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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1869

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 12 June 1869 · page 8

IN the metropolitan district the weather has been very fine during the first part of the week, with warm sunny days and cold nights. On Monday morning there was a very heavy hoar…

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Travelling Sheep. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 June 1869 · page 2

SIR,—As the question of how travelling sheep are to be dealt with is one which must be settled when Parliament meets, it would be well if that question were discussed through the medium of the Press. I have heard that it is…

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Clauses Proposed to Be Introduced Into a Travelling Sheep Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 June 1869 · page 2

1. All Directors and Sheep Inspectors appointed under the Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866 shall be held to be Directors and Sheep Inspectors under this Act. 2. Any owner intending to travel sheep in any district…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 June 1869 · page 5

In the great squatting district of the Macquarie the weather has been favourable to stock sheep as well as to the growth of herbage, but hoar fr[?]sts at night and cold weather generally are setting in. The…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Empire · Wednesday 16 June 1869 · page 2

Squatting matters, if we exclude the embarrassed condition of reckless speculators, seem more encouraging than they hare for a lengthened period. The grass is reported to…

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Weather and Crops, Pastoral, &C. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 June 1869 · page 5

SINCE the last monthly summary wintry rains have been plentiful all over the colony. In the latter part of May the fall was very heavy, especially in the county of Cumberland, the Hawkesbury and its…

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Exports of Wool, Tallow, Hides, &c

Empire · Wednesday 16 June 1869 · page 3

Sir John Lawrence, for London: 2353 bales 1 pocket wool, 6 bales skins, 79 bales cotton, 50 bales leather 190 casks tallow, 6124 hides. 18,082 horns 21,500 bones, 10 casks sweepiogs, 1682 ingots; copper,…

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Wool, Tallow, and Hides. [Monthly Report.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 June 1869 · page 13

THE inward mail this month has brought us news about four days in advance of contract time; but unfortunately for those who are most interested in our chief staple, produce, there is little intelligence of…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 19 June 1869 · page 8

IN its weekly stock report the Dubbo Dispatch of the 11th says;— The demand for Australian neat is England it greater than tie supply; this augurs well for future pastoral…

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The Sugar Crop of 1867-8

Sydney Mail · Saturday 19 June 1869 · page 8

The proprietor of this journal have again the pleasure to present to their readers comparative view of the SUGAR CROP. It will be seen…

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Notes Referred to in the Sugar Crop Table

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1869 · page 2

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED.—Pl. ploughed. Ha. harrowed. Ho. hand-hoed. H. ho. horse-hoed. St. stumped. Ro. rolled. B. Bourbon. C. China. R. Ribbon. P. Purple. Rat. Ratoons. Pla. Plants. Ac. acre, Scu. scufled. Tr…

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The Sugar Crop of 1867-8. (From the Sydney Mail, June 19th.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1869 · page 2

[The cultivation of the Sugar Cane is becoming so important that the Proprietors of the Sydney Mail have published the Glowers' Returns of the Sugar Crop of New South Wales, for 1867-8. We republish it in the Herald…

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To the Landed Proprietors, Capitalibts, and Farmers of Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden, and Picton. (Per favour of the Sydney Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1869 · page 3

GENTLEMAN,—In the course of my travels, while attending to my ministerial duties in your districts, I have necessarily gathered a considerable amount of information respecting their capabilities, condition[?]…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 26 June 1869 · page 8

FROM the weekly stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 18th we take the following:—It is gratifying to learn from various sources that the impetus given to the comparatively new industry of…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 26 June 1869 · page 8

IN the metropolitan district, the weather up to Tuesday night was heavy and lowering, the atmosphere being damp and oppressive. This ended in a fall of rain on Tuesday night; and…

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"Address to a Tenant Farmer. "Notice. "March, 1869

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 26 June 1869 · page 12

"SIR,--Take notice, you must give up the -- lands belong to -- . If you do not you may prepare your coffin, for you shall be shot before the end of this month(March)…

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The Farmer's Friend. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1869 · page 3

SIR,—In common, no doubt, with the extensive circle of the renders of your valuable journal, I was not a little pleased and gratified with the very full and satisfactory tabular statement you have favoured us with, in a late issue,…

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Sugar Crop

Empire · Tuesday 29 June 1869 · page 2

Analysis of the growers returns of the sugar crop, published in the Sydney Mail, 19th June as respects the most productive species of cane, taken by the average, of all kinds enumerated therein…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 July 1869 · page 8

FROM the weekly stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 25th June, we take the following:—The squatting interest is now looking about as healthy…

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Cardinal Cullen's Last Pastoral

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 3 July 1869 · page 4

PAUL, Cardinal Cullen's last Pastoral is a very puzzling document to come from the hands of a high dignity of a self-styled infallible Church, uttering lies as…

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