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Farming & the land, 1871

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Australian Butter

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 587

In a recent trade report, the Grocer alluded tu the [?]ereasing imports of this article as the result of successful colonial enterprise, and, always mindful of the interests of our subscribers, we again revert to…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

Empire · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 3

THE items of pastoral and agricultural intelligent which we have received from the different parts of the interior, continue to show the existence there of a favourable state of things…

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Commercial. Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 23
Also in Freeman's Journal

The second series of sales terminated on the 13th. Competition was spirited and advanced prices were maintained to the close. More than 190,000 bales were disposed of. Fully…

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London Wool Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 28

THE second series of colonial wool sales closed on May 16. There was a good attendance of the home and continental trade throughout. Prices showed a hardening tendency from the opening to the middle…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence, Stock Movements, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 6

THE items of pastoral and agricultural intelligence which we have received from the different parts of the interior, continue to show the existence there of [?] favourable state of things…

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The Geazier. The Worm Disease in Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 12

IN our issue of May 13, we published a short abstract of a most important and interesting paper read by Dr. Morris, before the Scientific Committee of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales…

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All Cry and No Wool

Sydney Punch · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 6

Squatter (S. Punch) to Overseer: I DON'T THINK MUCH OF THAT M.L.A. BRAND; THEY'VE HAD ALL THE BEST OF THE RUN, AND COST NO END OF MONEY, AND NOW THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR SHEARING. WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH THEM? Overseer: BOIL 'EM DOWN, SIR…

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Trade Circulars. Wool. [J. T. Simes.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 8

THESE sales have been attended by a large concourse of buyers, who have maintained a spirited competition for all sorts of colonial wool. It was the first sale of new wool in quantity since the partial restoration of a normal condition in France, and the…

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Australian Wool in London. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 3

SIR,—As the following lines may convey some information, and prove of interest to many of my woolgrowing friends, I would beg to ask you to give me room for them in your journal at your earliest convenience…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1871 · page 14

STRAW as fodder from the leading grain crops ranks as follows—the best first:—Oat, barley, wheat, rye. It is doubtful whether there is a better root than the potato for feeding for milk. A farmer who made the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

Evening News · Monday 10 July 1871 · page 4

THE items of pastoral and agricultural intelligence which we have received from the different parts of the interior, continue to show the existence there of a favourable state of things…

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Worms in Sheep

Empire · Tuesday 11 July 1871 · page 3

Mr.INSPECTOR BROWN, of Dubbo, in his report to the chief inspector of stock, writes as follows:—"I am glad to state that throughout my examinations on the Bogan and Macquarie runs I found the flocks…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1871 · page 6

THE news from the great pastoral districts is of a very favourable character. The splendid growing weather that prevailed in the autumn clothed the country with a sufficiency of vegetation for the requirements…

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Pastoral and Agrigultural

Empire · Wednesday 12 July 1871 · page 3

The weather during the month has been, in almost all parts of the pastoral and agricultural districts, altogether favourable to local wants, and from this it might well be presumed that matters throughout the colony…

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Appendix. Wool, June 21St

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1871 · page 8

The first public sale subsequent to the departure of the mail was held by Messrs. Mort and Co., under the above date. Thero was brisk competition for all parcels of any importance, and prices ruled fully equal to those obtained…

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Wool, Tallow, and Hides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1871 · page 8

THE arrival of the mail per Avoca has put us in possession of English news close upon four days in advance of contract time, and we are now in receipt of full accounts of the progress of the April-May series of wool sales, from the…

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Exports of Wool, Tallow, Hides, &c

Empire · Wednesday 12 July 1871 · page 3

Per Windsor Castle, for London: 2023 bales wool, 12 bales cotton, 80 bales leather, 6 bales skins, 3791 casks 4800 ingots copper, 847 casks tallow, 941 hides, 25 casks beef, 2868 cases meat, 13 tons bones, 17…

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A New Mode of Washing and Cleansing Wool

Evening News · Wednesday 12 July 1871 · page 3

THE following is an account of an experiment in woolwashing, which was tried at Kirk's bazaar at Melbourne:—On Wednesday, the 21st instant, Mr. W. H. Allen tried an experiment in the presence of a number…

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The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1871 · page 6

DURING the past month the weather in the metropolis has been unusually fine for the winter season, the rainfall having been lighter than for a similar period for a long time previously. On several days keen westerly winds…

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