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Farming & the land, 1868

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Wool and Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1868 · page 3

THE following bill, to amend the law relating to preferable liens on wool and mortgages of sheep, was introduced into the Assembly by Mr. Martin, on the 19th December, 1867:—…

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Wool and Sheep

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 January 1868 · page 2

THE [?] bill, to amend the law relating [?] and mortgages of sheep, was [?] by Mr. Martin, on the [?] 1837…

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Dairying in the State of New York. (From the Tribune.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1868 · page 3

FORTY years ago, the State of New York grew a surplus of grain (wheat) for exportation, and "Genesee flour" was known and prized in many foreign markets. Canal boats in crowds, loaded with…

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Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1868 · page 8

JANUARY 3.—We may congratulate the producers of beef and mutton in the Australias on the prospect of there being opened in Europe vast markets that promise to take from us our surplus animal food. The leading journals of England teem with…

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Dairying in the State of New York

Sydney Mail · Saturday 11 January 1868 · page 11

FORTY years ago, the State of New York grew a surplus of grain (wheat) for exportation, and "Genesee flour" was known and prized in many foreign markets Canal-boats in crowds, loaded with…

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Wool Sales

Empire · Monday 13 January 1868 · page 3

The wool sales are proceeding. Thirty-six thousand bales have been sold at prices averaging a decline of twopence p[?]r[?] on the September, rates. The storks in hand are…

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London Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1868 · page 6

Schwartze's Circular says since November, the following quantities of wool have been catalogued:—Port Phillip, 4812 bales; Sydney, 7329 ditto; South Australia, 968…

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Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times, January 10.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1868 · page 3

STOCK matters are beginning to assume a more active condition than we have chronicled for the last month or two. The temperate weather in these parts is infusing a little more hopefulness into the minds of the stockholders, who are looking forward to…

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Law. Deniliquin Circuit Court. (Abridged from the Pastoral Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1868 · page 2

BEFORE his Honor the Chief Justice. MONDAY, JANUARY 13. The Court opened at 10 o'clock, his Honor Sir Alfred Stephen, Chief Justice, presiding…

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The Pastoral Interest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1868 · page 5

THE stock markets are beginning to assume a more active condition than they have held for sometime past. The weather has been highly favourable to the success of graziers, and, as a result, the sheep and cattle are for the…

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Sheep Washing

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 February 1868 · page 15

WE lately had an opportunity afforded us of witnessing the process of washing sheep by means of warm and cold baths, which Mr. B. Dowling, of Victoria, a gentleman of considerable squatting experience, is…

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The Wheat Crop of 1867. (To the Editor of the Times.)

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 February 1868 · page 15

SIR,—A wet autumn, a very severe winter, a spring with alternations of extreme heat with cold and wet, and a summer with occasional violent storms of wind and rain, which laid the growing corn aa flat as if a…

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The Yorkshire Wool Trade. Le[?], November 29

Empire · Saturday 1 February 1868 · page 5

The report of the wool trade from week to week has not materially varied for several months. The demand is devoid of all speculation, and the fall of prices, combined with the small demand for yarns and pieces,…

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The Weather and the Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1868 · page 8
Also in Empire

DURING the early part of this month bush fires were raging in every part of the colony. The grass and herbage, withered by the drought and the fierce heat, ignited easily, and, whether from carelessness or design, immense areas of…

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Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1868 · page 6

SINCE our last issue the weather has undergone a change; we have had some refreshing rain in the commencement of the week. We hear from the northern districts that rain had fallen there to some extent. It rained heavily on the Macquarie, filling many of…

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A Hint to Farmers. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1868 · page 3

SIR,—Allow me through the medium of your paper to suggest to all farmers who have severely suffered the loss of their crops by rust, to urge them at once to try and procure some good sorts of red wheat for seed…

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Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1868 · page 6

JANUARY 31.—The weather since our last report has been very fine. We hear that rain has been pretty general through the northern and western districts. On the Bogan the weather has been very cold during the past week; clouds were flying about,…

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Horse and Cattle Market. Marty[?] and Co

Empire · Saturday 8 February 1868 · page 8

Horses.—Very little Fresh stock is coming in to the market, and the sales do not exhibit much animation. Saddle and harness horses ranged from £10 10s to £21; light and medium stock, from £1 to £8 A…

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The Weather and the Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 February 1868 · page 14

THE CROPS.—The late rains will cause the country to be supplied with abundance of winter feed for the stock, at the same time it has secured the potato crop from being an almost general failure. Some splendid potatoes are already…

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