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Farming & the land, 1870

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Artificial Feeding of Merino Sheep. [To the Editor of the Herald.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 August 1870 · page 6

SIR,—The hand fee[?]ing of stud merine sheep has not been touthed upon by the writers of pamphlets or essays on sheep, but there is a difference of opinion as to any ultimate advantage to the progeny of sheep brought to a state…

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Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 August 1870 · page 5

In cattle there were 186 exhibits, comprising Durhams, Herefords, and Devons, though the latter had comparatively few representatives. Amongst the Durhams, Mr. Jenkins's recently imported bull Theodore was very generally…

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Section Iii.—sheep

Empire · Wednesday 31 August 1870 · page 3

In ten sheep classes there were twenty-nine entries, the number at the last show having been forty-two entries in twelve: and this shows pretty clearly that sheepowners would rather give up all idea of exhibiting than be hampered by the…

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Section Ii.—the Cattle

Empire · Wednesday 31 August 1870 · page 3

In the cattle section, numbering forty-one classes, there were the large number of 229 entries, against 103 in twentyseven sections last show, and all persons interested in cattle breeding and grazing must have been satisfied with the…

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Section Vii.—wool

Empire · Wednesday 31 August 1870 · page 3

The staple industry of Australia is represented in a compact form at the north-west angle of the have, in an octagon glass table, surmounted by a cone of glass divided into four, and crowned by a golden f[?]ece suspended in a circle. In the…

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Dairy Produce. [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 August 1870 · page 5

In this section there was a large number of exhibits, all of which were excellent—so good in fact that the judges had great difficulty in making their awards. Some samples of butter were so equal in merit that six exhibits…

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Section X.—farm Produce

Empire · Wednesday 31 August 1870 · page 3

No awards in this section have yet been made public…

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The Latest on the London Colonial Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 1 September 1870 · page 3

SIMEN And Co. inform us that the sales continue to progress with great steadiness, and prices hare been fully maintained for most description, low medium and also very superior sorts selling best, white good wools from 1s 8d to 1s 10d do not…

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Pastoral

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 9

FROM the reports that have come to hand the prospects of our pastoral districts are cheering. The south-western parts of the colony are still suffering from the effects o[?]…

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Hay Pastoral Society's Show

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 9

THE third annual exhibition of stock, under the auspices of the Hay Pastoral Association, took place at the show been penned, classed, and examined by the judges. The show has been a great success, and although the number…

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Section Iii.—sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 10

In ten sheep classes there were twenty—nine entries, the number at the last show having been forty-two entries in twelve; and this shows pretty clearly that sheepowners would rather give up all idea of exhibiting than be hampered by the…

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Wool Report

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 11

The sales are progressing satisfactorily, and will probably close on August 3rd, as there is a full attendance of buyers, the foreign taking fully one half the quantity sold. Prices opened…

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Wool Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 8

A [?] of gentlemen [?] the formation of the Australian Wool Association, in terms of a resolution [?]ed at a public meeting held on the 28th of June last, was held yesterday afternoon, at the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. J. B. Watt…

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Section Ii.—the Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 10

In the cattle section, numbering forty-one classes, there were the large number of 229 entries, against 103 in twentyseven sections last show, and all persons interested in cattle breeding and grazing must have been satisfied with the…

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Section Vii.—wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 11

The staple industry of Australia is represented in a compact form at the north-west angle of the nave, in an octagon glass table, surmounted by a cone of glass divided into four, and crowned by a golden fleece suspended in a circle. In the…

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Philadelphia Butter: How it is made

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 9

"PHILADELPHIA PRINT" is known in the central cities of the United States as butter unsurpassed for 'sweetness, solidity, and golden colour. It always commands a fancy price, and is ever sought for with an avidity that makes its…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence—stock Movements, &c., &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 7

THE weather has been changeable throughout the colony, and there is no intelligence of importance respecting the state of the crops in the country districts…

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The Grazier. The Agricultural Society of New South Wales Wool Prizes for 1870

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 12

ALTHOUGH most of those who have voluntarily undertaken the duties in connection with this society, have their hands quite full at this juncture, they are anxious that the wool-growing interest…

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Intercolonial Industrial Exhibition. Centenary Anniversary of the Colony. a Glance at our Social, Political, Educational, Agricultural, Pastoral, Mining, and Manufacturing Progress

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 5

A HUNDRED years ago a circumnavigator, intent only on discovery, and thinking little of colonisation, landed a portion of his ship's company on the shores of Botany Bay. We…

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Weather and Crops

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 September 1870 · page 9

The weather in the metropolitan district appears to have taken a change for fine. The mornings and nights are still cold, but not inconvenient…

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