Xii Josiah Harrison's Last Words

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 2

After the adventure in the Fairy, August Skelton want home to his father's house at Cannonleigh, but more than ever determined to, win Ellen. He could not help respecting her, and not…

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The Farmers Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 3

THE second of these excursion trains, nominally run for the express benefit of the farmers, went down to the metropolis on Thursday. Goulbrun added 94 to the contingent, which is ample proof…

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The Mystery of Moor Farm Chapter Xv. Amos in Trouble

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 2

Dogborry "Flat barglary as over was committed'. "BE on your guard with those who love you most!' This warning, which the gipsy woman had given, sounded in his oars as Amos was tightly hold by the…

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Trial of Sheep Dogs at Murrumbateman

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 2

ON last Saturday a trial of sheep dogs took place a Murrumbateman, in a paddock in front of the residence of Mr. W. McClung, which was kindly placed at the disposal of the…

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Love on a Farm

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 4

" Are you my Aunt Dorcas?" Mrs. Torrance had been entertaining a [?]uilting [?] that afternoon, and the had just got the frame out of the way, the dishes washed up, and the apartment generally "tidled," when there…

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