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Farming & the land, 1872

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Wool and Pastoral Association

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

THE annual meeting of the "Wool and Pastoral Association of New South Wales was called by advertisement for on Tuesday afternoon, in the Chamber of Commerce. The special objects of the…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 70

FROM the pastoral districts we have uniform accounts of great heat and burnt country, the heaviness of the feed in this dry season causing the fires to spread with amazing rapidity. Stock are in excellent…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 11

The weather at Dubbo during the past week has been fine. On several occasions thick heavy clouds indicated rain, but none fell. The country, says the local journal, is burnt right and left, and rain is now…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

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

ON Saturday last there was a very heavy downfall of rain in the Metropolitan district—so heavy as to flood the low lyihg districts for two or three hours. The weather cleared up, however, in the afternoon, and…

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Wool Market

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 11
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

The wool sales are progressing satisfactorily ; about 40,000 bales were disposed, of There was no abatement in the attendance or eagerness of competition; there was an average advance of Id…

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Pastoral of the Archbishops' and Bishops of Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 12

The following Pastoral Address of the Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland to the Clergy, secular and regular, and to the aity their flocks, has just been issued:—…

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Illustrated Hints on Useful Subjects. How to Make Farm Life Attractive

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 7

1. By less hard work.—Farmers often undertake more than they can do well, and consequently, work too early and too late. 2. By more system.—The farmers should have a time to begin and stop labour. They should put more mind and machinery…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 14

MR. WARREN, of Geelong, has lately been exporting butter to England rather extensively. It appears that after having propared the butter carefully, he packs it in Kauri pine casks, made for the purpose, the casks…

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Telegraphic News by the Suez Mail. Recovery of the Prince of Wales.—sir Charles Dilke's Attack on Royalty Condemned.—the Tichborne Claimant's Case Strong.—wool Sales Closed at Advanced Prices.—copper Market Excited.—latest Dates, December 23Rd. (From Our Adelaide Correspondent.) Adelaide, Thursday, 2.10 a.m

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 5

The Alexandra arrived off Glenleg at 11 o'olock last night. The Bangalore arrived at the Sound at 10 a.m. on the 13th, having had head winds throughout. The following are the passengers by the…

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New South Wales Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1872 · page 2

"Anglo-Australian," in the European Mail, writes:— The samples of wool shown by Mr. Sedgwick Cowper in the New South Wales annexe during the International Exbibition have been removed to the rooms of the Colonial…

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Accident on the Railway Line. 100 Sheep Cut to Atoms by the Engine

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1872 · page 2

was raining heavily, and the night wind was cold, as the 1 p.m. train left Goulburn this morning for Sydney. Rugs and overcoats were in requisition, and everything made snug for a comfortable…

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Accident on the Railway Line. 100 Sheep Out to Atoms by the Engine

Empire · Wednesday 24 January 1872 · page 2

IT was raining heavily, and the night wind was cold, as the 1 p.m. train left Goulburn for Sydney. Rugs and overcoats were in requisition, and everything made snug for a comfortable…

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Pastoral Intelligence

Empire · Friday 26 January 1872 · page 4

THE weather at Dubbo during the past week or so has been very warm. The days have been regular scorchers, and the nights uncomfortably close. On last Saturday afternoon, says the Dispatch of the 10th, the atmosphere…

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The Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [From Our Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1872 · page 6

THE annual meeting of the above-named association was held at the Town-hall, Mudgee, on the 23rd instant. Present—Messrs. Robert Lowe (in the chair), C. C. Cox, P. Roberts, F. S. Cox, A. H. Cox, W. J. Henningham, T…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 102

THERE have been some fine showers in the Southern and Western districts, and part of the rainfall from Queensland has come down upon the Northern district, where moisture was beginning to be looked for…

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Pastoral Items

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

THE weather at Dubbo during the past week or so has been very warm. The days have been regular scorchers, and the nights uncomfortably close. On last Saturday afternoon, says the Dispatch of the 19th, the atmosphere…

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The Weather and Crops—pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 6

WARM summer weather has prevailed in Sydney during the past month, the heat being intense on two or three days. Some nice rain has fallen at intervals. In the northern part of the colony, which had become very dry, there was a…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

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

AFTER some days of excessive heat, the weather in the Metropolitan district took a change on Monday evening, when a strong southerly wind set in, accompanied by rain, a considerable quantity of which fell…

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New South Wales Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 115

The samples of wool shown by Mr. Sedgwick Cowper in the New South Wales annexe during the International Exhibition have been removed to the rooms of the Colonial Institute, and examined and reported upon by the brokers…

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