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Farming & the land, 1872

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The Australian Wool Sales. (To Joseph Moore, Esq., honorary secretary to the Colonial Wool Merchants' Association of London.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1872 · page 3

"The report of the sub-committee appointed to consider the, communications received from the chambers of commerce, wool growers, and others in the Australian colonies" (interested in the subject under discussion, we presume) " relative to the…

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Pastoral Intelligence

Empire · Friday 10 May 1872 · page 4

The Dubbo Dispatch says— On Friday and Saturday the appearances of rain were very prominent, and it was generally expected that a good downpour would take place. Black heavy clouds drifted about the horizon,…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 586

THE Western and Southern districts partook of the benefits of the late rains, which, however, were not sufficiently heavy for requirements in the Bligh…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 12

THE Forbes Times of the 3rd inst. says:—The first part of the week was fine and clear, but during the last few days the weather has been gloomy and threatening. Last night we had rain on and off the whole night, some…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 586

SHOWERY days and cold nights have prevailed for the past week in the county of Cumberland and along the seaboard. In the garden this favourable state of the season is being taken advantage of to sow for early…

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Wool

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 4

The sales terminated on the 1st; they were characterised by unexampled animation; each article attained a higher range value than has been known during the present generation…

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Salt for Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 12

SINCE thc publication of my series of papers on sulphate of iron, I have received numerous questions about salt. At first sight it appears that but little could be said about so common…

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The Exhibition Cattle Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 12

THE salo of cattle which took place on Saturday, at the Exhibition grounds, must be termed a great success, both from the number and quality of the cattle sold, and the satisfactory prices that were realised. Upwards of…

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The Grazier. The Wool Awards

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 12

IN another page of this issue, we present our readers with the award papers and points of the "Wool section, in the late Exhibition; and in doing so, have to acknowledge the great care…

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The Australian Wool Sales. (To Joseph Moore, Esq., honorary secretary to the Colonial Wool Merchants' Association of London.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 587

"The report of the sub-committee appointed to consider the communications received from the chambers of commerce, wool growers, and others in the Australian colonies" (interested in the subject under discussion, we presume) "relative to the…

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Cattle of 1830, with Some Prize Animals at the Agricultural Society's Exhibition of 1872

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 1

On the Top, are Portraits of the Rev. H. Berry's Short Horn Bull and his splendid Cow, " Lady," as she appeared before the year of 1830. Below them stands "Theodore," the winner of the 1st Prize in his Class, 29, Short Horn Bulls, Imported. And below again, "Countess 4th," 1st Prize for Durham Cow. Bred by W. J. Dangar, Esq., Neotsfield…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Annual Show of 1872. [Continued from page 563.] the Wool Awards

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 580

THE following are the awards made by the judges in the Wool section of the Intercolonial Exhibition. The judges were Messrs. F. Ebsworth and T. Thorps for washed wool; and Messrs. J. Vicars and L. Haigh for…

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A Farmer Gored to Death

Evening News · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 2

A SAD occurrence is reported from Eye, Suffolk, Mr. J. Jessop, a farmer, seventy years of age, having been gored to death by a bull. In accordance with his custom, he left his house about 10 o'clock on Sunday…

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Pacts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 14

FOR a cheap paint or pigment for gatea or rough out-door work generally, there is nothing beats the following for either iron or wood, and it has the grand recommendation of cheapness, as it can be…

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The Wool Inquiry of the Agricultural Society

Empire · Thursday 16 May 1872 · page 3

THE journal of the Agricultural Society for the month of April cotains the papers detailing the results of the wool inquiry of 1871. As our readers are doubtless aware that the society sought to obtain the most reliable…

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WOOL W. Mort and Co London, E.C., March 21st, 1872

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1872 · page 3

The February series of wool sales, which was in progress when we last wrote, was brought to a termination on the 1st instant, about 115,000 bales having changed hands since the commencement. Of this quantity, by far the larger proportion was taken…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 616

IN the Bligh district and the Lower Murrumbidgee rain is still wanted; the grass where there is any noticeable being dry, and the country generally looking very bare. On the plains in the South and towards the…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 11

The weather at Wagga Wagga during the past week has, says the Express, been rather unsettled, but until to-day very little rain has fallen. During the day however, there has been a good steady rain; the weather…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 615

TRUE autumn weather has prevailed in the metro-politan district since our last issue—some portion of the days being warm and bright, but the general temperature much lower than during last month. No…

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The Weather and the Crops.— Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 5

COLD wintry weather has set in. The past month has been changeable, and a good fall of rain has taken place along the coast, and in the Southern and Western districts. Some showers have also fallen in the North and…

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