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

Farming & the land, 1896

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The Sheep Return Cases

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 June 1896 · page 2

THE much-talked-of cases against sheepowners for neglecting to sent in their returns were heard at Taralga on Wednesday before Messrs. Caswell, P M., Ross, and Jones. Mr. H. O' Brien, of…

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Intercolonial Wheat Conference. Important Recommendations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 June 1896 · page 4

THE question of rust in wheat, and the. means that can be adopted to mitigate its ravages, is of vital importance to the wheatgrowers of Australia. For the past six years the scientific staffs of the…

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Sheep and Cattle Stealing Suppression Association

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 June 1896 · page 2

A MEETING of stockowners and others interested, convened by circular, was held in the Mechanics' Institute, on Thursday. Present: Messrs. Thomas Stevenson (in…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 June 1896 · page 6

The condition of the London wool market had a depressing effect on the sales held in Sydney on Wednesday. Buyers operated cautiously, and out of the small catalogue,…

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Heavy Sentences for Sheep Stealing

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 June 1896 · page 2

At the Young Quarter Sessions last week Henry M'Glynn and Alfred M'Glynn, who had pleaded guilty to sheep stealing, were again placed in the dock for the purpose of receiving their…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. London, June 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 June 1896 · page 2

At the Antwerp wool sales there was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was animated. Prices generally were unchanged, a few lots going in buyers' favour…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Thursday, 2.18 p.m. Butter Reduced

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 June 1896 · page 2

THE Sussex-street agents have reduced the wholesale quotations for creamery butter to 10d per lb. AN ENGINE-DRIVER KILLED. An engine-driver on the early train from Sydney…

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How to Feed Crops.—iii. (For the Post by HERBERT J. RUMSEY.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 June 1896 · page 4

AFTER nitrogen, next in importance come phosphoric acid. It is nearly as expensive to buy as nitrogen, and, unfortunately, cannot be so easily obtained. One of our foremost agricultural teachers…

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Breeding Sheep for Wool and Mutton. the Advance of the Crossbreds

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 1

For many years after the vast pastures of Australia were stocked with sheep the main object of the pastoralists was to raise merinoes that would yield…

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Farmers' Market

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 2

The usual weekly sale was held at the Farmers Market on Saturday last in the presence of a large company of buyers. As usual Mr Archie Chisholm wielded the hammer, and…

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Young Quarter Sessions. Thursday, June 4. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinga) Mr. Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown. Larceny of a Bale of Wool

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 2

John Supple was charged with stealing a bale of wool from Kikiamah, the property of the executors of the late P. Walsh, and on a further charge of…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1896 · page 5

THE weather of late has been all that could he wished for agricultural operations, and ploughing is being extensively carried on. There is every prospect that a much larger area of land will be put…

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Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 June 1896 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held in the Town Hull on Wednesday afternoon There were present—Messrs, J Forsythe, president (in the…

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The Sydney Sheep-sales

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 June 1896 · page 2

WITH a view to enabling [?] in the southern dis[?] to attend the [?]ming sheep fales in [?] the railway semming sisnery have arranged to ran a [?]…

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Wheat Cultivation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1896 · page 2

ALBURY, Monday.—A report from Urana states that several large landowners there and near Jerilderie are going into farming on the shares principle. A good demand continues to exist for land…

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The Sydney Sheep Sales

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 June 1896 · page 2

With a view to enabling residents in tho Southern districts to attend the forthcoming sheep sales in Sydney, the Railway Commissioners have arranged to run a special cheap excursion…

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The Amalgamation of Pastoral Boards

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 June 1896 · page 2

Some years ago it was proposed to amalgamate the various Pastoral and Stock Protection Boards of the colony by forming a central committee under the authority of an Act of Parliament. A draft…

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The Sydney Sheep Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 June 1896 · page 4

WITH a view to enabling residents in the southern districts to attend the forthcoming sheep sales in Sydney, the Railway Commissioners have arranged to run a special cheap excursion from the south on…

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Pastoral Finance Association Limited

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 2

We understand that the Pastoral Finance Association Limited, are open to receive up to say 50,000 rabbits, for shipment. It is a remarkable thing notwithstanding all…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 4

THE Bathurst A., H., and P. Association netted the handsome sum of £400 by their late show, and Goulburn could not oven make a display of any kind. The fair city of the plains is out-stripping…

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