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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1859

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Decline of Pastoral Lands

The Border Post · Wednesday 26 October 1859 · page 3

Mr. Meston lately read a paper on the above subject at a meeting of the Sydney Agricultural & Horticultural Society, and the Sydney Herald thus reports end comments upon the…

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The Pastoral Interests of Victoria. to the Editor of the Argus

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 3 November 1859 · page 4

Sir,—I think Mr. Gibb is in error when he states, in his letter in The Argus of the 15th instant. “l will now bring before your notice a subject which appears to hare escaped the attention of every…

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Stock-breeding.—cattle and Horses

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 10 November 1859 · page 4

There are signs that stock-breeding, as a branch of the art of husbandry, is being made the subject of more systematic, attention than formerly. Numerous papers have appeared and lectures have been dilivered…

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Working Men’s Hospital To' This Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 17 November 1859 · page 4

SIR,—I paid a visit to the above Institution very recently, and was glad to see the building nearly completed. It appears to me to be an; excellent building, with lofty walls and large windows, every…

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The Seizure of the Lady Augusta. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 17 November 1859 · page 4

SIR,—I was much surprised, when looking over the last number of the Pastoral Times, to see therein a letter signed “James L. Alsop,” taken from the South Australian Advertiser of the 15th ultimo,…

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The Aborigines. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 1 December 1859 · page 3

SIR,—In your journal of the 10th appears a useful article, devoted to the present state, and fallen condition of the aborigines. Having had experience amongst them for a length of time,…

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Late Inquest on the Aboriginal. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 1 December 1859 · page 3

SIR,—On reading a report of the inquest held on an aboriginal, in your issue of the 24th inst., I was surprised to observe, in the Evidence of Mr. Squire, that he could not procure any…

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Agricultural Chemistry. Rotation of Crops. (From the Agricultural Gazette.)

The Border Post · Wednesday 7 December 1859 · page 2

The time is fast coming—(in numerous localities it has already co[?]e) —when our colonial farmers will be compelled to forego the common practice of sowing wheat, or barley, on the same…

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To Farmers, Graziers, and Agriculturists. Per Favor Op the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 8 December 1859 · page 4

GENTLEMEN,—With your permission, I would follow up the remarks made upon [artificial grasses by Mr. Meston, in his excellent paper read at the Agricultural and Horticultural Society…

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Irrigation of Pastoral Lands

The Border Post · Saturday 10 December 1859 · page 3

If the drainage water at Bendigo, 800 feet above the sea level, gives a copious supply, even sufficient to retard mining operations, surely the squatters have themselves to…

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London Wool Report . October 17

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 22 December 1859 · page 2

Since the close of the sales there have been but few inquiries in our market ; holders are firm and will not submit to a less profit than Id and several small contracts have been made…

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The Aborigines. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 22 December 1859 · page 2

SIR—I am induced to commit, an intrusion into your valuable columns, in consequence of reading a letter in your last week's issue signed “A Witness,” giving a polite contradiction to your account of the…

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Red Bank to the Editor or the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 22 December 1859 · page 2

SIR,— In your valuable paper of this date I have read some flattering allusions to my at present straitened attempts to develop one of the resources of this district, which l am glad to find you imagine:…

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