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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1871

875 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 44

Pastoral and Agricultural Items

Evening News · Monday 1 May 1871 · page 4

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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Steam for the Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 3

A GENTLEMAN interested in farming, in Queensland, wrote to Mr. [?] T[?] of Edinburgh the designer of the now famous road stemer, asking a series of questions, designed to ascertain the applicability of said engine to…

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Preferential Liens on Wool

Empire · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 4
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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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Wool Sales in England

Empire · Wednesday 3 May 1871 · page 4

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

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Cattle and Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 May 1871 · page 6

THE following Bill to prevent the introduction of Contagious or Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Sheep, was yesterday evening introduced into the Legislative Assembly:— Preamble…

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Cattle and Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 308

THE following Bill to prevent the introduction of Contagious or Infectious Diseases in Cattle and Sheen, was, on Thursday evening, introduced into the Legislative Assembly :— Preamble…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 293

UP to latest dates the weather in the pastoral districts had remained fine. Stock, both sheep and cattle, are reported to be iu fine condition. From no quarter are there, indeed, any…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 293

DURING the latter part of the last and the commencement of the present week, the weather has been exceedingly wet, with strong easterly and southerly winds. The quantity of…

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Preserved Butter

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 294

A CORRESPONDENT at Balmain sends the following suggestions with reference to the preservation of butter:—"I have read lately so much in your valuable paper about the manufacture of butter, and knowing that many of my…

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Cattle Stealing

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 294

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," be goes on," if it is, I can give its members a good many wrinkles…

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Section Vii.—wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 10

Exhibits in this section were disposed of on the 24th of January, 1871; but two fleeces of each exhibitor's wool will be shown in or about the wool trophy. Any superior samples tending to increase the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence.—Stock Movements, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 7

THE Wagga Wagga Express says:—The weather during the past week has continued warm and dry, and though rain has frequently threatened it has never fallen in more than sprinkling showers, and all…

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Improved Wool or Cotton Press

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 13

OUR engraving represents a wool-press, constructed upon a new principle, for which are claimed several advantages over presses hitherto constructed. The nature of the advantages claimed will better appear…

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A Successful Lady Dairy Farmer. [From a Special Correspondent.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 14

ABOUT four miles from Liverpool, and on the ground formerly known as the Orphan School estate, and now Summer Hill, an industrious widow named Mrs. Jane Simpson, some years ago purchased between 200 and…

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What About the Farmer?

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 8

AGAIN we hear of the widespread destruction of property by floods—of smiling valleys desolated—of the fruits of past industry and the promise of future plenty destroyed…

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Limerick and Clare Farmers' Club, and the Repeal of the Union

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 6

A large meeting of the members of this club was held in their club-rooms on Saturday evening for the purpose of discussing the question of Home Rule, the Land Bill, the…

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Pacts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 14

To measure corn in the cob, multiply the length of the crib in which it is contained in inches, by the breadth in inches, and that again by the height in inches, and divide the product by 2748, (the number of cubic…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Evening News · Tuesday 9 May 1871 · page 4

THE Wagga Wagga Express says:-The weather during the past week has continued warm and dry, and though rain has frequently threatened it has never fallen in more than sprinkling showers, and all…

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A Successful Lady Dairy Farmer

Evening News · Tuesday 9 May 1871 · page 2

ABOUT four miles from Liverpool, and on the ground formerly known as the Orphan School estate, and now Summer Hill, an industrious widow named Mrs. Jane Simpson, some years ago purchased between 200 and…

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