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Farming & the land, 1873

881 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 45

Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 May 1873 · page 13

THE accompanying elevation and plans of a house suitable for the suburban streets of a city, or for a country town or village residence, although those of a description of building not exactly within the meaning of the…

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Telegrams This Day the Gulgong Libel Case. Sentence of Felix Kabat. the Sandhurst Murderer. the Staffordshire Case. Mail Steamer Quarantined. the Submarine Telegraph Line. New Victorian Postal Act. Suicide at Campbell's Creek. Latest Prom Port Darwin. the Adelaide Wheat Market. Latest Commercial and Mining. &c., &c., &c. GULGONG

Evening News · Wednesday 21 May 1873 · page 2

Five hundred miners and business people have petitioned the Governor for a remission of Mr. De Courcy Browne's sentence. The settling for the races was generally…

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Saving the Waste in Wool-washing. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 May 1873 · page 3

SIR,—Your leading article of the 19th instant is one of suth a nature to arrest the attention of anyone desirous of seeing industrial pursuits which will give an impetus to remunerative employment, and be sources of material wealth to any…

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Telegrams This Day Brawling in a Church at Wangaratta. the Gulgong Escort. the Royal Mint Lease Crushing. Latest From Hill End. the Melbourne Sheep and Cattle Sales. the R.M.S. Baroda. the Suez Mail Contract. Projected Reduction of Newspaper Postage, Victoria. Libel Actions at Melbourne. Eight Hours' Movement at Adelaide. Salmon Ova for New Zealand. New Roman Catholic Paper at Dunedin. the Waikato Trouble. Pastoral Rents, Christchurch. the Cambridge Murder. the Heart of Luthoan. Wollongong Sessions. Adelaide Markets. Latest Mining. &c., &c., &c. Hill End. Thursday, 11.48 a.m

Evening News · Thursday 22 May 1873 · page 2

In Brown's claim, at Hawkins' Bill, a portion of the easterly vein has been broken down, showing gold equal to five ounces per ton, and of a permanent character. Hickson and…

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Waste in Wool-washing. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 May 1873 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of to-day I notice a letter from Mr. Thomas respecting "saving the waste in wool-washing." In that letter he says, "respecting Mr. Farrer's remarks in his journal about Chevreul, a…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 646

IN the south-western country around Wagga the fine weather was, at the date of last intelligence, likely to give place to rain. The prospects of the lambing were good, and on the plains it has commenced. In the Manara…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 14

On Thursday last, says the Tamworth Weekly News, a mob of 1100 head of store cattle passed through Tenterfield, in charge of Mr. M'Bride, from Mr. T. Lances Bunguwalbyn station, on the Richmond River, en route for…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 646

FOR some days prior to the beginning of the present week the weather in the metropolitan district was warm and fine; a change, however, took place on Monday, when the temperature fell so low as to be thoroughly wintry. The cold…

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Cheviot Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 16

THE Cheviots—a range of hills in the border counties of England and Scotland—were the early home of the Cheviot sheep, whence they derived their name, and to which they were exclusively confined for many…

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The Grazier. Grass and Sheep Farming. No. 3. Inorganic Constituents of Grass

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 13

AFTER explaining the principal organic contents of grass, namely the proteins or albuminoid, and the amyloid or starchy substances, our author proceeds to demonstrate that these although forming in themselves,…

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The Growth of Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 645

THE consideration of the growth of wool will now engage our attention: it will be necessary first to describe its structure and composition: and we shall then be in a position to discuss its growth; and what influence, as far as…

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Diseases in Sheep incidental te Lambing

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 645

AT the quarterly meeting of the Gala Water Farmers' Club, Dr. Middleton read a paper on this subject, in which be treated:—1. Those conditions under which the ewe during pregnancy and at the period of parturition enjoys…

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Waste From Wool Washing. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 5

SIR,—Referring to the correspondence which has taken place in your paper, on the subject of the utilization of the waste from wool, I beg to state I for somo time past carried on the process of extracting potash from the waste water at…

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Waste Matter in Wool. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 5

SIR,—Mr. Earrar doubts the existence of 1 lb. of dirt or other foreign matter in a 5-lb, fleece of ordinary Merino greasy wool. For my part having been unable to procure more than 20 per cent, from tho cleanest Morino fleece…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 12

The best stock for rough country or mountain pastures and the best winter pasture for them is as follows. The best horned stock for such localities is the Devon, if beef only is wanted, or the Ayrshire if…

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Pastoral Items

Empire · Tuesday 27 May 1873 · page 3

The lambing at Hay, according to the Standard, proceeds comfortably, although on some runs they would like a little rain. The weather appearances are very changeable, but no rain has fallen for some time, and dams,…

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Farming and Half Farming. (From the Utica Weekly Herald.)

Empire · Tuesday 27 May 1873 · page 4

WE have known people ambitious to make money, who would spare no labours to increase their income, and when they had secnred it, would spend it to no purpose —waste it; get rid of it they scarcely knew how—and…

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To Farmers and Graziers. How to Spout Lamb

Sydney Punch · Thursday 29 May 1873 · page 1

[MR. PUNCH advises his country contributors to be in time. It's not always that allusions will be inserted, if they arrive a "day after the fair," but he gives this the benefit of grace.] Advance, Australia! A new term hath been added to your…

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The Alleged Baby Farming Case in South Australia. {Abridged from the South Australian Advertiser.)

Evening News · Friday 30 May 1873 · page 3

AT the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court, Adelaide, on the 20th May, Susan Appleby and Sarah Winch, married women, were charged with the murder of a female child named Ellen Laycock, at Stirling…

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The Alleged Baby Farming Case in South Australia. (Abridged from the South Australian Advertiser.)

Empire · Friday 30 May 1873 · page 3

AT the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court, Adelaide, on the 20th May. Susan Appleby and Sarah Winch, married women, were charged with the murder of a female child named Ellen Laycock, at Stirling,…

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