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

Farming & the land, 1892

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Rust in Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 2

Dr. Cobb, in presenting an exhaustive report on experiments he had made to the Adelaide conference on "Rust in Wheat," predicted that in five or ten years rust in wheat would be a thing of the…

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Kingsdale Stud Cattle

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 4

MR. F. SHEPHERD of Kingsdale has decided to form a herd of Ayrshire cattle at his homestead, and with this object in view he has recently purchased from Mr. J. E. Pemell of…

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Diseased Cattle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 4

THE destruction of diseased cattle at the Homebush sale-yards has been carried on with great vigour during the past six months, even though no Act of Parliament was in existence to sanction the…

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Laggan Butter Factory Co

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 3

THE directors of the above company held their usual monthly meeting on Friday night last at Mr. Clancy's Hotel, Laggan. The report of proceedings and…

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Australian Butter. London, March 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 2

Mr. H. Trengrouse, of the firm of Trengrouse and Co., butter merchants, has been interviewed with regard to the prospects of Australian butter in London…

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The Rust in Wheat Conference

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The Rust in Wheat Conference finished its sittings last night and brought up a report embodying the following recommendations:—Early sowing and…

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The Farmer and the Sermon

Goulburn Herald · Friday 18 March 1892 · page 6

A FARMER went to hear John Wesley preach. He was a man who cared little about religion. On the other hand, he was not what we call a bad…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, submitted a catalogue of 1149 bales for their wool sale on Thursday to a representative attendance of buyers. Competition was brisk…

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Crop Reports

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 3

WE have received the following circular from the Department of Agriculture:— The organisation of a monthly crop reporting system, having received the approval…

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Farmers' Dinner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 7

On Wednesday evening the usual farmers' dinner was held at Richland's hotel. The chair was occupied by the president of the society, Mr. W. H. Whiting, and amongst those present were Mr. T…

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Alleged Sheep-stealing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 2

AT the Goulburn Police Court on Tuesday morning, before the Police-Magistrate, Brian Joseph Brogue, drover, living in Goulburn, was arraigned on a charge of stealing 300 sheep, the property of A. G…

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Alleged Sheep-stealing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 4

AT the Goulburn Police Court on Tuesday morning before the Police-Magistrate, Brian Joseph Brogan drover, living in Goulburn, was arraigned on a charge of stealing 300 sheep, the property of A. G…

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Co-operation Amongst Farmers

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 2

A GREAT disadvantage under which the farmers of this colony have always labored is owing to the fact that though there exists in their class a…

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Scientific Farming

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 2

SCIENTIFIC FARMING.—The big Dakota farms are run on business principles. Everything is systematically arranged, and the farmer knows…

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Goulburn Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 3

THE twelvth annual show of the above was commenced on Thursday last, and was favoured with beautiful weather. The attendance may be roughly estimated at about 1200, and hardly neèmed to come…

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"Melbourne Wool": A Disgusting Revelation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 6

IN the Census and Industrial Returns submitted on Wednesday night in Parliament by the Government Statistician the following with respect of furniture stuffing…

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Renewal of Pastoral Leases. Deputation to the Minister for Lands

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 2

Mr. John Prince (Mayor of Nyngan), Mr. M. C. O'Halloran, and Mr. John Robinson, accompanied by Messrs. Morgan, Rae, and Langwell, Ms. L. A., waited as a deputation…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 4

The arrivals for the March-April wool sales in London total 350,000 bales, including 40,000 bales from the Cape. A further 50,000 bales are expected. Buyers fear that there will be a fall of ½d per lb.,…

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The Wool Trade

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 4

WITH the close of 1891 (says a London contemporary) several trade circulars have appeared, in which are told some curious facts as regards the…

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Crop Reports

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 3

WE have received the following circular, from the Deparment of Agriculture:-- The organisation of a monthly crop reporting system having received the…

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