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

Farming & the land, 1890

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The Rust in Wheat Remedy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Mr. Dow on Friday completed an agreement with Mr. Smith Ellis for a trial of his specific for rust in wheat. Under this agreement Mr. Smith Ellis is to…

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The Freetrade Movement Among Tex Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 4

DUNOLLY, Tuesday.—At a meeting of the Bet Bet Shire Council to-day a circular was read from Mr. S. Young, the president of the group meeting of the Farmers' Protection Association…

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The Proposed Model Farm. to the Editor

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

SIR,--Now that steps are being taken to establish a model farm such as they have in Victoria, I think it unfortunate that Argyle should be left out in the cold…

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The Victorian Farmers

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

THE travelling reporter of the Australian Star who visited Victoria to inquire into the recent movement amongst the farmers in that colony in opposition to the tariff,…

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Burrangong Pastoral & Agricultural Association. Committee Meeting

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 2

A COMMITTEE meeting of the above society was held on Monday afternoon at Milling’s Albion Hotel. There were present—Messrs. J. A. Mackinnon, M.L.A. (president), in the chair, E…

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Arsenic Drench for Worms in Sheep

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 3

THE following prescription for the above has been sent to Mr. Sydney Hell from the Department of Mines, Stock and Bran Is Branch :—Arsenic, 11h 6½oz. (Avoirdupois); washing soda, 31b. ; water, 10…

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Travelling Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1890 · page 2

MR. HARRY CHISHOLM, of Wollogorang, near Breadalbane, has been appointed an Acting Inspector of Sheep for the purpose of issuing permits for travelling sheep within the sheep…

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The Wool Sales. April 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1890 · page 2

The wool sales are proceeding, with a study market for good wools; for medium and inferior the market is depressed. LONDON, April 30…

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The Wheat Market. LONDON, April 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1890 · page 4

Wheat is a shilling dearer on last week's quotations. The shipment ex Duke of Abercorn sold at 35s 10½d. The S. M. Herald's correspondent at Bourke…

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Rust in Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 2

THE agreement between Mr. Dow, the Minister for Lands, and Mr. Smith Ellis for the payment of a reward on the latter proving conclusively that he has discovered…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 3

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited, report:—We held our fortnightly auction sale on Monday, offering a catalogue of 135 bales, which consisted chiefly of…

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The Victorian Farmers

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 2

THE travelling reporter of the Australian Star who visited Victoria to inquire into the recent movement amongst the farmers in that colony in opposition to the tariff,…

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The Alleged Cattle Stealing Cases

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 6

The Braidwood Dispatch says:—The cattle which have been identified as having been taken from this district to the coast, regarding which we had a paragraph in…

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The Victorian Farmers and Freetrade. Meeting in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting was held in the Academy of Music on Thursday evening under the auspices of the Goulburn branch of the Freetrade and Liberal Association for the purposes of hearing…

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Refusal to Ship Non-Union Shorn Wool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1890 · page 4

BRISBANE, Saturday.—It is stated in town that a waterside strike of great magnitude is imminent. Certain squatters on the Darling Downs have been shearing during the present season…

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The Victorian Farmers

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 6 May 1890 · page 3

THE travelling reporter of the Australian Star who visited Victoria to inquire into the recent movement amongst the farmers in that colony in opposition to the tariff,…

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Butter Factories

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 2

THE erection of the factory building at Cotta Walla for the Crookwell Butter Factory Company is proceeding at a fair rate. The Laggan factory is separating…

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Goldsborough, Mort & CO.'s Melbourne Monthly Wool Report:--

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 3

Since our last monthly report operations in breadstuffs have been mostly confined to the supply of local requirements and intercolonial shipments, and these proving sufficient to relieve the market…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, May 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 4

The wool sales closed to-day. Prices remain steady. Merinos and medium greasy sorts are ½d below the February closing rates; inferior, 1d below; scoured, superior, 1d to 1½d below;…

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Charge of Cattle Stealing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 4

BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.—Robert Geelan, a well-known old resident, was to-day committed for trial at the next sessions on a charge of cattle-stealing. The accused, it is alleged, sold a mob…

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