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

Farming & the land, 1894

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Mortality Amongst Sheep and Cattle from Cold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 4

COOMA, Saturday.—The excessive cold which accompanied the rain on Thursday had the effect of killing many sheep and cattle. One station near Buckley's Crossing…

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The Excessive Cold at Cooma. Mortality Among Sheep and Cattle

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 3

THE excessive cold which accompanied the rain on Thursday had the effect of killing many sheep and cattle round about Cooma. One station near Buckley's Crossing lost…

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New Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 2

NEW wheat is being delivered at the Co-operative Mill in considerable quantities. The quality is, on the whole, fairly good though not generally up to the standard of other, years. The mill…

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The 1893-4 Wheat Price

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 3

THE following letter appears in this morning's issue of the Sydney Daily Telegraph:— Sir,—In your issue of Thursday last, under the heading of "The 1893-4 wheat price,"…

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Australian Butter in the London Market. Appointment of a Committee

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 2

AUSTRALIA has not yet generally realised the expected advance, and while some agents want 128/- to 130/, others have sold best freshly arrived at 124/. As the result of…

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Farmers' Calendar, Compiled by an Experienced Practical Farmer Specially for This and Adjacent Districts

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 1

JANUARY.—Finish all harvesting work not previously done, and secure by thatching or otherwise all crops gathered in. Growing maize should be well looked after; hill-up and loosen the soil between…

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The Melbourne Baby-Farmer. Mrs Knorr to Be Hanged. Melbourne

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 3

At the meeting of the Executive to-day the case of Mrs Knorr, the baby former, came on for consideration. The Executive decided that she should be hanged…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 4

SALES of "star" lots of wool were hold on Tuesday by several selling brokers, in order to clear the way for heavier sales to be held next week and during the remainder of the month. There was again…

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Sheep on Farms

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 1

AT a recent meeting of the Jameson branch of the Agricultural Bureau, South Australia, Mr R. H. Williams read a paper in which he said that every farmer should keep sheep, and…

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Taralga. Butter Factory Half-yearly Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 3

BUTTER FACTORY HALF-YEARLY MEETING.—In pursuance of articles of association, the half-yearly meeting of the above was held on Friday, the 29th ultimo, at the company's…

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The Brunswick Baby Farming. Minnie Knorr's Condition. Melbourne, Friday, 6.15 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

MINNIE KNORR, condemned in connection with the Brunswick baby farming, is now comparatively resigned to her fate. She has a good appetite, and sleeps better than…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 6

AGRICULTURE can be made more nearly an exact science by the application of irrigation to the soil than by any other means whatever. It prevents drought and makes crops…

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Meeting of Board of Sheep Directors

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 2

A MEETING of the Board of Sheep Directors for the Sheep District of Young; under the Diseases in Sheep Act, was held at the Stock Office, Young, on Wednesday the 3rd January, 1894, at 11…

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Big Prices for Sheep in New Zealand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 6

A series of articles on the frozen meat trade of Australasia is being published in the Daily Telegraph. In commenting on the New Zealand trade the article says that up…

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Calabash Farmers’ Union

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 2

A MEETING of the above named union was held et the residence of Mr. Peter O’Dea, Nine Mile, on Saturday 23rd December, the president, Mr. W. Hall, in the chair…

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Severe Storm Near Albury Great Damage to Orchards and Crops

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 2

A SEVERE storm passed over Albury on Friday night, with heavy rain for half-an-hour. The wind blew with burricane force, doing great damage to orchards and crops…

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Cattle Poisoned at Bourke

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

BOURKE, Saturday.—Another mob of cattle has been poisoned by weeds on the Enngonia Lednapper-road. Two hundred and thirty of them wears effected, most of them fatally. Other lots of stock…

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Ninety Thousand Sheep Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

COOMA, Saturday—It is reported that about 90,000 sheep have been killed in this district by the recent cold and rain…

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Sydney Wool Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 2

THE wool sales were resumed on Monday after the Christmas holidays The attendance of buyers wee again large and competition was very keen. Prices compared favourably with the beat that have…

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The Price of Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 2

TEM[?]BA, Monday.—A largely-attended meeting of farmers and other was held at Talbot's Empire Hotel on Saturday evening for the purpose of protecting against the action of the millers in dictating…

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