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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1869

19 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Dialogue Between a Squatter and a Free Selector. (Contributed to the Manoro Mercury.)SCENE—Family of farmer, with their friend, Mr. Hobson (the squatter) at dinner

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1869 · page 4

FREE SELECTOR (loquitor): Since you were last here, Mr. Hobson, my boy has procured a book which has afforded us very great delight—Dr. Randall's "Sheep Husbandry," Now that we have finished our meal, and when Katie has…

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Diseases in Sheep

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1869 · page 6

The following is a bill to amend the Dingoes in Sheep Act of 1866, introduced into the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Forster:—…

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Our Wool Trade

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1869 · page 8

TAKING this season's clip on the whole, it is in fair order; but in numerous instances the excessive stocking of stations and consequent scarcity of feed has had an unfavourable effect, the fleeces being…

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Prevention of Diseases in Cattle

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1869 · page 6

THE following is a bill introduced into the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Forster to continue and amend the Cattle Diseases' Prevention Act:—…

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Extraordinary Case of Cattle Stealing

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1869 · page 7

On Wednesday, the 3rd February, Thomas. H. Thompson, described as a squatter of considerable means, was indicted at the Quarter Sessions, Port Macquarie, for stealing six…

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New Wool Press

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1869 · page 8

MR. LOCKHART MORTON (says the Australasian) has patented a new wool press, which seems to be superior in some respects to those now in use, and a specimen machine, manufactured by Messrs. T…

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Pastoral

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1869 · page 3

WE (Pastoral Times) have the welcome news that the water is descending the Darling River in great force, and that the first fresh is followed by a second rush many feet in height. It was high…

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London Wool Market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1869 · page 7

A steady lobe prevails. Dealers and manufacturers are fairly supplied, and it is ant paled November prices will be maintained when the sales Commence. The arrivals of…

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Pastoral

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1869 · page 5

THE grass is getting very much parched again in the western part of the district, and id we not have [?]mbre rain before the warm season is over, cattle will be likely to suffer considerably from an insufficient supply of food during the…

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Farming in Good Old Times

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1869 · page 7

AN "Old Colonist" who takes part in a discussion now going on in the Queenslander, throws a little light on the old system of farming in New South Wales; and at the…

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Pastoral

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1869 · page 7

CONCERNING the wool challenge between Mr. Bayly, on the one side, and Messrs. Learmonth, Shaw, and Currie, on the other, Mr. Bayly is the only [?] who has lodged his…

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Arrival of the English Mail. Price of Wool Declined 2D.—navy Tenders for Australian Preserved Meats.—london to Manaro in 26 Days. Latest Special Telegram. (Through Greville and Co., Telegrammists.) SYDNEY, Wednesday Evening

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1869 · page 5

BY the arrival of the English mail have news from London to the 19th of March. The most important items are as follow:— Wool has declined twopence per pound since the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1869 · page 2

THE weekly sales were not held us usual on owing to the intelligence received by the English mail buyers wishing to inspect account sales before further transactions…

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Pastoral. the Wool Challenge

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1869 · page 3

WITHOUT knowing much about it, and without being immediately much the better for it, the sheep breeders of New South Wales are credited with a victory—a victory for which they stand indebted…

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Travelling Sheep

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1869 · page 3

As some doubts have existed in the minds of both drovers and sheep-holders as to the meaning of the fortieth clause of the Sheep Disease Prevention Act, directing owners of travelling sheep to…

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The Pastoral Interest and the Meat Question

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1869 · page 3

IT often happens that while the world is talking loudly of some passing events which, insignificant in themselves, have an interest, partly on account of their being familiar to our minds, some…

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Dialogue Between a Highland and a Lowland Farmer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1869 · page 8

SCENE—A Great Flood; numbers of submerged Farms and Homesteads. A boat has just landed a Family, who have been rescued from the flood…

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English Wool Circular

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1869 · page 3

WOOL.—The first series for the present year, consisting of 15,144 bales Sydney and Queensland, 52,399 bales Port Phillip, 590 Van Diemen's Land. 28,355 Adelaide, 804 Swan River, 3753 New Zealand, and 33,747 Cape of Good Hope—…

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The Travelling Sheep Question

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1869 · page 8

THE Pastoral Times observes:—"For some time past the runholders of Riverina have been perplexed with the travelling sheep question. Sheep starred Out of their natural pasturage have been…

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