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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1862

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A Bill to Legalise Preferable Li[?]ns on Yearly Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1862 · page 2

Whereas it is expedient to legalise the granting of preferable liens on yearly crops of agricultural and horticultural produce without parting with the possession thereof Bo it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty…

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Lincoln Sheep of the Present Day, and the Lustre Wools. (From the Farmer's Journal.)

Empire · Tuesday 24 June 1862 · page 3

THE value of this kind of sheep becoming more widely recognised in England each year, and the demand for the particular kind of wool it yields increasing, and being likely to last long, it is…

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TOBACCO. (From the Farmers' Journal.)

Empire · Thursday 26 June 1862 · page 8

ALTHOUGH it has long been apparent that the war in America would in all probability, cause a deficiency in our supplies of tobacoo, it is only quite recently that the magnitude of our interest in the question has become…

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The Pastoral Route to Carpentaria

Empire · Friday 27 June 1862 · page 5

THE Argus says:—The following letter, received by Captain Canell from Mr. Neilson, of Neilson and Williams, two young men who have spent years in exploring the Australian wilderness, and who are now settled on the…

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Inoculation a Preventive of Pleuro-pneumonia in Cattle. (From the Argus, June 26th.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1862 · page 8

IT will have been seen by a letter which appeared in our columns the other day, from the owners of the cattle at Broadmeadows inoculated some six or eight weeks ago by Mr. Miscamble, that the operation has…

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Inoculation a Preventive of Pleuropneumonia in Cattle

Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 July 1862 · page 7

IT will have been teen by a letter which appeared in our coloums the other day, from the owners of the cattle at Broadmeadows inoculated some sis or eight weeks ago by Mr. Miscamble that the operation has…

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Cattle Disease Prevention Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 July 1862 · page 3

A Statement of the mode pursued in determining the payments which have been made under the "Cattle Disease Prevention Act." ON the 30th September, 1861, in a letter of instructions to…

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Sheep Breeding in Prance and England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 July 1862 · page 8

IN his report of the international show of fat cattle, in France, about the middle of April last, the special correspondent of the Times makes the following observations as to the comparative merits of the flocks bred…

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Wool Market

Empire · Friday 11 July 1862 · page 8

The second series of sales for the year commenced May 2nd. Arrivals of that date consisting of Australian, 16,523 bales; Port Phillip, 45 497; Adelaide,…

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London Wool Report. May 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 July 1862 · page 2

The second series of sales for the year commenced on the 2nd May. The arrivals to that date consisted of— Bales…

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London Wool Report. May 24

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 July 1862 · page 1

The second series of sales for the year commenced on the 2nd May. The arrivals to that date consisted of-Bales.Australian 16,523…

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Trade Circulars. Wool. [Hall and Webster, May 26.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 July 1862 · page 8

THE aggregate quantity of Australian and Cope Wool that has already passed the hammer, exceeds 67,000 bales out of a total exhibit of 95,000. Prices have ruled very evenly, a fair competition being maintained. The purchases of good combing wools…

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The Murray River Fishery. (From the Pastoral Times, July 26.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 August 1862 · page 2

THIS company, which is pursuing its calling on the borders of the Murray, near Deniliquin, is an excellent example of the co-operative system of labour. It bus now been in existence for several years, and the…

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Proposed Champion Prize for the Best Colonial-bred Merino Sheep. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 August 1862 · page 3

SIR,—For some time back there has been a wish among some of the principal breeders of merino sheep in Victoria that a champion prize for the best colonial-bred merino sheep should be got up, in order to bring together the best…

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The Harvesting and Curing of Tobacco. (From the Farmer's Journal.)

Empire · Monday 11 August 1862 · page 2

IN continuing our comments on the pamphlet of Messrs. Heard and Co., the first thing that strikes us is the omission of all notice of "firing"—an evil much dreaded by planters in…

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French Breeds of Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1862 · page 3

IN reference to the last show of cattle, by the French Agricultural Society, at Poissy, we find the following very interesting particulars in the Gardener's Chronicle:—…

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Wool Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 August 1862 · page 5

The sales closed with animation. Sydneys latterly taken with indifference, and during the last three or four days an additional decline was established. The…

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London Wool Report

Empire · Thursday 14 August 1862 · page 8

Sale closed with animation, mentioned in last report, though faulty, Sydney, was taken by buyers with indifference, and dealers acted with extreme caution. More…

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Sheep-breeding and Wool-growing. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 August 1862 · page 8

SIR,—Your issue of June 25th contains an article on the above subjects, which appears to me to require some remarks. What has been, already said upon this subject in [?] opinion ia a convincing proof of tho grest necessity…

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Wool Report

Sydney Mail · Saturday 16 August 1862 · page 5

The sales closed with animation. Sydneys latterly taken with indifference, and during the last three or four days an additional decline was established. The…

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