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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 6 of 9

The Plot Thickens. Further Cases Cropping Up

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 2

On Thursday morning Mr. Abigail. M.L.A., waited upon the Commissioner for Railways, (says the “Evening News”) and laid before him a perfect bundle of way bills from [?]holders and others, on…

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Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Associati[?]. the Appr[?]ach[?]gshow

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 August 1886 · page 2

THE [?]th [?]dal [?]hibi[?]n the [?]arragong Pa[?] and A[?]cultural Association is [?]ced to be held on the new show ground on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 24th and 25th of [?]s month;…

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Wool Sales

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 6 August 1886 · page 2

THE last news by cable of the wool market continues to be satisfactory. The sales in the colony have shown brisk competition with supply of short demand…

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Raising Sheep for Mutton

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 6 August 1886 · page 2

Now, while it is true that national legislation may help to promote the interests of the flock-masters, it is equally true that the farmers and those more directly…

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Mr. Heydon M.p. and the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 7 August 1886 · page 3

MR. HEYDEN M.P. AND THE YASS PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.—From a report in the Courier we gather that at the monthly meeting of the above association on Tuesday last, a letter was…

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Selling Mortgaged Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 August 1886 · page 2

THE hearing of the adjourned case brought by H. P. Andrews against William O. Cooper for selling mortgaged sheep was resumed at the Police Court this morning before the Police-Magistrate…

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Local & General News. Yass Farmers' Union

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 August 1886 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the members of the Yass Plains Free Selectors' and Farmers' Union was held at the office of the secretary (Mr. Argyle McCallum), on last Saturday, to…

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Selling Mortgaged Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 August 1886 · page 4

THE hearing of the adjourned case brought by Henry Percy Andrews against William O. Cooper for selling mortgaged sheep was continued at the Goulburn Police Court on Tuesday morning,…

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Yass Farmers' Union

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 August 1886 · page 4

A SPECIAL general meeting of the Yass Plains Free-selectors' and Farmers' Union was held on Saturday afternoon last. The first business transacted was the Robertson testimonial. Mr. J. J…

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Selling Mortgaged Sheep

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 August 1886 · page 2

At the Goulburn police court, on Friday last, William O. Cooper, grazier, of Currawang, was charged by Henry P. Andrews (of the firm of Andrews and…

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Protection for the Farmer

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 August 1886 · page 2

PURSUANT to advertisement, a public meeting was held in the Temperance Hall on Saturday afternoon for the consideration of a circular received by the…

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The Crops

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 August 1886 · page 2

A TRIP through several parts of the district proves the fact that there is an extensive area under cultivation, but not to any very much greater extent than…

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Sheep and Wheat Farming

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 14 August 1886 · page 3

THERE is much country in Australia that is peculiarly adapted for a system of combined wool and grain production. Such country is open, or but lightly timbered, as a rule…

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Farmers and Selectors

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 August 1886 · page 7

THE following resolutions have been carried by the Hume Farmers' Union:— "That the Government be asked to assimilate the tariff on agricultural produce to that…

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Young Folk's Column. Ostrich Farming in South Africa

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 14 August 1886 · page 6

OUR South African colonists have began in earnest to domesticate the ostriches ; that is, they have tamed them. and taught them to live ill pens and paddocks—just as ages ago our barn-door fowls were domesticated—until…

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The Late Farmers' Union Meeting. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 August 1886 · page 2

DEAR SIR,--In your report of the meeting of the Farmers' Union held last Saturday, a slight mistake occurred re my remarks on the Bendinine horse affair. What I did say…

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One Hundred Cattle Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 August 1886 · page 4

NEARLY one hundred cattle belonging to Mr. Lethbridge, of Roma, Queensland, were found dead near Frog Gully, about two miles from Dubbo, on Monday. They were…

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Farmers' Union and Protection Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 August 1886 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon last a public meeting of farmers and selectors was held at the Victoria Hotel, Bungonia, for the purpose of establishing a farmers' Union and Protection Association. There…

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Farmers' Meeting at Bungonia

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1886 · page 4

A PUBLIC meeting of farmers and selectors was held on Friday afternoon last at Hogan's Victoria Hotel, Bungonia, to establish a "Farmers' Union and Protection Association."…

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Sheep and Wheat Farming

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1886 · page 2

THERE is much country in Australia that is peculiarly adapted for a system of combined wool and grain production. Such country it open, or but lightly timbered…

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