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

Farming & the land, 1894

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Important to Dairymen

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 2

The following letter taken from last Saturday's " Goulburn Herald," maybe of interest to many of our readers; -- Sir.--My attention has been drawn to an error…

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Champion Mixed Farm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 4

The honour of winning the champion prize of £50 for mixed farms for the a whole colony has fallen to Messrs. Haywood Brothers, of Oaklands, near Pambuls. The area of the farm is 185¼ acres, of…

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Crookwell Butter Factory

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the Crookwell Butter Factory Company, Limited, was held at the factory on Friday last. The directors present were Messrs. G…

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Australian Butter. London

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 4

The imports of Australian butter into England up to February 1, were 3000 tons in excess of the corresponding period of last year. The imports to the Continent for the…

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The Wheat Market. London

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 4

The visible supply of American wheat, BRADSTREET’S, is 98,930,000 bushels. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 29s 3d, market firm ; Victorian, 28s 9d, market quiet; New…

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The Price of Wheat Under Protection. Large Decrease

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 3

FROM Warracknabeal (Vic.) it is reported that wheat has fallen to 1/9½. There is a large accumulation at Warracknabeal and along the line to Hopetoun. Altogether 325,000 bags…

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N. S. W. Dairy Farmers' Export Association

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 2

THE following is the graders' report for week ending February 5th:--I have to report for the past week an increase of 332 boxes in the quantity of butter…

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The Farmer Feedet[?] All

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 4

MY lord rides through his palace gate, My lady sweeps along in state, The sage thinks long on many a thing, And the maiden muses on marrying;…

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The Farmers’ and Selectors’ Association

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 4

THE executive council of the Farmers’ and Selectors’ Association met at the Town Hall on Friday. It appears that was some misunderstanding as to the day of assembling…

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Crookwell Butter Factory

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 4

LAST month the Crookwell Butter Factory dealt with 49,000 gallons of milk. According to quality ascertained by the Babcock tester, the best milk was worth 2¾d a gallon…

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Indian Butter. London, Feb. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 2

An English dairy company in Bombay is offering to place Indian butter on the London market at 9d per lb. free of all charges. A trial shipment has been ordered…

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The Colonial Butter Trade. London, Feb. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 4

A deputation of colonists in London waited upon Mr. Robert Reid, Victorian Minister of Defence, yesterday, to explain the difficulties in connection with the distribution of colonial batter, and to…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Feb. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 2

The Antwerp wool sales have been opened. Their le fair competition. Prices are five centimes below the closing rates of the November sales…

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The Crookwell Butter Factory. Monthly Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the Crookwell Butter Factory Company, Limited was held at the factory on Friday last. The directors present were Messrs. G. McDonald (chairman),…

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The Braidwood Electorate. Mr. John Cropper's Candidature

Goulburn Herald · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 3

MR, JOHN CROPPER, who is contesting the Braidwood constituency in the Freetrade interest, addressed a meeting of his supporters at Bronti on Monday night. Mr…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales. Platform for the General Election

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 2

THE executive council of the above association met at Young on Friday and Friday night having been convened by the Secretary (Mr. M. Ryan, of Henty, the now widely known farmers…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Forthcoming Shows

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 6

GOULBURN—Thursday and Friday, March 15 and 16. Marulan—Friday, 23rd Feb. Yass—Thursday and Friday, March 1 and 2. Crookwell—Thursday and Friday, March 8 and 9…

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A Coming Wheat Country

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 6

It is interesting to note that India ranks third among the countries of the World as a wheat-producing country, with every prospect of taking a second, if not a first, place…

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A Useful Crop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 6

Rape is a capital thing to sow after wheat and plough in as a green manure. It is of great value to the farmer in bringing up again his worn-out wheat-sick soil. As soon…

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Wheat-growing in the Albury District. the "Share" Principle

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 3

NOTWITHSTANDING the low price of wheat this year, there is a probability of a greater area being put under crop in portions of the Albury district next winter, principally by…

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