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Farming & the land, 1862

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Trade Circulars. Wool. (J. T. Simes and Co. JUNE 7.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 August 1862 · page 7

THE second series of public Wool Sales for 1862 commenced on 2nd May, and were concluded this evening: the catalogues comprised 94,491 bales, of which 16,997 bales were from New South Wales…

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Wool Sales

Empire · Tuesday 19 August 1862 · page 8

SALE of 551 bales, by THOMAS SOUTHEY and SON, on 26th May:— Ex Canaan: XE in diamond, 9 at 37[?]d, 12 at 37d 1 st 36d, 5 at 35d, 13 at 14½d, 7 at 3[?]d, at 33½d, 13 at 32[?]d,…

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Trade Circulars. Wool. [Buxton and Metcalfe]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 August 1862 · page 8

SINCE the close of our last colonial wool sales on the 6th instant there has been rather an active demand for wool, chiefly for export, but remarkable as coming so close upon the heels of so heavy a series. It has been, moreover, of a varied description…

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Australian Wool. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 August 1862 · page 4

SIR,—The opinion of one of the principal London wool brokers, to hand by this mail, bearing upou the above subject, and recently much discussed in the columns of your journal, should command the attention of our flockowners;…

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Important Sale of Sheep. (From the Argus.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 August 1862 · page 2

ON Thursday, the 21st instant, a catalogue sale of p[?]bred Negretli rams and ewes, imported by Messrs. Haege and Prell, took place on the premises of Messrs. Clough and Co., Messrs. Kaye and Butchart acting as auctioneers…

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Pastoral Interests Contribution Bill. (Singleton Benevolent Society.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 September 1862 · page 2

To the Honorable the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, in Parliament assembled. The Petition of the undersigned Officers and Committee of Management of the Singleton and…

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London Wool Report, July 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 September 1862 · page 5

Since our last report but few transactions have occurred, the contracts made being entirely for hand to mouth operations. The announcement for sales to commence on…

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COMMERCIAL. London Wool Report, July 23

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 10 September 1862 · page 6

Since our last report but few transactions have occurred, the contracts made being entirely for hand to month operations. The announcement for sales to commence on the…

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Australian Wool. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, June 25.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 September 1862 · page 8

THE grear increase in the production of wool in our Australian colonies during the last two or three years, had had ms[?]ked influence upon the valus of that description of produce in this countty, as well as on…

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The Quality of Australian Wheat and Flour. To FRANCIS S. DUTTON, Esq., Acting Commissioner for South Australia in the International Exhibition of 1862

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 September 1862 · page 3

Sir,—I beg leave to report to you the results of my coemical examination of a sample of wheat received from you on the 9th ultime, and a smaple of flour received from you on the 15th ul[?]mo…

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The Quality of Australian Wheat and Flour

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 September 1862 · page 2

To FRANCIS S. DUTION, Esq., Acting Commissioner for South Australia in the International Exhibition of 1862. Sir,—I beg leave to report to you the results of my chemical examination of a sample of wheat received from you…

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Inoculation of Cattle

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 September 1862 · page 7

THE apprehension which existed not many months ago of a serious devastation among the cattle of the colony from the spread of pleuro[?]neumonia has considerably abated. It has…

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Sun[?]hin[?] in the Pastoral Line. Hosee Biglow and a Pilgrim Father of his[?]n on the Trouble o' the Day

Empire · Wednesday 24 September 1862 · page 8

Now I W[?] settin' where I'd been, it seemed, An' ain't sure yit whether I r'ally dreamed, Nor' of I did, how long I might ha' slop', When I hearn some un stompin' up the step,…

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How a Penny Became a Thousand Pounds. Chapter Xii. Some Further Remarks Upon the Analogy Between the Reproduction of Peenirs and the Growth of Wheat

Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 September 1862 · page 7

YOU lay a grain of wheat in the earth; the warmth and moisture awaken its vitality, it throws out a germ which strikes deep into the earth, and this germ conveys nourishment to those parts of the structure which…

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The Rot in Sheep. (From the Medical Times and Gazette

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 October 1862 · page 7

EPIZOOTIC diseases are only of less interest to the practitioner of medicine than epidemic. Especially is this true of diseases affecting those of the domesticated animals which furnish human food. The…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 October 1862 · page 3

SIR,—My attention was drawn the other day to a letter of Mr Thomas Shaw, on the above subject, in the Melbourne Yeoman, which appears to have been reprinted from your daily paper of the 15th of August…

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Wool Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1862 · page 5

The third series of public sales of colonial wool for the current year commenced on 1st August. The opening bidding ruled somewhat active, and the closing rates of last sales…

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Sheep Breeding and Wool Growing. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 October 1862 · page 8

SIR,—In my last letter upon this subject I endeavoured to show my reasons for asserting Australian wool superior to all other wool, possessing a combination of the most essential manufacturing qualities to an extent greater than any…

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The State of Ireland. Pastoral of His Grace the Archbishop of Cashel

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 October 1862 · page 2

Beloved Brethren.-After years of repose the counties of Tipperary and Limerick have been once mote disturbed by dreadful murders following one another in quick succession. Three…

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Malignant Disease Among Sheep. (From the Times. August 9.)

Empire · Friday 17 October 1862 · page 3

IT is impossible by words to describe fully the excitement which has for the last few days prevailed in Wiltshire and the upper parts of Hampshire, in the agricultural classes, in…

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