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

Farming & the land, 1896

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 5

REFERRING to a paragraph which appeared last week about a profitable cow owned by Mr. Poidevin, a Currawang dairyman writes:—"My idea is that cows only averaging 4 to…

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Bicycles and Butter. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1896 · page 3

SIR,—In Saturday's issue the genius of "Siftings" has taken a new departure. The development this time is of an alliterative character, and I am brought to account for not favouring a free port for…

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Sale of Sheep

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 2

We draw our readers' attention to the big sale of 4000 sheep, which will be submitted to the hammer on Saturday, by Messrs. Stubbs & Co, The lots to be offered are of excellent quality…

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Seed-wheat

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 5

WE understand that about a hundred farmers have applied in Goulburn for forms to obtain seed-wheat…

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Meeting of Sheep Directors

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 2

A meeting of the Board of Sheep Directors for the sheep district of Young, under the Diseases in Sheep Acts, was held at the Stock Office, Young, on Wednesday,…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 6

THE Royal Agricultural Society's Show this year has proved a phenomenal success. The sporting element again predominated very largely, and there is a good deal in the…

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Export of Cattle From Canada. London, April 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 4

The Canadian Government, claiming that Canadian cattle are free from disease, requested the Colonial Office authorities to have an exemption bill introduced into Parliament, and offered to pay the…

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Driving Cattle on Footpaths.—tinson Versus Wren. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 April 1896 · page 2

DEAR SIR,—In the interests of the public I trust you will allow me space for a few remarks, hoping to be of some benefit to stock drovers as well as our city. While Mr. Gannon was addressing the…

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Murrumbidgee Experimental Farm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 April 1896 · page 4

WAGGA, Friday.—The Minister for Mines and Agriculture (the Hen. Sydney Smith, M.L.A.), accompanied by Messrs. Gormly and Ball, Ms.L.A., Mr. W. S. Campbell (chief clerk of the Agricultural…

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Australian Dairy Produce. London, April 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 April 1896 · page 2

The London Standard states that the Victorian and New Zealand butters which have reached the English market are superior to the Danish article, while the New Zealand cheese is better than the…

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Baby-farming in London. London, April 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 April 1896 · page 2

A ghastly discovery has been made at Reading, the bodies of six babies having been found in the River Thames. It is believed to be a case of baby-farming, as…

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Californian Wheat

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1896 · page 3

Another cargo of 2500 tons of wheat arrived from San Francisco to-day, making 5000 tons in two consecutive days…

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Canadian Wheat for Australia. London, April 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 April 1896 · page 2

A second shipment of 20,000 bushels of wheat is being despatched from Canada to Australia. The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company has offered to convoy the shipment over their line to…

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Baby-farming in London. London, April 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 April 1896 · page 4

The woman Annie Dyer, who had been arrested on suspicion of having murdered a number of infants whose bodies had been found in the Thames, made an attempt to commit suicide after she was…

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Decrease in the Wheat Yield

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 2

At the annual congress of the National Agricultural Union in London, on the 12th December, the Earl of Winchelsea made the opening address. He said that the feature of the past year was…

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Cable Intelligence. the Suspected Baby Farming. Twenty Infants Since Christmas

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 2

London, Monday night.--Annie Dyer, the woman who has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of the six intants whose bodies were found in the River Thames…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 3

Mr. Austin Chapman, M P; has been advised by the Under-Secretary' for Mines and Agriculture in reply to an inquiry as to when the seed wheat which has been promised by…

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Sydney Wool Sales. April 31st, 1896

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association report that Sales were resumed at the Wool Exchange Macquarie Place, on Monday and Tuesday, after, an interval of nearly four weeks…

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The Suspected Baby Farming

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 2

Annie Dyer, the woman who has been arrested un suspicion of being concerned in the murder of the six infanta whose bodies were found in the River Thomas, near…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 6

THE present season is notable for the number of times it has been announced that the drought has broken up. As far as this district is concerned grass is becoming…

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