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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1805

3 stories in Sydney's papers

On the Wheat Caterpillar.—Concluded

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 25 August 1805 · page 2

In general, as has been already observed, the egg is hatched in 6 or 8 days; the time they continue in the caterpillar state cannot be precisely ascertained, as it differs from various…

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Report of The State of His Majesty's Flock of Finewooled spanish Sheep for the year enaing Michaelma[?] 1803

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 22 September 1805 · page 2

The Wether Lambs of the last year having been sold in their Wool, and the Rams' Wool retained, in order that two years Growth might be prepared for sale together,…

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Advice to FARMERS-concluded

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 8 December 1805 · page 2

" I am of opinion that the period is not far distant, when the inhabitants of this colony in general will be compelled to live principally upon maize in lieu of wheat, because a…

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