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

Farming & the land, 1899

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 6

No. 70. Cotton (continued) -- Planting -- Drill Planting -- Weeding -- Topping-- Maturity -- Gathering -- The Oil -- Grinding the Seed Cotton Gins -- Hemp-- Description of Plant…

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Meeting of Farmers

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 2

ONE of the largest meetings of farmers ever held in Junee took place last Saturday afternoon. Mr Hefferman (Millbank station) presided. It…

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Dressing Wheat for Smut

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 13 February 1899 · page 2

MR. F. C. DYER, of Jerrara writes to the Agricultural Gazette:—Having read in October number of the plan of dressing wheat and other grain for smut, I give the…

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Pasteurising Butter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 4
Also in Crookwell Gazette

SOME months ago the Minister for Agriculture appointed an officer to travel in the chief dairying districts and give practical domonstrations in the process of…

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Acting Sheep Inspector at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 4

Persons in the habit of travelling sheep from the Yass district into the Goulburn district will be pleased to learn that Mr. Samuel L. Cox, of Crookwell, has been appointed an acting inspector of…

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Distribution of Seed Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 2

THE Cabinet on Wednesday gave authority to the Minister for Agriculture to r[?]lieve distressed farmers in certain cases by the distribution of…

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Dressing Wheat for Smut

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 2

Mr. F. C. Dyer, of Jerrara, writes to the "Agricultural Gazette":-- Having read in October number of the plan of dressing wheat and other grain for smut, I give the following…

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Farmer & Company, Ltd., Victoria House, Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 2

MR. SEYMOUR, representing the above firm, will be showing at the Commercial Hotel, Yass, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, the Friday Samples from all departments, as usual. All…

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Benefits of Dairying

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 4

IN the following J. W. Newton, of Vermont, names some of the benefits that are derived from dairying:— “The first advantage of dairying is that it…

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State Butter Shows

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 2

The first of the State butter competitions commences to-day (Thursday). There are 20 entries, and a wire has been sent to the manager of each factory directing him to forward by first train or…

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Sheep Inspector Appointed

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2

WE are informed that it is notified in the Government Gazette of the 10th instant that Mr S.L. Cox, J.P., of Crookwell, has…

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Farmers' Agency

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2

IT will be noticed by our advertising columns that Mr. P. J. McCauley, who for tho past few years has so successfully conducted the sales of the Farmers' Market has entered upon…

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Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

MR.H. R. CARTER, wheat broker, Sydeny and Melbourne reports as follows Feb 16th :— Wheat has not perceptibly changed in value daring the past week and I have made sales…

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Mortality Amongst Cattle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

DAPTON, Friday.—On Thursday afternoon Mr. Henry Breen, dairyman, of Unanderra, allowed 30 cows to feed on young planters' friend for a few minutes. Almost immediately they acted strangely,…

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Farmers, Hear It

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

OUR farmers Will have an opportunity of hearing Mr Thompson, of the Agricultural Department, give a really practical lecture on 'Modern…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 1

No 71. Hemp (continued) -- Various Soils -- The Fibre -- Its Uses -- Uses of Seeds -- Leaves -- Sowing -- Quantity of seed to an [?]ore -- The Oak -- Raising Oak Seeds --…

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Shearing Sheep by Contract

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 4

THE system of shearing sheep by contract bids fair to be extensively adopted in New South Wales (says tho Argus). It has only been recently introduced,…

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Profitable Duck Farm

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 2

MR. S. Ellis is the owner of a duck farm in Bay-street, Botany, and his output is from 10,000 to 12,000 ducks per annum, besides an enormous quantity of eggs…

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Price of Butter

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

THE majority of butter merchants in Sussex-street were selling creamery on Tuesday at 8½d. per lb., and other grades at a proportionate reduction…

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