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Farming & the land, 1872

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Pastoral Intelligence

Empire · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 3

I understand (says the Lower Lachlan correspondent of of Wagga Wagga Express) we are about to lose two of our old neighbours, the Messrs. O'Sullivan. I bear that Mr. Sylvester O Sullivan has lately sold his splendid…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 711

IN all parts of the pastoral districts there have been plentiful rains, and were it not for the devastations of grasshoppers and caterpillars, there would be abundance of feed and water. But the plague still continues…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 11

Mr. Mate's bullock, purchased by Mr. Walsh, was slaughtered last week, and many people are curious to how the killing weight of this beast, for although it is usual to deduct one-third from the live weight for an estimate of…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 711

THE Metropolitan and Coast districts have shared with the rest of the colony the rains that have fallen during the last seven or eight days. The week ended Wednesday, too, has been exceptional as regards…

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Bitter Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 11

IN answer to the question of our correspondent, "A. H. F.," relative to the cause of a bitter flavour in his butter, and which was published in our issue for November 23, a valued contributor has sent us the…

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The Ayrshire Breed of Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 17

THROUGHOUT the length and breadth of Great Britain and Ireland, the superiority of Ayrshire cattle is generally admitted; but although they possess many distinctive features, which separate them by a well defined line…

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Wool-washing, &c, with Soluble Glass

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 711

MM. BAERLE and Co., of Worms, have published the following on the employment of soluble glass as a detergent. The employment of soluble glass in the washing of wool is an important fact in this industry. The treatment is so…

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The London Times on Cattle Prohibition. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 11

SIR,—Canyon tell me who has the honour of wieldng the pen as Sydney correspondent of the London Times. If you can, the knowledge will help me to unravel an interesting mystery, My reason for asking is this: By the last mail I learn…

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Science—invention— Construction. Improved Pump for Sheep Washing, Sluicing, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 13

THE above cut represents an improved Californian pump, and horse power for sheep washing, or raising water for sluicing purposes. It is made by Mr. W. G. Ainsworth, of 187 and 189 York-street, Sydney. This…

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Close Breeding in Cattle. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 712

SIR,—There are some of the ordinary occupations of life which appear to the unreflecting uninteresting, or of but secondary importance, but which, when duly studied or intelligently practiced, are productive of a train of ideas…

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Cable Message. Telegrams This Day. News from England to December 6. the Queen's Portrait. Queensland Sheep Investment Company

Evening News · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 2

Lodged in London Dec. 6th, 10.30 ] Received is Sydney Dec. 6th, 11.15 p.m. The wool sales have closed firmly. In France the Commission appointed to…

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The Carl Murders. Melbourne Woollen Company. Ballarat Races. Restoration of Public Buildings at Auckland. Failure Potato Crop Feared. Cable to New Zealand. Great Fire at Christchurch. £10,000 Property Destroyed. the Locust Plague. Latest Commercial, &c., &c., &c MELBOURNE. Friday, 8.10 p.m

Evening News · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 2

Lettere were found on Mount and Morris connected with the Carl murders. It is supposed that they were intended for the public eye. The letters state that the prisoners…

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Competition of Farms for Prizes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 711

THE Smeaton Society having offered prizes for the best cultivated farms, many farmers entered. The following is a short description of the winners:— MR. MITCHELL'S FARM.—This farm consists of medium…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 12

The following are methods of preparing preserved milk:—Take of fresh milk one gallon, and skim it, take of sosqui-carbonate of soda (in very fine powder) 1½ dram, mix, evaporate by heat of steam or…

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Telegrams This Day. Sale of Ovens Tin—£130 Per Ton. Severe Assault on a Girl of Tender Years. Stone-swallowing at Melbourne. Suicide at Ballarat. Wreck of the Steamer Pearl and Loss of Life. the Fijian Slave Traffic. Victorian Wool and Stock Sales. Termination of the Parliamentary "Dead Lock" in Victoria. Heavy Storm at Melbourne. Wreck on King's Island. Victorian Seamen's Society. Proceedings Against Late Master of City of Newcastle. Steamer Sailed for Sydney From New Zealand. the Burrangong Jockey Club Expected Visit of the Clio to Melbourne. Suspension of a Solicitor. Latest Mining and Commercial News, &c., &c., &c. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 12 December 1872 · page 2

At the tin sales held this day, best Ovens realized £130 per ton. A woman has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment, for severely beating her…

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Pastoral Intelligence

Empire · Friday 13 December 1872 · page 4

A great deak has been said and written about the English-bred horse Tim Whiffler, who was recently imported to Victoria; and,that he was an out-and-outer in his day no one will have the temerity to deny. A…

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Telegarms This Day Severestorm and Loss of Life by Lightning in Victoria New Discovery of Coal in Gippsland. a Burglar Nearly Killed at Sandhurst. Election of Sir Francis Murphy. Latest Victorian Wool Sales. the Crops in South Australia. Condemnation Op Polynesian Slave Traders. Railway League Meeting at Grafton. Scene in the Victorian Assembly. Escape of Prisoners From Pentridge. the Railway Action at Brisbane. Excitement at Wellington. Latest Mining and Commercial, &c., &c., &c. GEAFTON. Friday, 12.36 p.m

Evening News · Friday 13 December 1872 · page 2

The largest public meeting held in Graf ton for many years, was held last night. It was presided over and convened the Mayor, at the request of the Railway League…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1872 · page 743

BOTH in the Wellington and Bligh districts, as well as on the Murrumbidgee, the weather has been showery, though the quantity of rain fallen during the week ended the 7th was not so large aa had fallen within…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 December 1872 · page 10

A fine Arab entire, imported for stud purposes by Mr. Hunter, of Woodstock, arrived last week in the ship Ben Ledi, from Calcutta. Messrs. Robert Chirnside and Co. brought…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1872 · page 742

LAST week was brought to a close with three days' slow drizzling rain. The weather cleared up at the beginning of the week, but on Tuesday more rain fell, and on Wednesday there were appearances that…

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