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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1870

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A Man Smothered in Wheat

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 3

Last Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, the canal boat George J. Whitney of Rochester was taking on board a cargo of wheat at the Plympton elevator in Buffalo. The three different compartments had all…

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Chapter Ii.—the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 19

He was evidently a known and welcome guest to the parents of Maud; for he was received with marked pleasure by both her father and mother. The latter bade him seat himself at the ten table, while the…

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The Grazier. the Pastoral Interest— Its Condition and Prospects

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

WE shall be pardoned if, upon the launching of this new medium of mental intercourse, we take a glance at the present position of the pastoral interest, and endeavour to…

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Prussia. a Prussian Small Farmer

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 5

In a letter from Mr. John Lavy, Barrister at law, which appeared a few days since in the "Saunders," we find this graphic and interesting account of a typical small farmer…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 8

IN the Metropolitan district, the weather for the first two days of the week was exceedingly hot and offensive, but a change took place on Tuesday morning, when some smart refreshing…

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

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 7

MR. and Mr. Summers had passed through many trials and dangers before the one described in the preceding chapter. They left England soon after their marriage, taking with them a land order to…

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Farming

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 4

MANURES—HOW AND WHEN TO USE THEN.—The best method of using stable or barn-yard manure for corn or potatoes is to haul it fresh from the cellar in the condition in which it rests in the vaults, spread it upon the ploughed field, and harrow it in with a…

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What Californian Farmers and Fruit Growers Are Doing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 16

APART altogether from its gold mines, of which we are not now speaking, perhaps no country in the world over witnessed so rapid a developoment of its resources as California…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1870 · page 22

Seed of the Cinchona tree, from which quinine is made, has been widely distributed for a trial through the mountain regions of the Southern States of America…

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A Man Smothered in Wheat

Empire · Monday 10 January 1870 · page 3

Last Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, the canal boat George J. Whitney of Rochester was taking on board a cargo of wheat at the Plympton elevator in Buffalo. The three different compartments had all…

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What Californian Farmers and Fruit Growers Are Doing

Empire · Monday 10 January 1870 · page 4

Apart altogether from its gold mines, of which we are not now spooking, perhaps no country in the world ever witnessed so rapid a developement of its resources as California…

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The Pastoral Interest—its Condition and Prospects

Empire · Tuesday 11 January 1870 · page 4

The industrious pioneer of colonisation, in braving difficulties amid the solitudes of the remote interior, is shut out by his very avocation from opportunities and discoveries that, if…

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The Pastoral Interest—its Condition and Prospects

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1870 · page 4

The industrious pioneer of colonisation, in braving difficulties amid the solitudes of the remote interior, is shut out by his very avocation from opportunities and discoveries that, if…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales. the Wool Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1870 · page 5

THE prices for which the society invited the whole of the colonies to compete have brought to Sydney a select assortment of wool, which is now on view at Messrs. Mort's new stores. The work performed by the judges was done an…

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Agrigultural Society of New South Wales. Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition 1870. Prizes for Wool, 1870

Empire · Thursday 13 January 1870 · page 3

The following prizes were offered by the Agricultural Society of New South Wales in connection with their great Intercolonial Exhibition, 1870, at the Wool Show held in Sydney, on the 13th January, 1870:—…

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Butter and Butter Making. Cause of Bad Butter

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1870 · page 4

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

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Butter and Butter Making. Causes of Bad Butter

Empire · Friday 14 January 1870 · page 4

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

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Crops — Stock Movements — Pastoral and Agricultural Prospects

Empire · Friday 14 January 1870 · page 3

Favourable reports from the various parts of the colony are very little varied, either respecting the state of feed or the crops, most of which are now fairly husbanded. In one or two localities a succession of hot…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales—the Intercolonial Wool Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1870 · page 5

THE second wool show of this Society was opened yesterday by his Excellency the Earl of Belmore. He arrived at Messrs. Mort's new wool stores, in Phillip-street, at 12.30, and was received by various members of the Exhibition…

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Spontaneous Combustion of Wool on Board Ships. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1870 · page 2

SIR,—I am afraid the above is a calamity which will long bailie the skill of man to altogether prevent. A great deal might certainly be done in the way of carefully examining the condition of wool shipped, and by a better system of…

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