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Farming & the land, 1866

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The Weather and the Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 December 1866 · page 5

THERE seems to be a prevalent opinion among farmers and the public generally that the agricultural interest in this colony has retrograded rather than advanced, that bad seasons, floods, droughts, and other evils which…

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House and Cattle Market. [Thomas Dawson.]

Empire · Monday 24 December 1866 · page 3

Fat Cattle.—The market continues very firm, with every prospect of remaining [?]o [?]st picked pene are worth from £7 to £8; good to prime, £5 to £6; second and inferier qualities, £3 to £5…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 December 1866 · page 5

SALE of 1752 bales by Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co., 21st, September. Ex Jason: Arcadia, 10 at 21½d; GAD, 8 at 21d, 2 at 18d; RKN, 3 at 22d, 27 at 21½; K&W in diamond over Jondaryan, 10 at…

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Filtration for Cattle Troughs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 December 1866 · page 6

SOMETHING very much out of date presents itself in the common practice of watering cattle. There may be exceptions to this rule; but a visit to the old ponds or the modern watering troughs at this season proves…

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Cheap Irrigation for Small Farmers

Empire · Thursday 27 December 1866 · page 3

We are not now going into the subject so much with a view to the pastoral question as to what in my own notion is quite as important—the interests of the small farmers and…

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The Farmers of the New England States

Empire · Friday 28 December 1866 · page 5

The American correspondent of the Spectator, who signs himself "A Yankee," takes advantage of a vacation ramble to describe from personal observation the "territorial democracy" of the United States. His…

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Filtration for Cattle Troughs

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 10

SOMETHING very much out of date presents itself in the common practice of watering cattle. There may be exceptions to this rule; but a visit to the old ponds or the modern watering troughs at this season proves…

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