The Farmer's Wife
FARMER HAYSEED talked to a friend Of the ways of country life; And he said nine-tenths of success; Depends on a farmer's wife…
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Farming & the land, 1887
305 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 16
The Hop Crops. LONDON, July 21
The copious rains which have fallen throughout England have produced a marked improvement in the hop gardens…
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THE Bowral Free Press says that on Saturday there was on view at Mr. WV. Murray's butcher's shop, Bowral, one of the largest, if not the largest, sheep over killed in this district. It was…
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AT a fortnightly wool sale on Wednesday there was a good attendance of buyers, and keen competition at prices well up to London equivalents. The principal lots sold consisted of…
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AT a fortnightly wool sale on Tuesday a catalogue of 156 bales was offered. The bulk comprised scoured fellmongered lots—none of which could be classed above medium quality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stud Sheep
THE introduction of stud sheep into any district must enhance the importance of the place, and flockowners should hail with pleasure and delight the advent of such…
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ON Monday next the farm known as Mr. Laws', on the Laggan road, will be offered for sale by auction on the ground. The property in question is about four and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Improvements on Crown Lands. Encouragement of Pastoral Industry. Equitable Means of Dealing with , the Pastoral Lands From As National Standpoint
IT is scarcely necessary to say that before the Crown lands can be continuously and profitably occupied large sums must be expended in improving them. Even the very…
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STUD SHEEP.—The introduction of stud sheep into any district must enhance the importance of the place, and flock-owners should hail with pleasure and delight the advent of such animals. We have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Sheep-shearing by Machinery Succeed ?
SUCH is the question being asked by pastoralists all over the colonies. The old style of shearing has long been felt to be unsatisfactory to the owners, and the necessity for the construction of some machine which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yass Free Selectors' and Farmers' Union
THE quarterly meeting of the members of the Yass Plains Free Selectors' and Farmers' Union was held in the office of the President (Mr. Argyle McCallum),on Saturday afternoon. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Intelligence Lord Salisbury on Freetrade. Fiscal Alterations to Benefit Farmers. London
The Marquis of Salisbury delivered an important speech at Norwich last night, dealing considerable length with the fiscal system of the United Kingdom especially in its relations to the agricultural interest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The California Wheat Ring. LONDON, August 2
The California wheat ring is still purchasing heavy stocks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of a Horse from Eating Wheat
On Sunday morning Mr. Robert Colvin had a horse which was lent to him by Mr. D. Roche, of Bango, die from eating wheat on the night previous. The horse it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Market for Wool in China and Japan
A PAPER entitled "A Few Remarks on China and Japan as Markets for Australian Wool," was read by Mr. W. G. Murray, of the firm of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., before the…
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AT a Sydney wool sale on Wednesday 186 bales were brought forward at auction. There was a good disposition to do business, competition being active, and nearly every line was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poisoning of 1000 Sheep
Intelligence was received at the Mines Department on Tuesday to the effect that about 1000 sheep had been poisoned through some unknown cause on the road to Bourke, about that…
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AT a fortnightly wool sale, on Tuesday, 152 bales were catalogued. The lots offered were only of medium quality, scoured, and odd lines of greasy from last season. The demand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The English Hop Crop. LONDON, August 9
It is expected that the yield of the English hop crop will this year be a little below the average, though the quality promises to be superior. Picking commences in a fortnight…
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