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

Farming & the land, 1888

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Farm and Garden Calendar for August

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1888 · page 2

THE present dry weather has largely prevented all agricultural operations. There is every prospect of a [?] change, when a new face will soon be but nature. Kitchen Garden.—Sow cabbage, lettuce, raddish, look onion,…

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How Protection Affects Farmers

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 8 August 1888 · page 4

WE quote from President Cleveland’s address to Congress the following remarks on farmers; and protection:— “The farmer and the agriculturist who…

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Our Butter Trade

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 2

The following extract from Mr. Consul Griffin s official report to the U. S. Government on the commerce and resources of Now South Wales is scarcely in accord with the…

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The Wheat Market

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 2

REPORTS from the English and Continental markets are very encouraging to farmers, Wheat is rapidly advancing in price, a rise of three shillings per quarter of eight bushels…

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Butter Factories

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 3

Two new butter factories are being started in the Kiama district of New South Wales. The buildings are being erected, and operations will be commenced by the beginning of August…

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The Butter Factory System

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 August 1888 · page 4

KIAMA, Wednesday.—A meeting was held at Foxground last night in connection with the establishment of a butter factory there, and was a great success…

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Power of the Minister to Determine Pastoral Rents. Allison v. Burns. to the Editor “BURRANOONG Argus.”

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 August 1888 · page 2

Sir,—The Supreme Court has determined what power the Minister for Lands possesses under the Act of I884 in fixing the rentals of Crown lands. The above test-case was brought forward by the…

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Points of Excellence in Merino Sheep. [By A. E Middleton in the “Burrowa Times.”]

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 August 1888 · page 4

MANY of our wool-producers are comparatively inexperienced in the many points necessary for a first-class sheep. The following points should be Well studied :—Carcase…

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Wolseley's Sheep-shearing Machine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 August 1888 · page 3

LOUTH, Thursday.—Wolseley's sheep-shearing machines on Dunlop station are giving great satisfaction both to the shearers and the manager. Thirty-two shearers are now averaging…

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A Woman Wheat-grower

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 28 August 1888 · page 4

Widow Crow, near Los Angeles, California, is farming 3000 acres. She averaged nine sacks to the acre, amounting to about 2000 tons…

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Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 31 August 1888 · page 2

A CABLEGRAM from London, dated August 25, states:--Nine thousand quarters of Victorian wheat, to arrive in September, sold at 39- per quarter; 5100 quarters of Adelaide wheat, to…

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The Weather and the Crops

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 31 August 1888 · page 2

CONSIDERABLE apprehension is felt concerning the crops and pasture in the district this season. The drought has given rise to feelings of alarm in the minds of those who are engaged in rural…

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England's Butter Supply

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 September 1888 · page 8

THE London correspondent of the S. M. Herald writes:—You have been informed by cable that the Agent-General for New Zealand is trying to persuade…

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The Egyptian Wheat Crop. LONDON, Aug. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 September 1888 · page 8

The River Nile is lower than it has been for years, and it is expected that the Egyptian wheat crop will be ruined in consequence…

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Irrigation Farms in Australia. LONDON, August 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 September 1888 · page 3

Mr. Howard Vincent has been authorised to appoint agents in the United Kingdom for Messrs. Chaffey's irrigation settlements in Victoria and South Australia…

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The Dairying Industry in the Colonies. Requirements of the British Markets

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 September 1888 · page 4

NEW ZEALAND farmers are probably entitled to the credit of being the Australasian producers who hare first tried to obtain a share of the dairy import trade of Great Britain…

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A Farmers' Union Disbanded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 September 1888 · page 6

ORANGE, Thursday.—At a meeting of the Spring-hill and Milthorpe Farmers' Union last night there was a full attendance, and it was decided to disband the institution. The cause of…

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An American Farmer on Protection

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1888 · page 4

I AM a farmer, the son of a farmer and the father of farmers. I have been all my days scratching a poor man's back in an effort to make a living off my farm. I am sixty years…

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Interesting Wool Exhibition. the Geddes Special Prize

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 12 September 1888 · page 3

The question of the introduction of certain breeds of sheep into particular districts from which the greatest pecuniary advantage is to be derived, has long exercised the minds of the pastoralists of New…

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The Crops

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 14 September 1888 · page 2

SINCE the recent rains, cereal crops of all kinds have made a start into growth that bids fair for a good harvest after all the draught. In Laggan and Gullen some of the paddocks look…

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