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Farming & the land, 1871

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Empire · Wednesday 19 April 1871 · page 3

During the month favourable reports on pistoral matters have been received from all parts of the interior. In the Dubbo district the weather has been most…

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Appendix. Wool. March 2[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1871 · page 13

The first public sale after the departure of the mail, was held by Messrs. Mort and Co., on the 29th March. There was an average attendance of buyers, and there was active competition for most of the lots…

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Wool, Tallow, and Hides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1871 · page 13

THE inward mail this month was very anxiously looked for by all parties interested in the well doing of our chief staple in the English market, as catalogues and account sales of the first series of sales…

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The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1871 · page 7

EXCEPT upon two or three close sultry days, which were followed by a rain-storm, magnificent Autumn weather has prevailed in Sydney since our last summary, with the atmosphere cool and invigorating. A beautiful aurora…

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An Ideal Small Farm

Evening News · Thursday 20 April 1871 · page 3

IN order to see what intelligent industry may do on a small farm worked on the Belgian principle, I will make the following calculation; and as all farming must begin in the brain, I have tried to arrange the farm that it will…

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Worms in Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1871 · page 5

SIR,—Judging from the tenor of my correspondents, it seems that many are of opinion, that "santonine" is a specific for every form of worm disease, but it is not,—it is of little or no use for worms in the lungs, for it can only…

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Disease in Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1871 · page 5

SIR,—The prevalence of an epidemic among sheep has of late brought forth some comments on the subject through the general Press. Having watched the progress of the malady for some months past, I am desirous, through your…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 229

OUR accounts from the pastoral districts speak of a fine fall of rain having occurred pretty generally over the Southern and Western district, giving a little freshness to the undergrowth of…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 228

IN the metropolitan district the weather during the past week has been all that could be desired. Fine warm days, with cold nights and mornings, are now quite the regular sequence. On Monday…

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H.—cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 10

" By the Statistical Register of 1869, the cattle in the colony stand at 1,795,904, while the numbers given there during the last nine years are as follows:— 1861......... 2,271,923…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 229

ON Tuesday, the 11th April, the second annual exhibition under the auspices of the above named society, was held at Yass. There were 63 entries of horses, 59 of cattle, 26 of sheep, 6 of dogs, 10 of pigs, 67…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence.—Stock Movements, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 7

WE learn from the Dubbo Dispatch that the weather has been fine. Cattle and sheep are in fine condition, and everything in the immediate neighbourhood of the township looks remarkably pleasant…

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Wool Sales in England

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 12

THE following letter, addressed by Sir Daniel Cooper Bart., to the Secretary of the New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Association, has been forwarded to us from London for publication:…

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James Morrison and Co's Wool and Produce Circular. London, 23rd February, 1871

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 28

The year 1870 has closed since the date of our last circular (30 th November), and it did not, in its course, realize the commercial expectations which we had cherished at its commencement. During the first half…

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Farming in Victoria

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 11

The following melancholy description of what was once deservedly called the " Garden of Victoria" is from the Melbourne Economist :—A trip through the Bacchus Marsh…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 14

IT is a thing not generally known by farmers and gardeners, but it is a fact, that hot water may be employed without injury to plants or trees, for the destruction of the insects which infest them. Water,…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intellicence

Empire · Monday 24 April 1871 · page 3

WE learn from the Dubbo Dispatch that the weather has been fine. Cattle and sheep are in fine condition, and everything in the immediate neigh[?]rhood of the township looks remarkably pleasant…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1871 · page 2

THE following letter was received by last mail. As it is on a subject of great interest we publish it in extens[?]:- London, 6th February, 1871. Sir,—Since the Committee of your Association, in March…

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Trade Circulars. Annual Report on Wool. [H. Schwartze and Co.] London, January 24, 1871

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1871 · page 6

THE past year has not brought that general amelioration which ever since the crisis of 1866 has been eagerly looked forward to, of whose advent every smail temporary turn for the better was interpreted as the sure sign, amd which, even when such…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

Evening News · Tuesday 25 April 1871 · page 4

WE learn from the Dubbo Dispatch that the weather has been fine. Cattle and sheep are in fine condition, and everything in the immediate neighbourhood of the township looks remarkably pleasant…

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