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

Farming & the land, 1899

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Salt for Cattle

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 4

THE testimony of the most eminent chemists and physiologists, including Boussingault, Liebig and Dr. Carpenter, unite in considering salt as an…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 2

THE adjourned annual meeting of the members of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association is to be held tills afternoon in the Town Hall, when it is to be linked that the object of the…

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Our Butter Factory

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 2

THE adjourned annual meeting of shareholders of the Murrumburrah Dairying Company was held at the Commercial Hotel on the 11th instant…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 2

No. 72. The Oak (continued)--Planting--Expense--The British Oak--Varieties--River Oak, She Oak and Swamp Oak--Forest Oak, Silky Oak, Foreign Oaks…

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Prosperity of Trade and Manufactures in Great Britain.—expected Beneficial Influence on the Colonies.—agriculture in the Home Countries.—its Relation to Colonial Importations.—colonial Farmers an Integral Portion of the Agricultural Population of the Empire, and to Be So Regarded

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 February 1899 · page 3

WHILE interest in the news from the mother-country has of late been to a large extent engressed by specifications as to the probability of war,another…

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Price of Butter

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 28 February 1899 · page 4

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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Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1899 · page 4

MR. H. R. CARTER, whea[?] broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows Feb. 22nd :— Wheat, steady at 2s 8d, ex trucks for good milling; shade more for parcels of prime; 2s 1d…

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Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1899 · page 4

THE adjourned annual meeting of the members of the Burrangong pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon. About…

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Carriage of Seed-wheat

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1899 · page 3

The railway commissioners have decided to assit farmers in tiding over difficulties by making concessions on the carriage of seed. wheat. Following is the regulation :—…

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A Crop of Apples

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 4

"APPLE-GROWNED will soon be a thing of the past in the Argyle district" "Better dig up your apple trees and grow something useful." Expressions like there have been very common in the…

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The Wheat Market Firmer

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 2

THE wheat market has improved during the week. In Sydney on Tuesday wheat was from 27 to 29½, at Melbourne 27 to 27½…

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Seed Wheat

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 2

OUR member received the following letter from the Department early this week: 'With reference to your suggestion in reference to the distribution…

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Carriage of Seed Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 4

It was announced recently that the Railway Commissioners had decided to allow a concession of half rates for seed wheat sent to districts where the crops had failed during…

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How to Farm. Lecture by Mr Thompson

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 2

MR Thompson, Government Agricultural Expert, at the invitation of the Committee of our local Mechanics' Institute, delivered a most instructive…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 March 1899 · page 2

THE Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association for the week ending March 4th, 1899 report as follows:-- WOOL…

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A New Breed of Sheep

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 7 March 1899 · page 4

MR. McWHIRTER, manager of the Tarras and Morven Hills Station, Otago, has gone in for breeding a flock of black sheep,…

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The Dairying Industry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 March 1899 · page 4

MR. COOK has received a letter from one of the largest dairying companies in New South Wales thanking the Government for taking up the higher branches of scientific work as regards a better butter…

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Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 4

MR. H. K. CARTER, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows March 2nd :— Wheat cannot be said to have changed locally, but sells pith considerable freedom at up to 2s Sd…

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Sheep Directors

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 2

A MEETING of the Board of Sheep Directors, Young, under the Directors in Sheep Acts, was held.at the Stock office, Young on Saturday, the 4th March 1899, at 11 o’clock…

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The Wool Sales. London, March 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 March 1899 · page 2

The second series of wool sales opened firm all round, except for low-conditioned crossbreds. March 8. Messrs. Balme and Co., Buxton, Ronald, and Co.,…

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