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

Farming & the land, 1890

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 April 1890 · page 4

Messrs. Hill, Clark, and Co. report: For our fortnightly sale on Tuesday we submitted a catalogue of 220 bales. The market, however, was without animation, and as biddings in most…

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The Victorian Farmers and Freetrade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 April 1890 · page 4

A SHORT time since Mr. G. WV. J. Thornton, secretary of the Goulburn Branch of the Freetrade and Liberal Association, wrote to Mr. S. Young, president of the Mumurkah group of…

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Butter Factory

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 April 1890 · page 3

A MEETING of the directors of the Crookwell Butter Factory Company was held at Tattersall's Hotel last night. Mr. G. McDonald (chairman) presided. The…

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Butter Shows in Denmark

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 April 1890 · page 4

IN a report just issued, Mr. Inglis, the Consul at Copenhagen, who has already published an interesting report on dairy farms in Denmark, describes…

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Ploughing for Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 April 1890 · page 3

PLOUGHING wheat lands is now in operation in many of the country districts, and the proper depth to plough the oil to form a proper seed bed for…

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Agricultural Conference. Rust in Wheat Discussed

The Yass Courier · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 2

At the Royal Society's rooms last Thursday night a conference of delegates from the provincial agricultural associations of the colony and others interested in agriculture held its first sitting, the…

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The Farmers' Dinner

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 5 April 1890 · page 3

At one o'clock, the association dinner was held in a large booth on the ground. About fifty gentlemen oat down to n sumptuous repast provided by Mrs. Colla. Mr. W. F…

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The Victorian Farmers and Protection

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 4

from the Victorian Farmers' Protection Association was read to-day at a meeting of the Wodonga Shire Council, intimating that in consequence of the unjust manner in which the…

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Stolen Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 3

ON Saturday last Sergeant Hurley received information that more stolon cattle were in the sale yards. They were claimed by Mr. James Cunningham of…

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Rust in Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 2

ADVANTAGE was taken of the agricultural show at Sydney to hold a conference of persons interested in agriculture for the purpose of discussing the subject of "Rust…

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The Rust in Wheat Question

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The offer of Mr. Smith Ellis, of South Yarra, to make public his knowledge of an effectual means for the prevention of rust in wheat, on condition that he should…

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The Seed Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 April 1890 · page 4

NUMEROUS applications having been received by the Mines and Agriculture Department for an extension of time for the payment of the whole or portion of the amount incurred by the…

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The Wool Market. LONDON, April 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 April 1890 · page 4

The wool market is steady and prices are unchanged…

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Cable News. The Wool Market. LONDON, April 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 April 1890 · page 2

The foreign demand sustains the tone of the present series of wool auctions, and prices are unchanged. The outlook is considered hopeful…

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Mr. T. Rose and the Victorian Farmers. Curious Tactics of the Restrictionists

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 17 April 1890 · page 3

MR. G. W. J. Thornton, secretary of the Goulburn branch of the Freetrade and Liberal Association, has received from Mr. J. Mc Lean, the organising lecturer to the…

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Worms in Sheep

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 April 1890 · page 2

THE Mines and Agricultural Department is advertising for the best means of tasting the value and efficacy of various specifies and drenches now being used for…

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Remedy for Rust in Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 April 1890 · page 2

THE importance of action being taken jointly by the Australian colonies in testing Mr. Smith Ellis's alleged remedy for rust in wheat was brought under the…

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More Fat Cattle for the Melbourne Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 6

Another lot of fat cattle (says the Braidwood Dispatch has been purchased for the Melbourne market from Mr. James O'Brien. We have not heard the exact number of this last purchase,…

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The Wool Market. LONDON, April 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 3

The tone of the wool market is brisk. Scoured merinos are 1d below the February rates, good greasy sorts are ½d below, and inferior 1d below. Crossbreds and lambs are unchanged…

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Butter Factory

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 2

THE foundations of the Crookwell Butter Factory are almost completed. The directors of the company are requested to meet to-morrow evening at McAlister's…

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