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Farming & the land, 1870

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 8

WE take from the Weekly Stock Report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 24th December the following extracts:— The weather, since our last report, bag been changeable…

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Halloween at Balmoral Cattle

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 4

This time-honoured festival was duly celebrated at Balmoral Castle on Saturday evening in a manner not soon to be forgotten by those who took part in its enjoyments. As the shades of evening were closing…

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Summary. Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 4

A HAPPY New Year! We wish all our readers the customary compliments of the season with great cordiality. In some respects a bountiful Providence has done much to IN the metropolitan district the weather was exceedingly hot during the early part of the week, but on Monday evening a southerly breeze set in, and since then the weather has…

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Lodge Farm, Castle Acre, Norfolk

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 8

CATTLE.—Mr. Hudson does net breed any beasts now. In former years he had, at different times, herds of various breeds; but now all the cattle on the farm, except two or three Alderney cows, are steers bought in during the…

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The Farm, the City, and the Sea. Chapter I.

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 January 1870 · page 7

A FAMILY group stood sorrowfully gating at the wreck and ruin of their late comfortable homestead, after the subsidence of the waters of the Great Flood of 1861, a time of disaster which so many persons in New South…

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The Show of Sheep at Armidale

Evening News · Wednesday 5 January 1870 · page 3

The exhibition (under the Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England) of unshorn sheep, as advertised, came off on Thursday, in Mr. Starr's paddock, on the hill N. of Armidale Creek…

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This Show of Sheep at Armidale. (From the Armidale [?]xpress, January 1)

Empire · Wednesday 5 January 1870 · page 3

The exhibition (under the Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England) of unshorn sheep, as advertised, came off on Thursday, in Mr. Starr's paddock, on the hill N. of Armidale Creek…

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Water Supply for Pastoral Purposes

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1870 · page 2

MR. MORT act in placing ten guineas in the hands of the Society, for the purpose of drawing out a Rood treatise on the "Storage of water for Pastoral Purposes," is likely to be followed by a better result…

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Water Supply for Pastoral Purposes

Empire · Friday 7 January 1870 · page 3

MR. MORT'S act in placing ton guineas in the hands of the Society, for the purpose of drawing out a good treatise on the "Storage of Water for Pastoral Purposes," is likely to be followed by a better result…

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Shipping Damp Wool. the Burning of Wool [Ships

Empire · Friday 7 January 1870 · page 3

The Darling Downs Gazette of December 29th has an article throwing some light on the singualr fact that several Queensland wool ships have been burnt at sea:—…

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Shipping Damp Wool. the Burning of Wool Ships

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1870 · page 3

The Darling Downs Gazette of December 29th has an article throwing some light on the singular fact that several Queensland wool ships have been burnt at sea:—…

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The Weather and the Crops

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1870 · page 2
Also in Empire

The previously high temperature of the weather was considerably modified by Tuesday's rains, which, however, were not so heavy as those which flooded a large portion of the colony of Victoria. The fall was 0.33…

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The Dairy. Butter and Butter Making. Causer of Bad Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 13

THE causes of bad butter are numerous. Carelessness and ignorance of the true principles of butter making; depasturing on poor land, or newland; bad water for the cows, bad salt in the butter; dirty…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 8

WE take from the weekly stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 31st ultimo the following extract:— The weather during the week his been the warmest we…

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Water Supply for Pastoral Purposes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 13

MR. MORT'S net in placing ten guineas in the hands of the Society, for the purpose of drawing out a good treatise on the "Storage of Water for Pastoral Purposes." is likely to be followed by a butter result…

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Wool Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 13

THE WOOL SHOW of the New South Wales Agricultural Society is fixed for January 18th, the Judges and Stewards are appointed, and arrangements are made with Messrs; Mort to afford space for its proper…

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Sheep Prizes at Armidale

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 9

1. PRIZE of £3 for best imparted ram, combining fineness and weight of fleece, length and closeness of staple, size and symmetry. Four pens competed (two being in one). Mr. C. D. Fenwick…

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Shipment of Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 5

THE burning of wool ships at sea has become a matter of such grave importance, that any intelligence as to the causes must be acceptable to all the Australian colonies. The following able article from the Darling…

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The Show of Sheep at Armidale

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 10

The exhibition (under the Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New Zealand) of unshorn sheep, as advertised, came off on last Thursday week, in Mr. Starr's paddock, on the hill N. of…

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