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Farming & the land, 1869

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 8

FROM the weekly stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch, of the 17th instant, we take the following:— Since our last issue, the weather here has been very dry,…

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Australian Wool

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 8

THE enormous and continuous increase in the production of Australian wool begins to tell heavily upon the price in the European markets, supplemented as this supply is by large imports from South Africa,…

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Wool Report

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 10
Also in The Protestant Standard

The wool sales will commence on 17th November, with the probable stock of 120,000 bales. It has been determined to hold five series of sales annually instead of four. The…

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The Farm, the City, and the Sea

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 4

A NEW tale, by "OLD BOOMERANG," will be commenced in the Sydney Mail on the 1st of January…

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Sheep—their Wool-growing Capabilities Not Their Only Value. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 December 1869 · page 2

SIR,—I observed in the Herald, some time since, an advertisement signed by the bank managers and the principal merchants of this city, convening a meeting for the purpose of considering some better system for…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 December 1869 · page 5

In the great pastoral country to the north-west hot dry weather has to some extent withered the grass, but the feed, if not green, is abundant and well calculated to fatten stock. On the Darling the season is…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Empire · Friday 31 December 1869 · page 2

The good news from England has had a very salutary effect, and squatting property will undoubtodly show considerable improvement. Dry weather and hot winds have prevailed, however, during the pass month,…

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Weather and Crops, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 December 1869 · page 5

DURING the last three weeks the weather throughout the colony has been somewhat variable. In the Southern districts, in the beginning of the present month, it was very hot and sultry, and this has continued with occasional…

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