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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1871

875 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 44

Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Show. (Abridged from the Argus.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1871 · page 2

THE first show of this society was hold on the 17th, and seems to have been on a large seale. It was well altended by visitors. The only exhibit in the section for blood stallions was…

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Worms in Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1871 · page 2

SIR,—At the risk of our sapi[?]nt Parliament imposing on extra duly upon what they discover to be indispensable to the grazier (as they did with rock salt), allow me to make public that a tablesp[?]on full of pure kerosene poured down…

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Cattle Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1871 · page 5

A CORRESPONDENT, who writes to us from a part of the interior which shall be nameless, asks us if the Cattle Stealing Prevention Society is still in existence, "for," he goes on, "if it is, I can give its members a good many wrinkles."…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Show at Burrangong

Evening News · Friday 28 April 1871 · page 3

THE first Show of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Tuesday, the 18th, and was in every respect a success. A very large number of persons attended, and everything went off…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Tuesday. Cattle-stealing

Empire · Friday 28 April 1871 · page 2
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Jacob Donovan, on bail, was indicted for having, at Sandy Creek, on the 1st of December, 1869, stolen one ox, the property of William Wicker. Prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr. Wisdom,…

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Wool Sales in England

Evening News · Friday 28 April 1871 · page 3

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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Worms in Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1871 · page 3

SIR,—With your permission I would like to say one word about drenching sheep. I am astonished at great practical minds holding fast by such an expensive system. Suppose I have 20,000 sheep bad, end 10 shepherds, it will take at…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 261

THERE has been a continuance of fine weather in the pastoral districts, and the spring of young grass brought up by the genial warmth of the sunny days is said to be most luxuriant. Flocks…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 260

IN the metropolitan district the weather has continued uninterruptedly fine. Heavy dews, almost approaching to frosts, prevail during the early mornings. The early maize crop is now nearly…

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Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 261

THE first show of this society was held on the 17th, and seems to have been on a large scale. It was well attended by visitors. The only exhibit in the section for blood stallions was…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Show at Burrangong

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 6

THE first Show of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Tuesday, the 18th, and was in every respect a success. A very large number of persons attended, and everything went off…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Show at Burragong

Empire · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 4

THE first Show of the Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Tuesday,. the 18th, and was in every respect a success. A very large number of persons attended, and everything went off…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence.—Stock Movements, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 6

THE Dubbo Dispatch says:—The last mail news must be very satisfactory to persons engaged, or having any interest, in pastoral pursuits. Indeed, taking the information for all and all, it is more cheering than any…

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Preferential Liens on Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 13

WE have received a copy of the judgment of the Privy Council confirming the decision of our Supreme Court in the case of the Bank of South Australia v. the Trustees of Phillip Levi and Co., by which the right of the…

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Live Stock of the Colony. No. Ii.—cattle.—(continued) 7.—Ailments and Diseases in Cattle Cumberland Disease

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 261

WITH the exception, of a few cases in the Bathurst, Dubbo, Cannoubar, and Tamworth districts, the general abstract shows little or no Cumberland disease in cattle during the past year…

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M'Caw's Exhibition of Butter, Cheese, and Bacon

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 262

ACCORDING to an annual custom, established ever since the Port Phillip Farmers' Society ceased to have shows, the fi[?] of M. M'Caw and Another, of Bourke-street West, opened on Monday an exhibition of cheese, butter, and…

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Worms in Sheep. (To the Editor of the Herald.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 261

SIR.—At the risk of our sapient Parliament imposing an extra duty upon what they discover to be indispensable to the grazier (as they did with rock salt), allow me to make public that a tablespoonful of pure kerosene poured down…

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Engineering and Manufactures. Steam for the Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 270

A GENTLEMAN interested in farming, in Queensland, wrote to Mr. R.W. Thompson, of Edinburgh, the designer of the now famous road steamer, asking a series of questions, designed to ascertain the applicability of said engine to…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 12

The way to raise turkeys, whick, if carried out, would be most profitable, is to have hardy sorts. Turkeys do no one good thing on a farm except eating up myriads of insects. They are most…

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