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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1886

26 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 2

Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 2

MESSRS. MORT and Co. wired from Sydney on Wednesday night the state of the market:—We have sold 2200 bales of wool since our lost…

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Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY, Wednesday night

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 3

WE had a large attendance at our wool sale to-day, and there was spirited competition. Since our last report, we have sold 2500 bales of…

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Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 3

MORT and Co. wired from Sydney on Wednesday night as follows:—There was a large attendance of buyers at our woof sales to-day, and…

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farmer. Training a Trotting Horse by Swimming

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 2

WHILE Mr. Robert Bonner was inspecting John Turner's hones in Philadelphia the General told a curious story of horse training. "When I was a boy, and £200 looked as big…

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Telegrams. Sydney Wool Market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 3

MESSRS. Mort and Co. wired as follows from Sydney on Wednesday night:—We offered 1800 bales of wool for sale to-day, and have sol during the week…

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Farmer. Scraps from the Live Stock Journal

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 2

SIR JOHN B. LAWES makes the important announcement that he is engaged with Dr. Gilbert in preparing a paper for the next Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society on…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1886 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. wired the following report from Sydney on Wednesday:—We offered 2000 bales at our wool sale to-day, and sold…

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farmer. Good News for Horse Breeders

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 2

Colonel RUSSELL contributed to the current number of The Nineteenth Century an article on " In the event of war with a first rate Power, he says, we should certainly…

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Selling Cattle by Auction

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1886 · page 3

His Honor Mr. Justice Higinbotham, whilst summing up in the case of John M'Laren, charged at the Sale Assize court on Saturday with cattle…

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Farm Yard Poultry. Failures in Poultry-keeping

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1886 · page 2

Chiefly due to a mistaken idea that poultry can be made progitable and a source of wealth or income without any outlay, everything being expected from whilst nothing is…

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London Wool Sales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1886 · page 3

MESSRS. Jacomb, Son, and Co. report on 3rd February as follows :— "The colonial wool auctions, which commenced here on the 10th ultimo…

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Farmer. Climbing Plants in Trees

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 2

THESE give an appearance of robust luxu[?] and unrest[?]ned vigour, reminding the spectator of those tropical and semi-tropical slimes where nature, under the…

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Cooma Quarter Sessions. Friday, 2Nd April. Before His Honor Judge [?]Farland. SHEEP-STEALING

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1886 · page 1

John Thomas was charged with stealing six sheep the property of John Russell on 1st September, 1885. Jury: Thomas Geraghty, James…

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Farmer. Preserving Eggs

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 2

EGGS packed and treated as follows can be kept three months, and seem and look like fresh eggs: Take a common box, such as is used for…

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Protection for Farmers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 3

CUDAL Wednesday.—A well at attended public meeting of farmers and others favorable to protection was held of Bowen Park, near Cudal…

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Wool in America

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1886 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Premier of Victoria has been asked by the Premier of New South Wales to support New Zealand in making…

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Farmer. Milk Registers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 2

At the dairy conference a paper, on " Milk Registers," was read by Professor Fream, College of Agriculture, Downton, as follows:—…

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Stray Cattle

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 3

W. H. Johnson was fined 1S. and costs for allowing his cattle to stray in the streets. AFFILIATION…

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The Farmer. Hores-training in South America

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 2

In various parts of the world there are some curius methods of breaking in horses and rendering them obedient to the will of man. Amongst the several methods employed…

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Goulburn Quarter Sessions. Wednesday, 9Th June, Before his Honor Judge McFarland. Cattle-stealing at Cobbin

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1886 · page 4

Robert Smart(on bail) was charged with stealing at Cobbia, near Beckley's Crossing, a bullock the property of James Thompson, senior, on the 13th August,…

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