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Farming & the land, 1863

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Should the Murrumbidgee District Be Erected Into a Separate Colony, or Be Annexed to Victoria [?] [Fourth Letter.] To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1863 · page 7

SIR,—Upon two points the inhabitants are unanimous —1st, That we cannot continue to be governed from Sydney; and 2nd, That the pastoral interest of our almost exclusively pastoral district would be ruined,…

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London Wool Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1863 · page 5

The last sales closed on 12th December. Total number of bales catalogued, 54,615. As the sales progressed the tendency to depression became manifest. The advance established at…

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Cross-breeding Cattle (From the Economist, November 15.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1863 · page 3

THE great success which sometimes attends the first cross between a well-bred bull and a cow of inferior race has led many farmers to suppose that the breeding of cross-bred cattle may be adopted systematically…

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Small Pox in Sheep

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1863 · page 3

Lately, one morn, discoursed a brace of clowns. Dan'[?] and Dick, upon the Hampshire Downs. A yale between [?] threaded by a hill. And either standing on a distant rill,…

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London Wool Report

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1863 · page 2

The last sales closed on the 12th December. Total number of bales catalogued, 54,615. As the sales progressed the tendency to depression became manifest. The advance established at the opening was lost, and…

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Government Loan of Seed Oats and Wheat. To the Editor of the Sydney Mail

Sydney Mail · Saturday 14 February 1863 · page 2

SIR,—It would gratify many of your country readers, if, in your next issue, you would kindly mention whether the Government intend to give the settlers a loan of need oats and wheat, in compliance with a…

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Should the Murrumbidger District B3 Erected Into a Separate Colony, or Be Annexed to Victoria? To Hit Editor of the Pastoral Times

Sydney Mail · Saturday 14 February 1863 · page 2

SIR,—Upon two points the inhabitants are unanimous—1st, That we cannot continue to be governed from Sydney; and 2nd, That the pastoral interest of our almost exclusively pastoral district would be ruined,…

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Cattle Stealing. (From the Braidwood Ob[?]r, February 14.)

Empire · Tuesday 17 February 1863 · page 8

JAMES VENNAL, [?]lias James Keevil, John Keevil, and John Hurley, were brought up on remand, two of them charged on the information of constable Stafford, of the Jingers police, with having stolen three head of cattle,…

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ACCLIMATISATION. (From the South Australian Farm and Garden.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1863 · page 8

ACCLIMATISATION was considered an important element of progress by Spain in her best days; it has more recently been taken up by the French, with the characteristic energy of that enthusiastic people, and…

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The Pastoral Letter of John Bede. 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 1863

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 18 February 1863 · page 3

"No the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects, envies…

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Annual Wool Review, 1862

Empire · Thursday 19 February 1863 · page 4

Contrary to usual custom we this year publish our annual review of the market for the December meil. Now that the November-December sales close so late in the year, business in our market may be considere[?] closed until the new year, it is well…

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Exports of Wool, Tallow, Hides. &c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1863 · page 9

From 1st January, 1863. Per, Woolloomooloo—1687 bales wool, 115 casks tallow, 4197 hides 897 bags chrome ore, 60 casks cocoanut oil. Per La Hogue—157 tons 250 bags chrome ore, 2597 bales wool,…

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Trade Circulars. Wool. [J. T. Simes and Co.] December 13th, 1862

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1863 · page 16

THE fourth and last series (for the year) of public sales of colonial wool commenced on the 14th November, instead of the 13th, as fixed, but which the fog prevented, and terminated, inclusive of the "Low " wool catalogues, this evening…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1863 · page 5

SALE of 389 bales, by Thomas Southey and Son, on 25th March. Ex Electra: Still, 10 at 23d, 10 at 22½d, 29 at 21½d, 27 at 21d, 2 at 19½d, 2 at 15½d; RS in oblong, 11 at 21d, 1 at 18d; HS, 6 at 23½d; EH, 8 at 24d; C. Massey, 7 at 22½d, 1 at 17d; WC, 11 at…

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Wool, Tallow, Hides, &c

Empire · Friday 20 February 1863 · page 4

Maid of Judah, for London: 1514 bales wool, 22 bales sheepskins, 23 bales leather, 3532 hides, 141 casks [?]nut oil, 60 tons [?]rome [?]re, 15,000 shank bones. Sax[?], for London: 1231 bales [?] pocket wool, 17038 horns, 6289…

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Trade Circulars. Wool. [J. T. Simes and Co] December 13th, 1861

Sydney Mail · Saturday 21 February 1863 · page 10

THE fourth and last series (for the year) of public sales of colonial wool commenced on the 14th November, instead of the 19th, as fixed, but which the fog prevented, and terminated, inclusive of the "Low" wool catalogues, this evening…

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Pastoral Letter of Robert William

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 25 February 1863 · page 5

"As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him ; for he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust." (Psalm [?]., 13,14.)…

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Cattle Traffic on Railways. (From Bell[?]s Weekly Messenger, December 27.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1863 · page 3

THE movement of live stock on British railways has attai[?]ed astonishing dimensions Thus, in the year ending December 31, 1861, 2,085,418 oxen, 6,085,745 sheep, and 1,204,156 pigs pessed over railways in…

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Cattle St[?]aling

Empire · Wednesday 4 March 1863 · page 5

Pater Hindmarsh was indicted for having, on the 4th day of September, 1861, at Singleton, feloniously stolen one cow, one heifer, and one calf, the propetty of Richard Carter, of Singleton. A second count charged the…

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Seed Wheat. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1863 · page 8

SIR,—I have observed in the public prints advertisements calling for tenders for 20,000 bushels seed Wheat, I presume for distribution to the farmers in the Western districts…

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