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Farming & the land, 1869

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 April 1869 · page 8

WE make the following extracts from the Weekly Stock Report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 26th March:— Here we are in the same predicament at Dubbo, and for…

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Pastoral Letter of the Cardinal of Valladolid

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 April 1869 · page 2

After reviewing some of the topics of the days his Grace thus touches upon freedom of worship:— "There is another thing they wish with…

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How Sheep Might Be Made Profitable in 1869 70. To the Editor of the Sydney Mail

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 April 1869 · page 8

SIR,—In my last letter I pointed out the cause of the present low price of the ordinary class of sheep; in this one I shall point out how even inferior sheep might be rendered profitable. There is nothing so much practised,…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 April 1869 · page 8

DURING the first half of the week we have had, in the metropolitan district, cloudy weather, with occasional breaks of hot sunshine, and now and then a light flying shower—the tail end, we…

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Quarter Sessions.—thursday. (Before his Honor Mr District Judge Dowling.) W[?]unding Cattle

Empire · Friday 9 April 1869 · page 2

In the case of William Richard Welsh, charged with unlawfully wounding a cow, the property of John Bond, the j[?]ry, who had been locked [?] half[?] part 12 o'clock on Wednesday, and being unable to…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 April 1869 · page 8

FROM the Weekly Stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch, of the 2nd instant, we extract the following remarks:— Dubbo and the surrounding district, so long afflicted with…

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The Archbishop of Valladolid's Pastoral Letter. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 April 1869 · page 7

SIR,—It must be obvious to all who give the matter a thought how high ia the position always taken by the Holy Catholic Church, when any occasion whatsoever necessitates her…

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Wales and Talks on an American Farm

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 April 1869 · page 9

THE knolls on my farm are full of stones, and I have determined to get them out. They are put there on purpose to be got out. Darwin ridicules such an idea. But then Darwin never cleared up land, probably never dug many…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 April 1869 · page 8

NOT a day has passed since the publication of our last issue without the fall of more or less rain. In the earlier part of the week some of the showers were very heavy, and the…

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London Wool Market

Empire · Thursday 15 April 1869 · page 3

The wool sales Commenced with competition, but the latest telegrams report a decline of twoponce a pound on last November rates…

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Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. English News to March 19. New York to March 11. the Irish Church Bill in Full Debate. Irish Conservative Protest Against It. Great Reductions in the Army and Navy. Death of Earl Russell. Pardon of Fenian Prisoners. Fall in the Price of Wool. Adelaide. Wednesday Morning

Empire · Thursday 15 April 1869 · page 3

The P. and O. Company's mail steamer Geelong arrived at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. The following is a list of her passengers:—For Sydney: Mr. T. E Landor, Mr…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 17 April 1869 · page 8

FROM the Weekly Stock Report of the Wagga Wagga Express, of the 10th, we make the following extract:— The weather during the past week has been very…

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Wool Sorting and Scouring

Sydney Mail · Saturday 17 April 1869 · page 9

WOOL-SORTING requires much judgment and a most sensitive touch. It is a trade which must be learnt; it cannot be "picked up." A wool-sorter can staple for all kinds of manufacture in which it is used ; therefore, when classing…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 17 April 1869 · page 8

IN the metropolitan district, the weather, after a heavy fall of rain on Saturday last, settled down fair and warm during the next three days ; the sun, when he came out from behind…

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Trade Circulars. Wool. [Messrs. Dutton and Ferry.] London, February 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1869 · page 5

THE first series of colonial wool sales for the year commenced this day. The catalogue comprised 5580 bales, viz.:—Sydney, 308 bales; Port Phillip, 2503; Adelaide, 2279; Cape, 427; New Zealand, 63=5580 bales. There is a good attendance of home and…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1869 · page 7

MUCH as the pastoral districts have suffered this season from drought, there must be a feeling of relief among stockowners that is all over, accompanied us the break-up is by the probability of a goodly supply of feed for the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Empire · Wednesday 21 April 1869 · page 3

The latest reports from the pastoral districts are satisfactory, rain having happily fallen in quantity since the departure of last mail. The grass at Deniliquin is reported to be now growing with great…

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Weather and Crops, Pastoral, &c. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1869 · page 7

THE misgivings entertained at the end of March, that the rain which had then fallen pretty generally over the country, would be succeeded by another drought, lasting used the frosts set in and cutting off the young grass, have…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1869 · page 9

THE delivery of the mail yesterday morning has put us in possession of the results of the first day of the February-March series of wool sales, which commenced on the 25th of the former month, only one…

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Wool Circulars. [Edenborough and Co.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 April 1869 · page 2

The first series of Colonial wool sales for 1869 opened this evening with a very good attendance, both of home and foreign buyers, but biddings were only moderately active, and prices, as a rule, shew 1d decline, except for Eastern Province Cape wools,…

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