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

Farming & the land, 1891

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Silver's Sheep-Shearer

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 2

AT the invitation of the directors of Silver's Patent Sheep-shearing Machine and Flexible Shaft Company Limited, a large number of gentlemen, the greater part of whom are more…

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Rust in Wheat

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 2

THE Victorian minister for agriculture has received the report of the intercolonial committee appointed to inquire into the merits of the remedy for wheat rant propounded by Mr…

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Good Teams and Good Farming

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 4

No good farming is possible without good working horses. Their original cost is much greater, but it is only by their help that the full advantage of…

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The London Wool Sales. LONDON, June 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 4

The London wool market is firm, and consequently there was spirited bidding at the wool sales yesterday…

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Diseases in Sheep or Cattle

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 4

PERSONS whose sheep or cattle are suffering from any diseases are invited to give information without delay to the inspector of stock in their district, who will be ready at any…

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Diseases in Sheep or Cattle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 3

PERSONS whose sheep or cattle are suffering from any diseases are invited to give information without delay to the Inspector of Stock in their district, who will be ready at any time to assist…

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London Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 3

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, report having received the following cablegram, dated London, July I, 1891:—"Wool: Sales continue to be…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 3

AT the fortnightly wool sales on Wednesday about 400 hales were offered. There was good competition, at about the prices current at previous auctions, and almost everything was…

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The Sydney Sheep Show. Yass Sheep to the Front

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 2

ON Friday last the Sydney Sheep Show was held at Moore Park, and we are pleased to notice that a resident of Yass (Mr. Geo. Merriman of Ravensworth), had the courage to take some of his sheep…

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Jumping and Sheep Dog Contests

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 2

THE Intercolonial Sheep Show held by the Agricultural Society at its grounds, Moore Park, Sydney, closed on Saturday. There was a fairly good attendance, and the weather was all that…

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Farmers' Protection Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—On Saturday afternoon a well-attended meeting of farmers was held at Traralgon, Mr. Draffin in the chair. The object of the gathering was to revive the local…

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Sheep Assessments

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 2

WE have been asked to call attention to the fact that a large number of sheep-owners in the district are in arrear with their assessments, and are liable to fine…

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Stud Sheep Sales

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 2

THE annual sales of stud sheep commenced in Sydney on Monday. Messrs . Griffiths and Weaver held the first sale at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's store…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, July 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 July 1891 · page 4

The wool sales of the present series continue without change in prices…

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The London Wool Sales. LONDON, July 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 July 1891 · page 2

The total number of bales catalogued at the wool sales amounted to 353,400, of which 341,000 bales wore sold. The total quantity taken for export was 172,000 bales…

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Victorian Farmers and Freetrade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 July 1891 · page 2

A CONFERENCE of delegates of the various agricultural societies was held in the Town Hall, Melbourne, on Wednesday, chiefly to consider the question of brewing inferior beer…

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Stud-Sheep Sales

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 July 1891 · page 4

AMONG the sheep sold this week at the annual stud sales by Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. were the following:—On account of Mr. A. Lucian Faithfull of Springfield, Goulburn,…

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The Travelling Dairy

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 July 1891 · page 3

THERE has never been a time when the catch cry was not heard to a greater or less extent about the alleged was of the public moneys; but the…

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Darling Harbor Market. -- Farm Produce

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 2

AT the Darling Harbor Railway Terminus on Friday morning thers was a moderate supply of forage toward from the numerous intermediate stations a long the northern, southern, and western…

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Cable News. The Failure of the Russian Crops. LONDON, July 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 2

There is no prospect of Russia exporting any corn this year, owing to the failure of the crops. The Emperor William in [?]…

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