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

Farming & the land, 1891

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The Victorian Farmers on Free-trade

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1891 · page 4

A BRANCH of the Free-trade Democratic League was recently formed at Tallygaroopna (Numurka district, Victoria), the preliminary meeting having been…

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New Sheep-branding Apparatus

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 June 1891 · page 5

WE hear that Mr. Charles Woodhouse of Middle Arm is applying for a patent for a now apparatus for branding sheep. It is described as being both simple and efficacious,…

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Wool-trade with Japan

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 June 1891 · page 4

TAKING advantage of the presence in Sydney of Mr. W. H. Gill, a merchant from Osaka in Japan, Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. have forwarded by him for exhibition at the…

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An Immense Cabbage Farm

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 June 1891 · page 7

The most extensive cabbage farm in the world is near Chicago. It consists of 190 acres in the "cabbage district,"…

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The Wool Duties in France. LONDON, June 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 6

The French Chamber of Deputies has agreed to a proposal exempting unspun wools from duty. The Chamber has also approved of the duties proposed to be levied upon carded and…

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The Squatters and the Farmers. to the Editor of the “Burrangong Argus.”

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 2

SIR,—Crowding close on the heels of the champions of the down-trodden Australian squatters who have lately been airing their [?]vera[?]ty and irrepressibleness in the columns of the metropolitan…

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New Sheep-branding Apparatus

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 2

WE hear that Mr. Charles Woodhouse of Middle Arm is applying for a patent for a new apparatus for branding sheep. It is described as being both simple and…

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Prevention of Rust in Wheat

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 4

IN his report o the results of farmers' experience in New South Wales Dr. Cobb, pathologist to the department of agriculture, says that definite opinions seem to have been…

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The Farmers Candidates, [To the Editor of the “ Burrangono Argus.”]

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 4

SIR,—In your issue of the 3rd instant I notice a letter signed “ An Elector,” strongly recommending the farmers of Young to accept as their candidate a Mr. Miller and return that gentleman to…

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Pastoral Leases in the in the Eastern Division

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 2

FREE-SELECTORS, and all other free men, read this from the Burrows News of June 28,1889 :—strong and justifiable antagonism to the extension of pastoral leases…

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Prevention of Rust in Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 June 1891 · page 3

IN his report on the results of farmers' experience in New South Wales, Dr. Cobb, pathologist to the Department of Agriculture, says that definite opinions…

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The Farmers and Free-trade

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 June 1891 · page 2

AT the request of Alderman Thompson of Albury, Mr. James Mc Lean, the late organising lecturer to the Victorian Farmers' Protection Association, who is now on his Wary to…

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The Annual Stud Sheep Fair in Sydney

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 3

THE sheep fair which will commence on the 6th of next month is likely to be the largest meeting of its kind over held in Australia. Last year there were sold 3034 sheep for…

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Russian Wheat. LONDON, June 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 4

The Russian authorities are appointing special agents at the ports to prevent merchants from defrauding the British purchasers of Russian wheat. These officers are particularly directed…

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The London Wool Sales. LONDON, June 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 4

The June series of the London wool sales are proceeding with great spirit. Prices remain generally unchanged at late rates. The French consumers are not buying freely…

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New Zealand Dairy Produce. LONDON, June 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 4

The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Steamship Company is asking 2½ per cent. as insurance to guarantee the condition of New Zealand dairy produce shipped by that company's vessels for…

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Kenmore Experimental Farm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 2

IT will seen in our advertising columns that tenders are called for the supply of materials and erection of about five miles of fencing on the part of the Kenmore Estate set apart as a site…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON, June 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 4

The London wool sales continue brisk and prices firm, with an occasional upward tendency. The series of sales closes on July 8…

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Music As a Charm Against Wild Cattle

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 June 1891 · page 4

A LADY recounts in Chambers's Journal for May an extraordinary experience with wild cattle in one of the loveliest mountain parts of…

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Farmers and Federation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—At a meeting of the Farmers' Association, Narracan, Mr. Auchter Bonie, president, read a paper on "Federation, as Affecting the Victorian Farmer," in which he…

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