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Farming & the land, 1870

920 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 46

Sheep—grub in the Head and Rot

Empire · Friday 22 July 1870 · page 3

CRUB in the head depends on the [?]strus ovis, depositing its progeny on the nostrils of the sheep. These make their way up the nasal chambers, and, entering the convoluted bones and the cavities (sinuses) between…

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Our Cattle Stock. How Are Our Cattle to Be Improved?

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 11

As the first step towards advancement in any calling is to acquire a sound knowledge of the principles on which it should be conducted, and as our stockowners, generally speaking, are but little acquainted with the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural.—Stock Movements, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 28

A CORRESPONDENT writing from the Lower Bogan states:—Mustering is now all the talk in our part; some fat cattle for market, others for branding up their calves. The weather has apparently taken up, and the…

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The Grazier London Wool Sales. 4

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 10

THE BROKER AND BROKERAGE.—At a meeting of the London wool brokers on the 12th January, 1870, the following resolution was passed by them, viz:— That this association begs respectfully to inform the…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 8

THE appended intelligence has been received as to the late weather in the coast districts, and in the interior. On the coast near Sydney the weather has been variable, but generally fine…

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The Farm, the City, and the Sea. Chapter Xxx.— [Conclusion.]

Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 11

THOUGH I have come to a climax in my story, from which I could make a fresh start, in a happier strain I shall conclude it in this chapter, with a very brie epitome of the doings of the persons introduced, for…

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Pacts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 July 1870 · page 13

A MAN that clears and stumps a farm, fences it well, puts decent buildings upon it, and brings up and educates a family from the proceeds, must sound all the depths of true economy to…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Empire · Monday 25 July 1870 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT writing from the Lower Bogan states:—"Mustering is now all the talk in our part; some fat cattle for market, others for branding up their calves. The weather has apparently taken up, and the…

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London Wool Sales

Empire · Monday 25 July 1870 · page 4

THE BROKER AND BROKERAGE.—At a meeting of the London wool brokers on the 12th January, 1870, the following resolution was passed by them, viz.:— That this association begs respectfully to inform the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Evening News · Tuesday 26 July 1870 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT writing from the Lower Bogan states:-"Mustering is now all the talk in our part; some fat cattle for market, others for branding up their calves. The weather has apparently taken up, and the…

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Our Cattle Stock. How Are Our Cattle to Be Improved?

Empire · Wednesday 27 July 1870 · page 4
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As the first step towards advancement in any calling is to acquire a sound knowledge of the principles on which it should be conducted, and as our stockowners, generally speaking, are but little acquainted with the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Items, &c

Evening News · Friday 29 July 1870 · page 4

THE roads throughout the colony are in fearful state from the rains, and though stock occasionally travel, it is with the greatest difficulty they can be got to market. Along the whole course of the Lachlan and…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 8

The stock report of the Pastoral Times, dated the 15th instant, says:— The delightful change in the weather has caused a little stir in stock matters, and if the weather continues…

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Cardinal Cullen's Pastoral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 13

The pastoral of his Eminence Cardinal Cullen, read in all the Catholic churches of Dublin on Sunday, deals with secret societies—Masonic, Fenian, and Ribbon; denounces the "national…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Associations

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 8

SOME of the squatters and farmers have at last shown some disposition to coalesce. But though pastoral and agricultural associations aspire to a complete and effective…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence—state of the Crops.—Stock Movements, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 6

THE roads throughout the colony are in a fearful state from the rains, and though stock occasionally travel, it is with the greatest difficulty they can be got to market. Along the whole course of the Lachlan and…

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The Exhibition of Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 12

THERE must be some way of accounting for the small number of entries in the sheep classes at the coming show; and it is not good to see such an influential and numerous class of our colonists as the sheep farmers so…

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London Wool Sales. 5

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 12

THE MERCHANT.— The London import merchant is a remnant of by-gone days, being extremely slow, extremly opinionated, and extremly dogged, fond of old ways; and old abuses are virtues in his eyes, for he…

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The Grazier. Mutton or Wool—That is the Question?

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 12

THERE is hardly a question of such importance to Australians at present, as how to turn the land to best account, We know that the land can be had on fair equitable terms, and the great object of every man…

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