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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1858

20 stories in Murray's papers

Representation of the Pastoral District of the Murrumbidgee. the Nomination. (By Express From Tumut.)

The Border Post · Saturday 30 January 1858 · page 2

A public meeting of the electors of the pastoral district of the Murrumbidgee was held in the Court House at Tumut on Tuesday last the 26th…

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Improvement of Pastoral Land. (Sydney magazine of science and Art.)

The Border Post · Saturday 13 February 1858 · page 3

Having had my attention drawn to the subject of improving pastoral land. by the Kind advice of Sir W. Denison, and reported in the Sydney Magazine…

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Farming in South Australia

The Border Post · Saturday 20 February 1858 · page 3

For the information of our farmers we report from the Adelaide Observer some carefully prepared statistics for its some Feadera As we have entered the…

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Original Correspondence. Branding Store Cattle. To the Editor of the Border Fast

The Border Post · Saturday 27 February 1858 · page 2

SIR,—Some short time since, there appeared a letter in Bear’s Weekly Circular, from a gentleman in the Victoria colony, on the subject of draf[?] sheep…

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The Pastoral Interest

The Border Post · Saturday 27 March 1858 · page 2

The squatters in Victoria have taken the alarm, and whatever may he the justice or [?] of the treatment they receive at the Lands of people or the Government of the…

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Catarrhed Sheep

The Border Post · Saturday 27 March 1858 · page 3

Last week Mr. John M’Analy of Gundaroo. appeared before the Queensland Police Court to answer a change preferred against him by John Casey of the same place who combined…

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Port Philipp Farmers’ Society Society Exhibition

The Border Post · Saturday 27 March 1858 · page 3

Although not of a nature to be generally attractive the Port Phillip Farmers’ Society’s Annual Grain Show was well attended yesterday By adhering strictly to agriculture…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, 30th APRIL. (Before the Police Magistrate and John Cropper, Esq.)

The Border Post · Saturday 8 May 1858 · page 2

CHARGE OF HORSE-STEALING.—Mr John Macdonell, who had been accused of stealing three houses belonging to Mr. Peter M’Alister, surrendered to undergo final examination…

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The Merino Sheep. To the Editor of the Argus

The Border Post · Saturday 5 June 1858 · page 3

SIR.—In a leading article in your issue of the 17th instant, you have shown that the manlier of sheep in this colony have been considerably reduced during the last three or…

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Parliamentary Paper. Scab and Catarrh in Sheep. Report

The Border Post · Wednesday 16 June 1858 · page 2

The Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 27th ult., “to inquire into and report upon the working of the Act 19 Victoria. No. 27, and to prepare…

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Scotch Breeds of Cattle

The Border Post · Wednesday 30 June 1858 · page 3

I begin with the aboriginal breeds. In the parks of Cadzow, and at Chillingham, in Northumberland, there are cattle said to be the original breed of this country. I…

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Parliamentary. Legislative Assembly Scad in Sheep Bill

The Border Post · Saturday 3 July 1858 · page 2

On the motion of Mr Hodgson, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, for the consideration in detail of the Bill for the Prevention of Scab in Sheep…

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Skin Diseases of Sheep

The Border Post · Wednesday 7 July 1858 · page 2

In the cause of a lecture by Professor Symons before the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society on this, to flock masters, important subject, he referred to this most formidable disease,…

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Agricultural. Dairy Farmer in Victoria

The Border Post · Saturday 4 September 1858 · page 4

ON a present [?] the alluded briefly to the [?] opportunity [?], by the [?] and problems from [?] of the [?] haring for dairy present, the…

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Pastoral Lands Assessment and Rent Bill

The Border Post · Wednesday 8 September 1858 · page 4

Mr. Forster has given notice of the following contingent motions : — (To follow consecutively clause 2.) 3. After the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful to issue or…

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Agricultural. the Blight. To the Editor of the Farm and Garden

The Border Post · Wednesday 8 September 1858 · page 4

SIR,— The ravages of insects on the vegetable kingdom are evidently a part of the economy of Nature with which, although familiar with the results, we are lamentably in…

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Colonial Intelligence. Pastoral Tenants

The Border Post · Saturday 13 November 1858 · page 4

The following petition of 43 pastoral [?] of the Crown, recently presented to the Assembly, has been printed :— “The Honourable the Members of the…

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Cattle Brands and Proofs of Ownership. We find the following letter on this subject in the Melbourne Argus:— (To the Editor of the Argus.)

The Border Post · Wednesday 17 November 1858 · page 2

Sir,—The oft-repeated adage. Summum jus [?] injuria, was never more fully exemplified than at the late Beechworth Quarter Sessions, in a case of cattle stealing, to which I must…

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Miscellaneous. Port Phillip Farmers’ Society

The Border Post · Wednesday 17 November 1858 · page 2

A very interesting trial of various agricultural implements was made yesterday, on Mr. Robt. Rogerson’s farm on the Saltwater River, in presence of several gentlemen interested in the…

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Agricutueal. Advice to Farmers

The Border Post · Wednesday 22 December 1858 · page 4

Since the year 1839, no such severe drought has been experienced as that which during the past spring has laid desolate fields and gardens. Although some of the…

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