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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1885

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Sydney Wool Market. Mr. John Bridge reports:— SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1885 · page 2

I offered 1311 bales of wool at my sale to-day. There was an unusually large attendance of buyers, and competition was a shade better compared…

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A Thrifty Farmer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1885 · page 3

WHEN the late severe frost attacked the wheat and potato crops of Mr. Jackson Clarke, [?] Gegedzerick, he did not lie in bod and [?] his and Fate. His wife…

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The farmer. Dairy management

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1885 · page 2

HAVING dealt exhaustively in last year's Annual with the chemistry of dairy farming, the writer proposes to devote the present article to a brief description of certain…

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Cooma Wool Show

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 3

MR. H. Dawson, hon. secretary to Cooma Pastoral, Agricultural, and Ploughing Association, received word from Sydney on Thursday that the prize-takers were as…

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The farmer. Dairy Management

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 2

HAVING dealt exhaustively in last year's Annual with the chemistry of dairy farming, the writer purposes to devote the present article to a brief description of certain…

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Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 2

MESSRS. Mort aud Co. wired from Sydney on Wednesday night the following report:—We offered 2500 bales of wool at auction to day, and sold 1900 bales…

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Crown Lands Act of 1884. Wool-cutters and [?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1885 · page 4

41. Wood-cutters' licenses to cut and remove wood from Crown lands may be issued on application to a Land Agent, Clerk of Petty Sessions, or other officer duly…

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Sheep District of Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1885 · page 3

WE learn that the following five gentlemen have been nominated, and as there is no opposition they will be elected, as Sheep Directors:—…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co wired from Sydney on Thursday:— We offered 540 bales of wool at our sale to-day, and sold 485 in all at from 9[?]d…

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The Farmer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1885 · page 2

A [?] of the Zips Stock Journal [?] there is an opening for the economic [?] supply a [?] deficiency in the [?] market. Th[?] is a scarcity in the…

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Driving Cattle on Sundays. a Test Prosecution

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1885 · page 4

HENRY SEPTIMUS BADGERY, M.L.A., of the firm of Pitt, Son, and Badgery, was charged by Sub-inspector Larkins in Newtown Police Court on Thursday week with having…

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The Farmer. Time to Harvest. Turning the Straw to Best Account

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1885 · page 2

FEW farmers realise how much waste there is in harvest when grain is allowed to get fully ripe outing. In old times, when grain was cradled and bound, and then set…

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Farming on the Mountains

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 2

MR. JOHN (or Charles) Finn took up a conditional purchase in the Mountains, about 42 miles from Cooma, and 15 miles from Gegedzerick, a few years ago. His…

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Diseases in Sheep Acts. Department of Mines, Stock Branch, Sydney, 4th March, 1885

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 18 March 1885 · page 2

THE following gentlemen hive, on the nomination of the Chief Inspector of Stock, been appointed Directors for the Sheep District named:—…

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Thursday, 2Nd April. Sheep-stealing

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1885 · page 3

Edward Rowe (on bail) was charged with stealing 50 sheep and 4 lambs the property of Angus Jardine, at Biggam, on 28th November, 1884, there was a second count of…

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Dairyman's Plain School Picnic

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1885 · page 3

The usual anniversary picnic of Dairyman's Public School was held on Easter Monday on a nice little spot picked out by the teacher, a few hundred yards to the rear of…

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Diseases in Sheep Acts. Department of Mines, Stock Branch, Sydney, 21st May, 1885

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1885 · page 3

NOTICE is hereby given for public information the the following gentlemen have, on the nomination of the Chief Inspector of Stock, been appointed Directors for the…

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Farmers' Union

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1885 · page 3

This is true liberty when free born men Having to advise the public may speak free, WHILST journeying through [?] parts of this colony, if any [?]…

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Cooma Sheep District

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 3

A MEETING of the Pastures and Stock Protection Board was held on the 4th instant. Mr. D. Ryrie was voted chairman for the year; Mr. Wm. Cosgrove, as treasurer;…

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The farmer. Better Factories

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1885 · page 6

THE factory system of making butter and cheese has wrought a revolution in American dairying. The change marks & great Reliance both on the farm and in the market. The…

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