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

Farming & the land, 1886

173 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 9

The Flour and Wheat Market

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 2

A CABLEGRAM was received from New Zealand on Tuesday reporting an advance of 10s. per ton in flour. Respecting the Adelaide market, the local Milling and…

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Sydney Farm and Dairy Produce

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 4

AT the railway terminus sales on Thursday, very small supplies were forward, the consignments consisting of only some 12 trucks, consisting chiefly of chaff. A moderate attendance of…

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An Irrigated Farm on the Murray

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1886 · page 2

AN IRRIGATED FARM ON THE MURRAY.—The following description of Mr. A. Cormack's farm, at Port Dunbar, on the River Murray, fourteen miles from Kerang, is taken from the Melbourne Leader:—The…

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Dairy Pork

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 April 1886 · page 4

THE pig is essentially a part of the dairy equipment, and when we speak of dairy produce we always include hams and bacon in the list Pigs that are bred and…

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Wool Sale. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 April 1886 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report that there was a short supply of sheep penned to-day. Only nine thousand being offered for sale. The sales throughout were much firmer…

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The Pickling of Seed Wheat

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 April 1886 · page 4

THE best means of picking seed wheat in order to prevent as far as possible loses from smut is a subject which at this season engager a large share f attention. Like…

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Pastoral Letter by Cardinal Moran

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 6

Cardinal Moran, on Wednesday, issued a pastoral letter to the clergy and laity of his archdiocese. After dealing with certain matters relating to certain functions of the Roman Catholic Church,…

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A Systematic Sheep-stealer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 7

THE operations of a noted sheep-stealer are thus described by a correspondent of the Albury Banner:—"A sheep-stealer has at last been captured who for some time past has been carrying on his…

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Dingo Farming

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1886 · page 3

The latest idea of a New South Wales enterprising go-ahead is dingo farming. That animal, as everybody knows, in an object of interest and having a price paid for its destruction…

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The Yass Farmers on the Fiscal Policy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 4

A meeting of farmers and agriculturists in the Yass district was held on Saturday, in Mr. Argyle McCallum's office, to protest against the fiscal policy of the Government. About 40 were present,…

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New Method of Packing Butter

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 6

We learn from the New Zealand papers that a new way of packing butter has been brought into notice by two Auckland gentlemen…

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Rust in Wheat. to the Editor

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 20 May 1886 · page 2

Sir,—In your paper some two or three months back mention was made that a farmer near Goulburn had used a material which " prevented rust in wheat." Is such a fact, and if so, why does he not take out a…

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Agriculture, or Sheep-farming?

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 May 1886 · page 2

THE present depressed state of the colony is growing more serious as the winter season approaches. The main dependence of the colony for a number of years, as a…

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Tourist and Farmers' Excursion Trains

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 27 May 1886 · page 2

Attention is directed to advertisements elsewhere, giving particulars of a cheap tourist excursion train to run on the 9th June next from Sydney to the…

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Rust-proof Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 28 May 1886 · page 2

SOME useful experiments are being made in Queensland to discover rust-proof varieties of wheat, which promise to give valuable results. These experiments have…

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Improved Sheep Trucks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 7

THE Minister for Works (Hon. W. J. Lyne), accompanied by the Railway Traffic Manager and Mr. Cass, M.L.A., visited Homebush on Wednesday afternoon, to…

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American Cowroys in the Cattle Train

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 2

The railway ourney is as uncomfortable as it possibly can to the men accompanying the herd. The only accommodation in the guard's van, which is often crowded with railway workpeople and travellers by favour of the…

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The American Cattle Business

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 6

THE AMERICAN CATTLE BUSINESS.—In a recent issue of the Pall Mall Gazette there appeared an account of an interview with Mr. F. R. Lingham, of Montreal, prefaced…

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The Fall in Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 3

A BATHURST paper says:—We have heard some stories which show very positively the effect of the fall in wool. In 1884 a squatter in this district sent to England 1400 bales of inferior badly grown wool…

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Kingsdale Dairy

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 4

MR. F. SHEPRERD of Kingsdale, believing that there was a good opening for a first-class dairy in Goulburn, recently determined to establish one at his residence, Kingsdale. With this object in view, he…

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