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Farming & the land, 1865

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Pastoral Runs in Queensland

Empire · Wednesday 13 September 1865 · page 3

The following petition, for extending the Tenure of Crown Lands for pastoral purposes, (says the Brisbane Courier,) hss been printed under the direction of the Printing Committee:…

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Pastoral Letter to the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Westminster. by Henry Edward, Manning, D.d., Archbishop

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 September 1865 · page 580

Henry Edward, by the Grace of God ana the Favour of the Apostolic See, Archbishop Elect of Westminster, to the Clergy, Secular and Regular, and the Faithful of the said Diocese…

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Wool Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 September 1865 · page 5

Since last sales few enquiries and small profits on contracts made. Extensive consumption in the North has made trade brisk. Last sales' rates are not expected to be…

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Commercial. Wool Report

Empire · Monday 18 September 1865 · page 5

Few inquiries since last sales. Trade in the North brisk, with an extensive consumption. The arrivals to date already amount to 120,000 bales. It is calculated that at the…

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Rust in Wheat. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 September 1865 · page 5

SIR,—In your publication of the 11th instant I read with interest Mr. William Macarthur s letter on the subject of rust in wheat. By what that gentleman states I imagine he attributes the cause of rust to the stacks of rusty wheaten…

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Small Sheep Farms

Empire · Wednesday 20 September 1865 · page 3

A writer, in the Australasian, who signs himself "Squatter," contribu'es to that journal the following interesting information relative to small sheep farms —"it may interest some of your readers to see the…

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Butter Making

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 September 1865 · page 3

THE Albany Country Gentleman in illustration of the circumstances which influence the production of butter, publishes the following extract from on address before the Jefferson (U.S.) County Agricultural…

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Long-woolled Sheep for Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 September 1865 · page 6

VARIOUS proposals have been made at different times to introduce into Australia new breeds of sheep. The two most recently advocated have been the Chinese sheep and the long-woolled…

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Wool, Tallow, Hides, &c

Empire · Thursday 21 September 1865 · page 3

Cornwallis, for London: 559 bales wool, [?] casks tallow, 6 casks headmatter. 223 casks co[?]nut oil, 8 tierces shell, [?] hides, 67 [?], 68 bales horne, 52 bags [?], 13,330 [?], 18 bags [?], 29 bales hide outtings, 2 bales hair,…

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Exports of Wool, Tallow, Hides, &c. From July 21, 1865

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 September 1865 · page 9

Per Jason: 931 bales wool, 3548 packages copper, 11,275 hides, 739 casks tallow. Per Wansfell: 254 bales wool, 824 casks tallow, 1720 hides, 1833 packages copper ore, 1588 packages lead ore…

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Trade Circulars. Wool. [J. T. Simes and co., 24Th June.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 September 1865 · page 7

IS evening brought to a close the second or May-June serie public colonial wool sales, which commenced on llth May d included the largest quantity ever before offered In on urse…

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The Use of Manures in Australian Farming

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 September 1865 · page 595

The compost heap is fit for use in four or six months; in that time it may be turned once or twice, and the materials well incorporated together. Mud off roads, swamp or bog earth, and…

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How I Managed My House on Two Hundred Pounds A-year. Chapter Iv.—the Sickness of Bertha's Step-son—a Visit and Its Consequences—how to Keep Butter and Water Cool

Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 September 1865 · page 8

BERTHA CHAPMAN'S "rules" suddenly came to an end, for in a few lines she informed me that anything farther must be delayed to a future time, her step-son Robert having met with an accident which had caused a concussion of…

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The Great Russian Wool Case

Empire · Wednesday 27 September 1865 · page 2

The Court of Queen's Bench has been occupied two days in the trial of, the case of Frith and others versus Mitchell and another, one of considerable commercial important,…

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Important to Sheep Owners. (From the Scone Correspondent of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 September 1865 · page 5

A CASE of considerable importance to sheep owners was heard here on Friday and Saturday last. It appears that about the end of July last Mr. Bruce, the chief inspector of sheep, discovered that scab had recently existed on the…

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Important to Sheep Owners

Sydney Mail · Saturday 30 September 1865 · page 4

A CASE of considerable importance to sheep owners was heard here on Friday and Saturday last. It appears that about the end of July last Mr. Bruce, the chief inspector of sheep, discovered that scab had recently existed on the…

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New Assessment of Pastoral Runs. (From the Pastoral Times' Special Correspondent.) Urana, September 19th

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 September 1865 · page 7

THE object of fixing upon this lonely spot for holding the first Court for the appraisement of a division of the Murrumbidgee inns, must have been, because Urana is central. It is a place of a few years old, and like all…

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New Pastoral Leases and Free Selection. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 October 1865 · page 5

SIR,—Allow me to reply to the queries in an "Intending Purchaser's" letter, in your issue of yesterday. 1. All lands offered for lease are open for selection, and also for sale by auction. It is only runs taken up prior to…

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Co-operative Cheese and Butter Associations. (From the Mark Lane Express July 3.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 October 1865 · page 3

THE advantages of associations in the conduct and management of manufactures and of arts, lying in those channels where associated capital has been employed, are pretty generally understood and…

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The Price of Australian Wool

Empire · Wednesday 4 October 1865 · page 8

One of the most important sources of wealte in the Australian celeonies is certainly that of the production of wool. The alrge extent of pastroal lands, the cheaprate at which they can be obtained, and the readiness with…

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