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Farming & the land, 1870

920 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 46

Pastoral and Land Association

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 13

A PUBLIC meeting of gentlemen interested in the formation of the ubove society was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the Chamber of Coinmorce. Amongst those present were—The Hon. Thomas Holt, M.L.C., the Rev. Dr. Lang, Messrs. T. S…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Show

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 10

We extract from the Southern Argus an account of the disorderly and disgraceful proceedings that took place at the dinner of the above association. We thought that sectarian…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Items— Stock Movements, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 6

THE wholosale destruction of the maize crops in the various corn-growing districts is calculated, notwithstanding the proverbial elasticity of enterprise in the colony, to bring about a season of depression for some…

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WOOL. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 8

SIR,—The enclosed account sales of eight fleeces, taken from sheep (six ewes and two r[?]ms) exhibited by me at t[?] Wagga Wagga Show of 1868, may be of interest to some of your re[?]rs…

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

Sydney Mail · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 11

JOHN Bell left Windsor on Thursday, but by some accident be missed the afternoon train at Parramatta, so that he did not reach Sydney till nearly 9 o'clock. He would have gone directly to see his beloved Ann,…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 8

IN the metropolitan district we have again had almost continuous rain, the intermissions having been exceedingly brief. All the ground is so saturated with moisture that it is impossible to…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 12

THE ammonia in the fumes of a stable causes leather to crack and rot. AN English company employs 1,500 Chinese labourers growing oranges, pineapples, and bananas, at the Society…

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Concert of Action among Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 12

With the exception of husbandry, every money. making interestin this our age of money, isthoroughly organized, and over ready for aggressive or defensive action as the occasion may require whether in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Items, Stock Movements, &c

Evening News · Monday 4 April 1870 · page 4

THE wholesale destruction of the maize crops in the various corn-growing districts is calculated, notwithstanding the proverbial elasticity of enterprise in the colony, to bring about a season of depression for some…

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Great Flood on the Richmond River. Loss of Life. Nearly Two Thousand Head of Cattle Lost. Crops Nearly All Destroyed on Lower Richmond. (From the [?] Examiner, March 31.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1870 · page 2

BY the arrival of the mail from Casino, our worst forebodings, with respect to the destruction occationed by the floods on the Richmond River, have, we regret to learn, been more than realised. The loss sustained by the Messrs…

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The Proposed Public Cattle Yards

Evening News · Thursday 7 April 1870 · page 3

AS the Legislative Assembly will shortly go into committee on Mr. Driver's bill fart enabling the municipal council to borrow £10,000, with which to erect public yards for the sale of fat cattle and sheep, and it is as…

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Sheep Farming in Australia

Evening News · Friday 8 April 1870 · page 4

SIR,—The following is an extract from a letter I have just received from an Australian squatter of some years experience in the colony, and which will I have no doubt, be interesting to many of your…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 April 1870 · page 8

FROM the weekly stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 1st April instant, we make the following extracts:— The weather since our last has been very moist, scarcely…

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The Dairy. Cheese and Butter. No. 4

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 April 1870 · page 13

As we have said, thera are numerous methods of cheese-making practiced in the old country, but the methods differ rathor in minor than important particulars. The proportion of the rennet to the…

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British and Foreign Butter

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 April 1870 · page 9

THE following article from the Field, on the manufacture of English, Irish, and French butter, is worth the perusal of our dairy farmers:—…

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Sheep Farming in Australia. (From the Field, December 25.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 April 1870 · page 11

Sir,—The following is an extract from a letter I have just received from an Australian squatter of some years' experience in the colony, and which will, I have no doubt, be interesting to many of your…

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The Proposed Public Cattle Yards

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 April 1870 · page 8

As the Legislative Assembly will shortly go into committee on Mr. Driver's bill for'enabling the municipal council to borrow £10,000, with which to erect public yards for the sale of fat cattle and sheep, it is as…

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Outside Exhibitition at the Smithfifld Cattle Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 April 1870 · page 15

THE next show was that of a "learned and musical fish." The master of the fish was particularly attentive to me, and himself undertook to make the fish go through his performances. The " learned fish"…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Matters. —Movements of Stock, &oc. &oc

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 April 1870 · page 28

THE continued rains have impeded farming operatic considerably, but it is stated that a good deal ploughing and sowing has been done in the neighbourhood of Wagga "Wagga, and the young crops are already…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 April 1870 · page 8

IN the metropolitan district we have had during the past week more frequent gleams of fine weather than during the past four weeks, but notwithstanding this there have been some…

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