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

Farming & the land, 1886

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Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1886 · page 4

THE fifteenth annual exhibition of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Society took place on Wednesday at Young, on the new ground, which comprises about 25 acres, and is situated…

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Agricultural, Pastoral, and Industria Societies

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 September 1886 · page 2

AGRICULTURAL, pastoral and industrial societies are in their way very useful institutions, and this is a fact which is recognised by every town of any importance—even by some towns of comparatively…

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Merrilla, Mummell, and Parkesbourne Farmers' Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 September 1886 · page 4

PURSUANT to advertisement a meeting was hold in the school-room, Merrilla, on Friday, 27th August, to make arrangements for the annual ploughing match. The various accounts were found correct…

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Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 3 September 1886 · page 2

This cereal in the local market is worth 49 at Laggan 411, at Goulburn 49. In the Sydney market the prices is 46 ; at Adelaide it is worth 51; and at…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, September 1

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 September 1886 · page 2

Messrs. J. H. Geddes and Co. report:--We held our usual wool sales at our warehouse yesterday. We offered a series of mixed lots, comprising principally scoured lots, and old…

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Lecture on Bees and Bee-farming

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 4 September 1886 · page 4

In the evening Mr. Angus Mackay, instructor in agriculture to the board of technical education, delivered an interesting and instructive lecture upon Bees and Bee-Farming to a crowded audience in the…

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Duty on Australian Wool

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 September 1886 · page 2

THE San Francisco News Letter thus speaks of the modification on the duty on Australian wools by the United States We are convinced that our Antipodean…

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Farm Notes for September

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 September 1886 · page 2

Air immense improvement in the prospects of farmers and graziers baa taken place daring the part six months. The gentle rains which fell in the beginning of…

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Springfield Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 3

AT the Wagga show Mr. A. L. Faithfull, of Springfield, Goulburn, appeared with a good contingent of sheep. The champion prize wont to his credit in body, strong and fine combing. The…

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Strange Freaks of Cattle

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 2

As an Ambleside butcher war driving homewards a fat cow which he had just purchased, the animal ran off to Windermere Lake, and plunging into the water at nearly the broadest part of the lake, at once swam for the…

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Another Rise in Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 6

LONDON, Sept. 7.—The colonial wool sales were opened to-day. There was a large attendance, and competition was brisk. 13,000 bales were offered. Crossbreds have…

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Commercial and Pastoral Association

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 14 September 1886 · page 2

AMENDMENT OF THE LAND ACT.—An association has recently been formed in Sydney under the title of the commercial and Pastoral Association of New South…

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Butter Does Not Exhaust Soil

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 16 September 1886 · page 4

Every bushel of wheat sold from the farm carries with it the riches of the soil, and instances have been known in which the value of the…

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Butter-Making

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 September 1886 · page 2

THE following is an extract from one of Mr. Primrose McConnell's lectures on the Dairy at the Institute of Agriculture : -- There are two systems of…

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A Silver Lining to the Pastoral Cloud

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 September 1886 · page 2

THE year 1886 will be a memorable one in the history of the world's wool trade. After a tolerably steady decline in prices for years, the second series of London…

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The Sheep Competition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 September 1886 · page 2

ON Friday the competition between Mr. Faithfull's. (Springfield), and Mr. P. Sinclair's (Nubba) sheep was decided by the shearing of them it Junco. A sporting wager of £50 a-side…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 September 1886 · page 2

Messrs Mort and Co. report.-- We held the opening wool sales of the season to-day. There was a crowded attendance, and a vigorous cempetition. Prices were fully…

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The Farmer. Farm Notes

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 October 1886 · page 4

THE ptospects of farmers and graziers have vastly improved during the past six weeks, and everything wears a healthy appearance. With the…

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Farm Notes

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 October 1886 · page 4

CLEANLINESS IN STABLES.—Ground gypsum spread upon the floors will prevent the pungent odor common to stables. This vapor of ammonia hurtful to horses'…

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Sheep-stealing at Cooma

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 October 1886 · page 2

THE police of Cooma apprchended a father and two sons on Thursday night on a charge of sheep.stealing. It appears that Mr. William Cosgrove, when riding…

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