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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1878

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Farmers Daughters

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1878 · page 2

I WAS talking to a former's daughter the [?] day, and we naturally; it seemed, dropped into complainings, [?] re[?]ed the fact that she was discont[?]. I asked…

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Agriculture. a Woman's Idea of Kitchen Garden for a Farmer's Family on Medium Size

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1878 · page 2

I KNOW of no one I pity [?] much as a farmer's wife who has to cook for a family of mena nd children, and has no garden; but my sympathy wanes when I find the kitchen…

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CABLEGRAMS. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] Russo-Turkish War. English Fleet Will go to Constantinople, Russia Occupies the Land Turkey Protests against England. Difficulty about Entry. England Preparing for War. Austrian Ironclads for Levant. The Pope's Wills. Wool Sales Postponed. London, 13th February

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1878 · page 3

This Pope has left two will, He has bequeathed to his successor three and a half million francs annually for the expenses of the Papacy…

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The Best Cattle to Keep

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1878 · page 2

THE object of this article is not to puff any particular breed of cattle, but to try to convince those farmers who keep a few cows of the importance of keeping better animals…

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Agriculture. the Farmer's Wife

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1878 · page 2

Ur with the birds in the early morning— The dewdrop glows like a precious gem; Beautiful tints in the skies are dawning, But she's never a moment to look at…

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Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1878 · page 3

MESSRS, Mort and Co., woolbrokers, wire the following:— At our wool sales this week, greasy realised up to 11½d. per lb., fleece,…

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Agriculture. Farm Life From a Woman's Point of View

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1878 · page 2

"FARMERS, my doar," said Aunt Tabitha, as she spread a [?] in the chimney corner for her favourite, the cat, "are, take them all around, a pretty contented set. They…

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Malpractices in the Wool Trade in Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1878 · page 3

IN May last a lette r, which was forwarded to the Sydney Morning Herald by Mr. Fromlin, a wool-scouro; of Botany, and a extensive…

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Agriculture. Fowls for Farmers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1878 · page 2

MUCH discussion has arisen of late years in regard to fowls as to which are the most profitable—pure bred or cross bred. Some assert that there has been no improvement…

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The Farmer's Wife

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1878 · page 2

THE farmer came in from the field one day; His languid step and his weary way, His bonded brow his sinewy hand, All showed his work for the good of the land;…

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Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866. Stock Branch, Department of Lands, Sydney, 29th March, 1878

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1878 · page 4

Notice is hereby given for public information that as the annual meetings of sheep owners have not been held, in terms of the abovenamed…

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Cooma Quarter Sessions. Wednesday, 3Rd April. Before Judge McFarland. Cattle Stealing

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1878 · page 1

William Gilles, Jarues Gilles, and Edward Walsh were charged with having at Cran[?]y's Plains, near Bombala, on 17th January, 1876 stolen a [?]…

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Agriculture. Hereford Cattle in England

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1878 · page 2

THE Felhampton herd was founded in the last century by a gentleman of the name of Urwick, whose family occupied the farm until 1867, when the present tenant, Mr…

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Friday, 26Th April. Before the Police Magistrate. CATTLE-STEALING

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1878 · page 3

Elizabeth Hayes (on bail) and Benjamin Bed[?]low appeared, on remand, to answer the charge of stealing John Mooney's cattle…

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800 Sheep Poisoned

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1878 · page 4

NEWS from Quirindi in the Muswellbrook Times of Saturday states that a mob of 6500 of Messrs Nowland's sheep were (after travelling for many months in…

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The Dairy

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1878 · page 2

To obtain the most profit from cows, they ought to have abundance of food, from the time they are springing, at least. A cow is always in her flush of milk just after…

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Agriculture. DAIRYING

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1878 · page 2

AT the present moment there are so many different systems of setting milk, of keeping it till the cream has [?], and of churning, that a novice in dairying is bewildered, and…

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Painting Farm Farm Implements

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1878 · page 2

I SUPPOSE that are many farmers who never a plant brush; and I can imagine how their old rusty waggons, ploughs, etc. look, the wood work badly cracked, and going…

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Agriculture. Shiftlessness on the Farm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1878 · page 2

TUMBLE-DOWN fences or fences clumsily propped up and patched, here and there, with bits of broken boards and ralls; gates hanging by one hinge, or leaning forlornly against…

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New England Farmers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1878 · page 3

IT was in the [?]d in the [?] of the New England States that a large another of the most eminent Americans—[?]…

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