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Farming & the land, 1872

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Wool, Tallow, and Hides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1872 · page 12

DURING the fortnight that has elapsed since the date of the usual Sydney Morning Herald monthly summary, there has been no material change in the market for our chief staple. I'rices have continued tolerably firm at previous quotations,…

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Appendix. Wool. January 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1872 · page 12

Messrs. Mart and Co., under this date, held a clearunce sale of single baies and small parcels. The catalogue comprised close upon 190 lots, exclusive of numerous pockets and bags. The number of bales offered amounted to 464,…

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Wool Market. New York, December 24

Empire · Wednesday 14 February 1872 · page 3

Wool— Active. The stock of Australian in this city is 638 bales. Sales, 30 bales, private. At Boston, 178,0001bs, at 52c to 6[?]c; also 40,0001bs New Zealand, at 68c to 59c…

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Punch's Prize Manuals. No. 1. Guide to the Farm

Sydney Punch · Thursday 15 February 1872 · page 1

IN farming, one of the most important features is, first to procure a farm. The individual who endeavoured to raise pumpkins on his parlour table signally failed when the girl came to lay the dinner. By all means choose a cheerful sunny aspect, if possible in the British…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

Empire · Friday 16 February 1872 · page 3

THE Bourke Telegraph says —In consequence of the heavy rainfalls at the head of its tributaries, our great watery highway, the River Darling, is once more navigable, and the busy steamers may be seen…

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Wool Circulars. [Helmuth Schwartze.] December 8th, 1671

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1872 · page 3

The fifth and last series of London public sales of colonial woo which commenced on the 23rd of November, terminated on the 7th instant, the catalogues having comprised 74,887 bales. The total arrivals were only 68,813 bales, and of these about 6000…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 198

IT is reported from Deniliquin by the Pastoral Times of the 10th that, the grass and water being so abundant through the pastoral districts of Lachlan and Darling, large quantities of stock are moving about there—some of them…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 11

THE Bourke Telegraph says:—In consequence of the heavy rainfalls at the head of its tributaries, our great watery highway, the River Darling, is once more navigable, and the busy steamers may be seen…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 198

IN the Metropolitan district the weather continued fine, but excessively hot, until Tuesday, when a change took place, and there were some few light showers—hardly sufficient to lay the dust and only…

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Wool Report

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 1
Also in The Irish Citizen

The wool trade is steady m tone; transactions not numerous. The next sales take place on February 8. Probable arrivals, 70000 bales. Considerable reduction on…

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The Wheat Crops in Victoria and South Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 4

The Bendigo Advertiser says:—From all that can be gained with regard to the produce returns through this colony, the reports are most conflicting. Wheat—In some districts…

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The Pastoral Letter of John Bede

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 11

"In the last days shall come dangerous times; men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, without affection…

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The Central New England Pastoral and Agricultural Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 11

THE show of the Central New England Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at Glen Innes on the 7th inst, and was favoured by fine weather. The exhibits of horses, cattle, and sheep were exceedingly good…

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Wool Market. New York, December 24

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 24

Wool.—Active. The stock of Australian in this city is 638 bales. Sales, 30 bales, private. At Boston, 173,0001bs, at 52c to 60c; also 40,0001bs New Zealand, at 58c to 59c…

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Agricultural Shows. Central New England Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Fourth Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 196

THE exhibition of the Central New England Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at Glen Innes on the 7th instant. The show was throughout an unqualified success, and in…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 14

THE largest amount of actual nutriment that can be taken from an aero of ground, in afforded by a crop of turnips, and the great bulk of the crop, as well as the large amount of water turnips contain—90 per cent.—…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

Evening News · Monday 19 February 1872 · page 4

THE Bourke Telegraph says:—In consequence of the heavy rainfalls at the head of its tributaries, our great watery highway, the River Darling, is once more navigable, and the busy steamers may be seen…

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The Wool Trade. Obtaining Money Under False Pretences

Evening News · Monday 19 February 1872 · page 3

AT the Mansion House on December 9, Mr. Robert Peter Short, a well-dressed nun of middle-age, who had been apprehended on a warrant, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with obtaining a…

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Sheep Hurdles

Illustrated Sydney News · Tuesday 20 February 1872 · page 14

Light, cheap, easily made, and easily erected hurdles are a necessity where sheep are kept. The hurdle figured on this page is made of small round poles from two to three inches thick; the cross-bars are of smaller poles,…

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