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Farming & the land, 1869

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Empire · Friday 26 February 1869 · page 2

On the issue of our last summary our report, from the pastoral districts were gloomy in the extreme; A few [?]light [?]howers had fallen during the month of January, and the futile auticipation had been…

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Weather and Crops, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

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

THE month of January expired with a continuance of the drought and hot oppressive weather which had lasted for many months, parching up the land, leaving it even in favoured districts without the means of sustaining stock,…

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Wool, Tallow, and Hides. Monthly Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1869 · page 9

THE inward mail for this month was delivered in Sydney on the 20th instant, and we are now in possession of catalogues comprising the whole of the sales of the London November series. The various circulars…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 February 1869 · page 8

FROM the usual weekly stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 19th, we take the following remarks:— "We are now past the middle of February, and, so far,…

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Sheep at the Smithfield Sheep Show

Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 February 1869 · page 8

THE new regulation of giving the live weight of animals is even more important in connection with sheep than with anything else, for as their bodily shape is heavily covered by nature, and this covering varies in length, and can be…

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[?] Case of Cattle Stealing. (Abridged from the Macleay Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1869 · page 8

UN Weiruosdny, the 3rd February, Thomas H. Thompson, described as a squatter of considomble [?], was indicted at the Quarter Sessions, Port Macquurio, for stealing six cows, the property of William Rowe, and tried before…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 February 1869 · page 8

IN the metropolitan district we have had fine dry weather with high winds during the past week. There is a fine spring of grass in the bush, and vegetation generally is luxuriant…

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Diseases in Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1869 · page 2

THE following is a bill to amend tho Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866, introduced into the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Forster:Whereas it is expedient that the disease in sheep known…

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Prevention of Diseases in Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1869 · page 2

THE following is the bill introduced into the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Forster to continue and amend the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act:- Whereas the Cattle Diseases Pretention Act of 1866 will…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 8

FROM the Weekly Stock Report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 26th ultimo we make the following extract:— No rain, no rain! We are as badly off as ever. The…

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Diseases in Sheep

Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 7

THE following is a bill to amend the Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866, introduced into the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Forster:— Whereas it is expedient that the disease in sheep known…

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Prevention of Diseases in Cattle

Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 7

THE following is the bill introduced into the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Forster to continue and amend the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act :— Whereas the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act of 1866 will…

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Extraordinary Case of Cattle Stealing

Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 7

ON Wednesday, the 3rd February, Thomas H. Thompson, described as a squatter of considerable means, was indicted at the Quarter Sessions, Port Macquarie, for stealing six cows, the properly of William Rowe, and tried before…

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Central New England Pastoral and Agricultural Exhibition

Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 9

THIS exhibition took place at Inverell on 24th February. At 12 o'clock the admission gate was opened, and the ground was shortly afterwards well dotted over with admiring visitors. The various departments…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England

Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 9

THE fifth annual exhibition was held on Wednesday, 24th February, in the hall of the Armidale School of Arts, the enclosed yard pertaining to the building, and the paddocks across Falconer-street…

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Our Cattle Stock. What They Might Be

Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 9

ALTHOUGH the order here laid down is scarcely the natural one, still it appears to be that in which the subject can be most easily treated. I will, therefore, in the first instance, state briefly and categorically the…

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Wool Growing As It Is and As It Ought to Be. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 2

Sir,—The growing and getting up of wool in a proper manner for the English market seems, at the present time, to be attracting the attention of all parties interested therein; and it is time it did so…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 8

WE have had heavy and oppressive weather in the metropolitan district. In the early part of the week there were some threatening clouds which for a time promised rain, but they…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 March 1869 · page 8

FROM the weekly stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 5th instant, we take the following remarks:— During the week we have again been visited with hot,…

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Suppression Op Horse, Cattle, and Sheep Stealing. To the Editor of the Sydney Mail

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 March 1869 · page 6

SIR,—As the Horse and Cattle Directories are now completed, every owner where his brand has been altered, or where, there being other brands than his on an Mutual, his does sot according to the Act show that it…

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