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Farming & the land, 1868

351 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 18

The Hay Pastoral Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 August 1868 · page 5

THE correspondent of the Deniliquin Chronicle reports that the exhibition of stock on the 12ih instant, under the auspices of the above association, was highly successful; and the Victorian judges of sheep expressed themselves greatly…

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Reflections on the Bodalla Farm. (From the Grahamstown (Cape) Journal.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 August 1868 · page 5

THE article on the Bodalla Dairy Farm given elsewhere in to-day's paper will, we think, be read by all farmers who see this paper. Having read it, they will learn something from it. It is the sort of article to command attention and…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 14

THE Dubbo Dispatch of Friday, the 14th instant, makes the following remarks in its weekly stock report:— The lambing in this district is all but concluded, and…

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The Hay Pastoral Association

Sydney Mail · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 15

THE correspondent of the Den[?]liquin Chronicle reports that the exhibition of stock on the 12th instant, under the auspices of the above association, was highly successful; and the Victorian judges of sheep expressed themselves greatly…

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Reflections on the Bodalla Farm

Sydney Mail · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 15

THE article on the Bodalla Dairy Farm given elsewhere in to-day's paper will, we think, be read by all farmers who see this paper. Having read it, they will learn something from it. It is the sort of article to command attention and…

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Farm Capital

Sydney Mail · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 15

THE suggestions I have made necessarily lead us to consider perhaps one of the most useful lessons a farmer can learn— namely, "What is the most profitable amount of capital to invest per acre?" for on this depends much of his success…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 14

AFTER a few showers, accompanied by heavy thunder, early on Monday morning, followed by a cloudy day, the weather was fine during Tuesday and Wednesday heavy rain set in…

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Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times, August 14.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 August 1868 · page 7

NOTWITHSTANDING the droughts in the far off interior, on the borders of New South Wales and Queensland, the cry is "What is to be done with the surplus stock?" On the Warrego we have "the welcome news that rain has fallen at last—that the…

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Wool Circulars. [Charles Balme and Co.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 August 1868 · page 6

THE second series of sales of colonial wool commenced on the 14th ultimo, and concludid this day, consisting of— 31,414 bales Sydney and Queensland 87,656,, Victoria…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 14

THE Wagga Wagga Express of Saturday last, in its weekly stock report, makes the following remarks :— Still no change to record in the weather, which to all…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 14

WRITING to the Newcastle Chronicle on the 20th, the Tomago correspondent of that paper says:— The weather has been very wet and boisterous for the…

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Lansdowne Farm. (From the Dathurst Times of 28th instant)

Empire · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 2

Few persons are, perhaps, aware that there is now laid out on the Bathurst Plains, a farm which is certainly the largest in New South Wales, and, we believe, in the…

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Co-operation in Farming. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 31 August 1868 · page 3

Sir.—Having read the article in your valuable paper of last Friday on the above subject and as I quite agree with your remarks, I consider that they are very applicable to this district, as I know of many free…

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Review of Pastoral Matters. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 2 September 1868 · page 3

Sir,—I devote myself as usual at this Boason, to review matters connected with the pastoral interest in these colonies, and have much pleasure in laying before you the following brief retrospect…

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Shearing and the Shearers. (From the Pastoral Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1868 · page 3

SHEARING is now becoming general, and in the course of a couple of months nearly all the sheep in Riverina, amounting to perhaps nine or ten millions, will be shorn, when the shearers themselves will have to…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 September 1868 · page 14

"WE extract the following from the weekly stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 28th ultimo :— In matters pertaining to stock there is not much to report…

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What Machinery May Yet Do for English Farmers

Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 September 1868 · page 7

Now, if at any time in our century, do we need labour-saving machines in abundance, in order that the farmer may be able to set free a large portion of his juvenile and female hands, and to shorten the…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 September 1868 · page 14

THE letter of the Dungog correspondent of the Newcastle Pilot contains the following passage :— Farming operations are going on very briskly. The…

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Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times, August 28.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 September 1868 · page 8

THE flockowners are busy shearing, and already a number of drays have passed through for Melbourne. The samples of the clip which we have seen indicate a good harvest, and the quality of the wool is very much better than the last season's clip. There…

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The Weather and the Crops

Empire · Monday 7 September 1868 · page 3

Another week of drought. Day by day there has been considerable "show of rain," as the common phrase runs; but day after day has passed without the much longed for down fall. The wheat crops are,…

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