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Farming & the land, 1862

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Importation of Cattle

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 March 1862 · page 2

THE following Proclamation, which appeared in the Government Gazette of the colony of Queensland, prohibiting the importation into that colony of cattle from the Australian colonies, is hereby published for…

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Evading the Scab Act. (From the Pastoral Times, February 21.)

Empire · Monday 3 March 1862 · page 3

THE example set in the case of the recent fining of Mr. M'Kenzie, at Moulemein for illegally crossing sheep from Victoria into New South Wales, seems to have had a beneficial effect upon those who are interested in…

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Sheep and Stations. 1.—Introductory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1862 · page 5

THERE is a standing accusation against the pastoral interest of this colony, that its operations are conducted with too much secresy; and that in consequence, in the absence of any…

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The Pastoral Letter of John Bede. to the Faithful, Clergy and Laity, of the Archdiocese, at the Commencement of the Lent of the Year 1862

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1862 · page 4

"Which of you shall have an Ass or an Ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out?"—St. Luke, c. 14, v. 5. DEARLY BELOVED CHILD BEN IN JESUS CHRIST…

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The Sheep in Australia

Empire · Thursday 6 March 1862 · page 5

THE flocks in Port Phillip, within the last few years, have so much improved, that from the least valuable they have become the most valuable, in all the colonies. The universal spread of [?]ab, and consequent enormous…

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Sheep and Stations. Ii.—country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1862 · page 5

IF a line were drawn on the map of New South Wales, commencing at a point on the Macintyre above seventy miles above Calandoon, and were continued in a S.S.W. direction, crossing the…

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Merino Sheep. (From the Yeoman and Australian Acclimatiser, February 22nd.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1862 · page 3

SINCE the year 1803, when Captain John Macarthur, of Camden, first resolved upon introducing fine-woolled sheep into New South Wales, the merino has been more or less a…

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Tobacco Cubing. (From the Farmers' Journal.)

Empire · Thursday 6 March 1862 · page 8

THE perplexity of the farmer for the first time trying his hand at tobacco curing is unfortunately not likely to be removed by his intercourse with those who profess a practical knowledge of the subject. Instruction has…

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Wool, Tallow, and Hides. [Messrs. J. H. Clough and Co.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1862 · page 8

Wool.—Since our last report there have been two public wool sales, which were held on Friday last, at which nearly 3000 bales were brought forward. At the sale in the morning a considerable quantity of the wool recovered from the wreck of the Livingstone…

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Sheep and Stations. Iii.—climate and Soil

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1862 · page 8

ALTHOUGH I have estimated [?] country as [?] any other for the depasturing of sheep, [?] are of course many varieties of, and [?] degrees of excellence in,…

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Sheep in Australia—their Management and Mismanagement. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 11 March 1862 · page 3

SIR —I have re[?]d Mr. Thomas Shaw's very able letter in which he distinctly states (and most truly) that there is yet room for great improvement in the breading and general management of sheep and cattle in these…

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Wool Report. January 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1862 · page 1

Slight transactions have taken place, at a slight advance on November rates. The accounts from Leeds and Bradford are better, and should a fair demand continue, it is probable…

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Merino Sheep. (From the Yeoman, and Australian Acclima[?]ser, March 1.) Second Article

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1862 · page 3

MR. SHAW is a warm advocate in behalf of the merino sheep, and he tries to prove that the climate of Australia is not suitable for large-framed and coarse-woolled sheep, whereas it has not only proved…

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Wool Market. January 25

Empire · Thursday 13 March 1862 · page 8

Slight transactions have taken place, at a slight advance on November rates. The accounts from Leeds and Bradford are better, and should a fair demand continue, it is probable…

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Wool Report.—january 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1862 · page 5

Since the termination of the American difficulty, some transactions have taken place, at a slight advance on November rates. Accounts from Leeds and Bradford are better; and…

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[By Electric Telegraph.] Arrival of the January Mail. Queen in Retirement at Osborne. Arming of Canadians. Surrender of Commissioners Confirmed. 200 Persons Killed at Newcastle. Charleston Harbour Destroyed by Federalists. General Cameron Resigned Stoppage of Cash Payments in America. No Intelligence of December Mail. Wool Market Improved. General News. [From Our Telegraphic Correspondents.] [The greater portion of the following was issued in an extra slip from our office, dated 7 a.m. yesterday.]

Empire · Thursday 13 March 1862 · page 8

The Balclutha, with the English mail for Adelaide, arrived at that port very early on Wednesday morning. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's…

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Wool Report. January 25

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 March 1862 · page 1

Since the termination of the American difficulty some transactions have taken place at a slight advance on November rates. Accounts from Leeds and Bradford are better; and should a fair…

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London Wool Report. December 24, 1861

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1862 · page 7

THE sales for the last year closed on the 10th December; the number of bales catalogued consisted of—Australian, 15,406 bales, Fort Phillip, 14,406 bales; New Zealand, 9611 bales; Adelaide, 2432 bales; Van Diemen's Land, 1857 bales; Swan…

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Trade Circular. Wool. [Buxton and Metcalfe] London, January 24, 1862

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1862 · page 2

SINCE our report of the last colonial wool sales, our market has remained in a calm state, but quite firm. Wools' purchased thereat by the dealers have been steadily going into consumption at the usual advance. Stocks in general are much reduced, and…

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Regulations: Horned Cattle. (From the Government Gazette, 21st March.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1862 · page 3

THE following regulations have been issued in the form of a proclamation, in substitution of the regulations contained in a former proclamation, "preserving, nevertheless,all things done, or commenced to be done, thereunder,…

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