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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1861

25 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 2

On the Feeding of Cows for the Production of Butter

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 December 1861 · page 4

Sir John Sinclair has stilted that "it is supposed that the same quantity of herbage that would add 224 pounds to the weight of an ox, would produce 900 English gallons of milk." Now, if we reckon…

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Cattle Pests

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 December 1861 · page 4

The [?] stock of this country used to be regarded as the healthiest of the healthy. They were considered as subject to little or no disease save such as arises from accident or well known…

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Pastoral Patriot of Clarence

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 December 1861 · page 4

1—At Terranora the entrance of the Tweed River County of Rous. Area, 20 square miles—The Crown lands within the following boundaries: Commencing at a point on…

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Pastoral District of Monaro

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 December 1861 · page 4

1—At the Moruya Holds, County of Dampier. Area 1/4 square mile—The Crown lands within the following boundaries: Commencing on the sea coast at a point bearing due east from the…

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Pastoral District of Macleay

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 December 1861 · page 4

1—On the left bank of the Macleay River opposite to the confluence of Darkwater Creek with that river. Country of Dudley parish of Cooroobongatti…

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