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Illawarra · Farming & the land
10 stories in Illawarra's papers
SIR—I know not if there be a subject upon which you touch in your valuable journal of greater present and permanent importance than that of Agriculture. The extracts from contemporary prints with which, from time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—In a late number of your useful paper, I observed a letter under thin heading, in which your correspondent endeavors to show that the horse may be substituted for the bullock as a farm servant. In this I do not agree…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Every day's experience convinces us more fully that disease and death are often to be referred directly, to the food partaken of by animals. How could we expect otherwise, seeing we have chiefly to do with herbivorous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This year's Cattle Show was attended by an immense conflux of people, which was swelled by us, anxious to assist at an exhibition, at once ludicrous and laudable. Crossing from one side of Baker-street to the other, we…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR—A letter which appeared in your journal some weeks ago, signed "S.," and headed as above, induced me to offer a few remarks on the subject at that time. In doing so, I sought not to disparage either the style or the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR—A month having been allowed to pass away without any reference being male to this question, I had concluded that your correspondents, "S." and "Acastus," had resolved to let the matter rest. However, on looking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As it is by the interchange of commodities that civilization and knowledge are spread over the earth, and as it is evidently intended that nations, as well as individuals, should give their time and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There are a great number of cattle in the morket; prime bullocks are worth at the rate of 20s. per cwt The sheep market is full of a very inferior quality; prime wethers, 55lbs., are worth 22s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On passing through the yard, the most striking objects were the large steam threshing machines, which were in motion during a great part of the day. The largest and most complete of these, together with the engine, were made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The sitting of the 22nd of April has been wholly occupied with a communication from M. Renault, Director of Alfort, which has exclusively absorbed the attention of all present…
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