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Farming & the land, 1869

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Patent Sheep-washing Jet

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 February 1869 · page 8

WE yesterday had the pleasure of seeing Messrs. Wright and Edwards's new patent sheep-washing jet at work, at their manufactory, 99 and 101, Little Bourke-street West. Knowing the great and engrossing interest now taken in the…

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The Mossgiel Sheep-wash

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 February 1869 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT to the Pastoral Times writes:— I believe the only instance in this district of a large sheep-wash in full working order on a back block is Mr. Desailly's on the Mossgiel station. As a good…

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Breeding and Feeding of Sheep

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 February 1869 · page 9

AT the late meeting of the members of the Stewarry Farmers' Club, Mr. M'Millan, of Halket Leather, said : It is very important for us as farmers to thoroughly understand the improvement of the…

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The Use and Misuse of Farm-yard Manure

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 February 1869 · page 9

IN the notices that have recently appeared in our pages, of farms and crops in the Riddell's Creek and Gisborne districts, have been recorded some rather contradictory opinions on the subject of manuring,…

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The Grade Crop of America

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 February 1869 · page 9

BY all accounts the aggregate crop of grapes this year is larger than ever before." The leading varieties are the Catawba, Isabella, Diana, Clinton, Delaware, Concord, and Hartford Prolific. Some of the newer…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 February 1869 · page 8

IN the metropolitan districts we had a fine fall of rein on Saturday last, with occasional showers on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday following. Since then, up to the time of this…

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The Pastoral Letter of John Bede, by the Grace of God and Favor of the Holy Apostolic See, Archbishop of Sydney to the Faithful, Clergy and Laity, of the Archdiocese, at the Commencement of the Lent of the Year 1869

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 February 1869 · page 6

Sed habeo adversum te, quod charitatem tuam primam reliquisti. Memor esto itaque unde excideris, et age p[?]nitentiam, et prima opera fac.—A pocalyp; c. 2. vv. 4—5…

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WOOL-SORTING. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1869 · page 6

SIR,—Next to the care required in growing the right sorts of wool, in the right kind of country, is the correct mode of classing and sorting the same. It is lamentable to see such ignorance or carelessness…

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Wool Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1869 · page 6

Colonial wool sales terminated on 21st December. There was a good attendee of home buyers at the commencement; with an unusually large number from France. Much…

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Veterinary Column. Blown or Hoove in Cattle

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 18 February 1869 · page 6

SEVERAL gentlemen have lately made enquiries respecting the above complaint. They say that some of their cows suddenly swell, get bulkier and bulkier, and sometimes die, while those that get better are not of much use as milkers afterwards…

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Sheep Shearing at Yanko, N. S. W.

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 18 February 1869 · page 8

IN the district known as Riverina, on the southern border of New South Wales, there are vast areas of country fenced in and subdivided, which are exclusively devoted to the grazing of sheep. One of these stations is that of Yanko, owned by Messrs…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 February 1869 · page 8

FROM the Weekly Stock Report in the Dubbo Dispatch of the 12th instant, we take the following extract:— Dubbo and its immediate vicinity have not been so…

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How Sheep Pay

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 February 1869 · page 9

ALTHOUGH the management of sheep in this country is much more simple than in England, and though sheep do not pay exactly as in the latter country, the intelligent farmer can always glean a few useful…

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The Colonial Wool Sales

Empire · Saturday 20 February 1869 · page 5

The colonial wool sales ended on December 21, The annexed report it from the circular of Messrs. Datton and Ferry:- The fourth and last series of colonial wool sales for…

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WOOL-SORTING. To the Editor of the Herald

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 February 1869 · page 8

SIR,—Next to the care required in growing the right sorts of wool, in the right kind of country, is the correct mode of classing and sorting the same. It is lamentable to see such ignorance or carelessness…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 February 1869 · page 8

SINCE the evening of Wednesday, the 10th, when a heavy thunderstorm broke over Sydney, we hare had heavy cloudy weather with occasional rain showers, and with one or two days…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1869 · page 2

Sale by auction of 200 balee by Buxtonand and [?] December 14th, 1868:- EX Anglo-Indian: Glen Walker, 2 at 7½d, [?] Ex Ben Lomond: H. Bell, 11 at 17½, 37 at 17d, [?]…

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Public Sales of Colonial and Foreign Wool. "London, December 21st, 1868

Empire · Monday 22 February 1869 · page 3

"The fourth and last series of public sales in this year commenced on the 26th ultimo, and concluded this evening. The quantities arrived in time for sale reached an aggregate of 87 000 bales, but 120 000…

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Wool. [Windeler and Bowes.] London, 31st December, 1868

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1869 · page 3

A LARGE and on the whole a sound business has been done this year, but mainly in a dull and fitful way. Activity in the spring months was succeeded during the summer and autumn by a dragging and occasionally desponding trade, but we close with a…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1869 · page 5

IN the Western District, although the rains appear to have penetrated pretty generally, there are occasional patches of country that have only partially participated in the benefit. Stock matters are very quiet in this district…

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