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Farming & the land, 1872

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Imported Cattle and Quarantine Regulations

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 10

IT is an extraordinary fact, but true nevertheless, that there have never been so many cattle brought front England to New South Wales in the same length of time, as since the first appearance of foot and mouth disease…

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Wool, Tallow, and Hides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 8

THE inward mail per Bangalore was delivered on the morning of the 1st instant, the steamer having anticipated her due date by nearly five clear days. We are now in possession of news of the home market for our chief article…

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Wool and Produce Circulars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 9

RICHARDSON AND [?] — Wool: Notwithstanding that the account received from London show an undeniable decline in price of [?] to 2d on tins staple, the market here has been comparatively little affected, most of the lots offered at auction…

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The Metropolitan Exhibition of 1872. Report on the Wool Exhibits

Evening News · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 6

THE official list of awards is published in the June number of the Journal of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, and there are some additional reports accompanying the awards, that we now…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 14

A correspondent informs The Technologist that he has now in his possession stakes for flowers, shrubs, and vines which have been in constant use for over nine years, and their points are yet perfectly…

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Pastoral Intelligence

Empire · Thursday 18 July 1872 · page 4

The weather in the immediate vicinity of Dubbo has, says the Dispatch, been variable but on the whole genial. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday were fine, The mornings were not frosty, and hence…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1872 · page 69

ALL circumstances connected with the wool producing industries of the various districts are extremely favourable, the seasonable rains having had a beneficial influence upon the grass which, growing during…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 July 1872 · page 10

The weather in the immediate vicinity of Dubbo has, says the Dispatch, been variable but on the whole genial. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday were fine. The mornings were not frosty, and hence…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1872 · page 69

THE prolonged period of dry weather in the metropolitan district seems at last to have broken up. Acceptable showers fell on Tuesday night, and there is a prospect of a further rainfall. Such a change was…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 July 1872 · page 12

A condition powder, made of three parts salt and one of ashes, aud given to horses at the rate of a handful twice a week, is highly commended by The Turf, Field, and Farm. If a little sulphur is added to…

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Pastoral Intelligence

Evening News · Monday 22 July 1872 · page 4

The Walgett correspondent of the Central Australian, says there has been no rain of any kind, and that the water is at a low level. 600 stores (Crowley's), have arrived at Ulah station. 1900 fat sheep…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 101

IN all parts of the country occupied by the pastoral tenants, rains have been plentiful, and the weather very seasonable. No complaints reach us as to the health of stock, and there is an ample supply of feed…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 13

According to the Dubbo Dispatch, the weather in that direction was of a variable character last week. It rained on Saturday and Sunday, but the days haye since been nice and warm, and the mornings and nights frosty…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 101

IN the county of Cumberland the weather was showery at the end of last week and at the beginning of the present, but the rain was not heavy or long continued. Some localities not far distant from, the metropolis…

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Mudgee Pastoral Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 12

THE twelfth exhibition of the above took place on the society's grounds, yesterday, and was pretty numerously attended some 400 or 500 persons paying for admission. The entries were on a par with those of last year, the horses being in the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

Empire · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 3

According to the Dubbo Dispatch, the weather in that direction was of a variable character last week. It rained on Saturday and Sunday, but the days have since been nice and warm, and the mornings and nights frosty…

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Inoculation of Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 101

THE following report on the inoculation of cattle as a preventive of pleuro-pneumonia is furnished by James B. Simonds, M.D., of the Royal Veterinary College, London. The inoculation of cattle as a preventive of…

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The Export of Butter

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 11

During the spring months of last year, when the markets were glutted with a superabundance, of butter, and prices were low—so low indeed as scarcely to cover the cost of making up and…

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The Grazier. Salt and its Uses for Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 11

BY J. POTTIE, GOVERNMENT VETERINARY SURGEON. WE have already said sufficient about the nature and action of salt to show that it is highly erroneous to suppose that because salt is…

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The Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Show. July 18Th, 1872

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 100

THE value and importance to a colony like New South "Wales of periodical exhibitions of stock can hardly be over-estimated, leading as they do to the introduction of the most esteemed breeds of animals…

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