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Farming & the land, 1866

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Profitable Poultry for Farm-yards. (From the Essex Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 September 1866 · page 5

THE breeding of poultry as an important article of food has been but little considered until lately. The supply has been left in part to producers who have limited capital and intelligence, and foreigners have…

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Profitable Poultry for Farm-yards. (From the Essex Herald.)

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 September 1866 · page 7

THE breeding of poultry as an important article of food has been but little considered until lately. The supply has been left in part to producers who have limited capital and intelligence, and foreigners have…

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Deer Versus Sheep

Empire · Tuesday 2 October 1866 · page 6

Sometime ago the Sutherland Clearances evoked much public attention. The late distinguised writer, Sismondi, took an active part in the discussions which ensued, and maintained that the land over which the…

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The Agricultural and Pastoral Interests of New South Wales. (From the Goulburn Herald of Saturday.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 October 1866 · page 3

ACCORDING to the reports from the various parts of Australia, there is good reason to hope that in the coming segson the colonists may be able to do without those importations of breadstuffs and other produce from foreign countries…

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Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 October 1866 · page 5

The August sales commenced on the 16th August. Total bales catalogued, 13,339. The opening sale was well attended by the home trade. Prices are equal to the average range…

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The "Fluke" in Sheep: Its Prevention and Cure. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 October 1866 · page 6

SIR,—During a visit to the New England district in the early part of this year, I regretted to learn that a large portion of the sheep there were in an unsatisfactory con-dition. I think I am right in saying that scarcely any of…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 October 1866 · page 3

SALE of [?]6 bales by Jacomb, 80[?], and Co., on Thursday, the 16th August. Ex Nil Desperandum: K & W in diamond over Jondangan, 1 at 33d. 20 at 26½d, 11 at 26d. 11 at 25d. 17 at [?]4½d. 13 at 23½d. 14…

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The Wool Trophy

Illustrated Sydney News · Tuesday 16 October 1866 · page 8

IF not the most glittering and attractive of the varied productions of Australia, wool is certainly its most valuable and substantial, and by it we shall be recognised long after our gold-fields have…

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The Pastoral Interest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 October 1866 · page 7

THROUGHOUT the country the season has been up to the present time exceedingly favourably to the operations of sheep farmers, who are now in the Western, districts in the midst of their sheering. So far as can be augured at…

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The Season and the Crops

Empire · Tuesday 23 October 1866 · page 5

If the assertion is true that financial matters in Sydney have seldom been in a more depressed condition than at the present time, it is also true that never has there been a finer season or the promise of a more…

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The Pastoral Interest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 November 1866 · page 2

THROUGHOUT the country the season has been up to the present time exceedingly favourably to the operations of sheep farmers, who are now in the Western districts in the midst of their shearing. So far as can be augured at…

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The Weatherand the Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 November 1866 · page 2

SINCE the date of our last monthly Summary the prospects of the farmers have been steadily and generally improving, and there is now liltle doubt as to the productiveness of this year's harvesting throughout the country. During the latter…

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Horse and Cattle Market

Empire · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 3

BUST AND Co.,—Horses Very little demand this week. The requirements are confined solely to thoroughly made horace, with style and action auited for gentlemen's backneys and car[?]ge horses; for middling and ordinary horses there…

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Garden and Farm Calendar

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 3

IN the hope of rendering the Sydney Mail more generally useful, particularly to residents in the country districts, we purpose publishing a regular monthly calendar, in which all subjects…

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Garden and Farm Calendar. (From the Sydney Mail.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 November 1866 · page 2

In the hope of rendering the Sydney Mail more generally useful, particularly to residents in the country districts, we purpose publishing a regular monthly calendar, in which all subjects…

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RUST-PROOF-WHEAT. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 November 1866 · page 5

SIR,—As we are again suffering from that sad visitation— rust in wheat, it should bo the interest, as I oonceive it is the duty, of all engaged in agricultural pursuits, to make known any observations bearing upon the subject…

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Horse and Cattle Market

Empire · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 8

MARTYN AND Co.—The addition of a few fresh lots of country horses gave increased animation to the past week's sales. Prices have ranged as follows:—Harness horses, from £10 to £[?] 10s: hackneys, from £9 5s to £15; light…

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Wool Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 November 1866 · page 5

The decline in the value of money has caused an improved spirit at the sales, and the home trade bought all descriptions freely. The opening sales evinced a slight tendency…

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Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide News to October 11Th. Bank Rate Four and a Half. Rise in the Wool Market. Peace Confirmed. [By Electric Telegraph.] Adelaide

Empire · Monday 12 November 1866 · page 5

The P. and O. Company's new steamer Geelong arrived at King George's Sound, on the 6th instant. The following are the passengers:—…

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Arrival of the Branch Steamer Balclutha, at Adelaide, with the English Mail Per Geelong. News to October 11. Turther Reduction in the Bank Rate of Discount. Treaty of Peace Between Austria and Italy Signed. the Old Atlantic Cable in Working Order. Unpopularity of President Johnston. Wool Higher. [From Our King George's Sound Special Telegraphic Correspondent.] Adelaide, Saturday, 2 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 November 1866 · page 5

THE branch mail steamer Balclutha, Captain Wall, arrived at Glenelg Pier, at 1 p.m., after a passage of 98 hours from the Sound—the pasoage to the Sound occupied 123 hours…

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