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Farming & the land, 1852

153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 8

The Pastoral Letter of John Bede

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1852 · page 9

By the Grace of God and Favor of the Holy Apostolic See, Archbishop of Sydney to the Faithful, Clergy and Laity of the Archdiocese, at the Commencement of the Lent of the Year 1852…

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Weekly Sales. Cattle

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 28 February 1852 · page 3

Wren, 58 head at £1 7s. 6d., 600 lbs., Neale and Sullivan. Hall, 93 head at £2 7s. 6d., 700 lbs., Sullivan and Neale…

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The Gold Mines. the Turon. (From our own Correspondent.) Sheep-station Point. 29th January

Empire · Thursday 4 March 1852 · page 2

"Good morning. This is the weather for the bed claims—I hope it may continue,"—is a salutation which is daily repeated along the banks of the Turon almost as often as there are minutes…

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Original Correspondence. Cattle Stealing. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1852 · page 6

GENTLEMEN,—From the evidence given a few days since on the trials of Granger and Kelly, for cattle stealing, and from subsequent enquiry as to the amount of this crime, it appears to me,…

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On the Management and Diseases of Australian Sheep. No. 13. Cold or Influenza

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 March 1852 · page 9

WE often see sheep affected with a watery running from the nostrils, in winter more particularly, and which discharge may continue through the season, yet the health or condition of the animals will not…

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English Extracts. Wool, As Affected by the Australian Gold Digging, the Kafir War, and the State of the Continent. (From the Economist, November 8.)

Empire · Tuesday 9 March 1852 · page 4

Considering the character of the intelligence which has reached this country from Australia and from the Cape of Good Hope during the last two months, it is not…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, March 11, 1852. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Diseased Dead Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1852 · page 2

OUR attention has been specially drawn to the rapidly increasing number of cattle dying from disease, as well out of herds travelling to Sydney for sale…

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On the Management and Diseases Oe Australian Sheep. No 14 on Wool Growing

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 13 March 1852 · page 9

From the experiments of Dr. Anderson, he distinctly proved, that the pile produced during hot weather was visibly coarser than the growth of colder seasons. If wool grows rapidly, as, immediately…

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Hints for Farming. (From the Farmer's Calendar, January, 1852.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1852 · page 6

THE farmer will do well, as he sits by his fireside on a winter's evening, if he now and then reconsiders the mode in which his farm-yard dung is preparing. Is there any drainage from…

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The Gold Mines. the Turon. (From our own Correspondent.) Sheep Station Point, 12th March, 1852

Empire · Tuesday 16 March 1852 · page 2

On Tuesday night, about eight o'clock, as Mr. Commissioner Zouch was entertaining some of his friends in the tent which is used as the Court House and Mess Room, some person, by cutting a…

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Wool Markets. (From the Mark Lane Express, November 22.) British Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1852 · page 3

LEEDS, November 21.—There has been a better feeling in the English wool market during the present week, and more inquiry for wool. We cannot quote any change in prices…

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The Existing Laws on Diseased Dead Cattle

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 March 1852 · page 9

"A constant reader," who has drawn our attention to this subject, by acknowledging that his own feelings had been roused to an intense interest in this…

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The Gold Mines. the Turon. (From our own Correspondent.) Sheep Station Point, 15th March, 1852

Empire · Thursday 18 March 1852 · page 3

On Friday last, some blackfellows found the body of a man in a water-hole, about nine miles from this place, on the road to the "Dirt Hole Creek." The unfortunate man had evidently…

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IRRIGATION. (From the Farmer's Almanac.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1852 · page 3

WE have elsewhere given some experiments on the irrigation of a small plot of grass land by the sewage of a house at Croydon. This was on a bed equal to only 208 square yards,…

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Weekly Sales. Cattle

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 20 March 1852 · page 4

Checke and Broadhurst, 100 head at £2 2s., 700 lbs., Richards and O[?]s. Hill, 150 head at £1 10s., 600 lbs., Neale and Blakeney…

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Weekly Sales. Cattle

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 20 March 1852 · page 3

Thorn, 110 head at £1 6s., 600 lbs., Neale and Sullivan. Windred, 140 head at £2, 700 lbs., Onus and Richards…

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Wool and Tallow. (From the British Banner, Dec. 10.) WOOL

Empire · Thursday 25 March 1852 · page 3

THE WOOL TRADE, LONDON. THURSDAY.— The weel market is steady. The imports into London during the week ending to-day have been 1,996 bales, compri[?]ng 454 from Egypt, 940 from…

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Mining Intelligence. the Turon. (From our own Correspondent.) Sheep-Station Point, March 22, 1852

Empire · Thursday 25 March 1852 · page 3

During the past week "a change came o'er the spirit of our dream," Ar the Turon, on Friday night, heavy rain set in and it continued to pour down in torrents until Sunday morning. The…

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Original Correspondence. Price of Wool. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1852 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—Would you oblige those parties who have still their clips to sell, by stating the source from whom you derived the disastrous information which appeared in this morning's…

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Weekly Sales. Cattle

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 27 March 1852 · page 3

A few lots have been brought into the market, but we are unable to ascertain what sales have been effected. SHEEP…

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