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Farming & the land, 1873

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The Wild Cattle of Chillingham Park

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 21

THE brood of wild cattle now existing only in two places in Great Britain—viz., at Chillingham Park and Hamilton, seem, whatever their origin, to have been inhabitants of many forest districts in England and…

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New Process of Cleaning Wool

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 21

A NEW method of cleaning wool, preparatory to its manufacture, was shown in operation a short time ago at Cleg Hall Mills, near Rochdale, by the patentees, in the presence…

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Mr. H. Austin's Wool Report

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 2

WOOL.—Something like 2,000 (two thousand) bales have been offered at auction during the past week, and have been taken readily at a slight advance on the prices recently…

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Favourable Report on Australian Wool. London, January 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 81

The Bradford Chamber of Commerce have reported favourably upon samples of Australian wool consigned to Messrs. Fisher and Murray. The committee, however, recommend that…

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Prise Essay. the Most Profitable Kind of Wool for New South Wales. (Concluded.)

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 19

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE wool is mostly of the merino breed, and some of the flocks are nearly equal in fineness to the best kinds of New South Wales wool. The soil and…

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A Farm Gate

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 70

THIS farm gate is suitable for a field or barnyard gate. As will be seen by the engraving, the back of the fool of the gate-post is braced by means of a block of wood wedded up tightly against the earth, and a…

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Mr. Horsfall's Dairy Management

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 21

MR. HORSFALL, in his Prize Essay in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, vol. xvii., p. 261, gives the following statement respecting his mode of…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 11

In American cheeae factories, the cheeses are generally cured in cellars, with a temperature below 70 degrees, are often seven inches in thickness, and 36 inches in diameter. They are turned twice each day…

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The London Wool Market

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 3

MESSRS. Jacomb and Co. report:—The fifth series of public sales of colonial wools for the current year commenced on November 82, and Fill probably last till December 5. There has been thus far a very full attendance of the home trade, but…

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The London Wool Market

Empire · Thursday 23 January 1873 · page 3

MESSRS. Jacomb and Co. report:—The fifth serles of public sales of colonial wools for the current year commenced on November 21, and will probably last till December 6. There has been thus far a very tull attendance of the home trade, but…

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Telegrams This Day. Fall of Sheep and Cattle in the Melbourne Market. Victorian Wool Sales. Death in Yarra Bend. Working of the New Education Act. Marriage of Miss Snodgrass. the Delli Among Icebergs. the Melbourne Loan Market. Rise in the Price of Cordage. Yield of Gold at Young. Royal Visit to Melbourne. Accident at Ballarat Brewery. Shocking Accident to a Boy. Woollen Factory in Tasmania. Accident to Mr. Chichester. Latest Markets. &c. &c. &. MELBOURNE. Wednesday, 8.3 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1873 · page 2

Messrs. Powers, Rutherford, and Co. report: Cattle are about 15s lower; sheep not quite so firm. We sold Westward bullocks at £9 2s; Lachlan bullocks at £8 3s. 1700 cattle and…

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Wool Sales. London, January 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1873 · page 5

The new clip of wool is coming in; present arrivals are not considered of a satisfactory quality. The Liverpool wool sales show advanced…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 102

DURING the week ended Saturday last the weather in all the pastoral districts was unsettled, and rain Occasionally fell in great quantities. Until lately the weather in the south-west has been quite cool for the season. Sheep and…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 11

The Monaro Times says: Two steamers, the John Penn, and Hunter, were put on at Merimbula last week to clear off the accumulation of wool and other cargo. Five hundred and fifty bales of wool, besides a large quantity of…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 102

THE Examiner, speaking of the weather in the Clarence district, states that this has been the wettest summer season known on the Clarence for some years past, which has caused business to be rather dull, as so much rain has…

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The Prevention of the Cattle Plague. (From the Farmer.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 10

DR. BOULEY, an eminent physiologist and veterinarian, who has given special attention to the cattle plague, has lately made a very important report to the Academy of Sciences of Pari[?] of the proceedings of the…

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The Clarence Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 11

WE have received the Prize Schedule of this Society, for their show to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 18th and 19th March, 1873; and the list of prize[?] appears to be very well cut out for the requirements, as…

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How Philadelphia Butter is Made. (From the Report of the United States Commissioner of Agriculture.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 12

"PHILADELPHIA PRINT" is known in the central cities of the United States as butter unsurpassed for sweetness, solidity, and golden colour. It always commands a fancy price, and is ever sought with an avidity…

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Farming in the Sandhurst District

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 101

MAYBANK, the property of Mr. N. Fick, of Sandhurst, is situated on the banks of the Campaspe, distant about four miles and a half from the Goornong station, on the Murray River railway, and about twenty-five miles from…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 13

Mr. Lyman Cate, of Oakland county, Michigan, has been experimenting the past few years with apples, and finds those packed in plaster of Paris keep much longer than any other way he has tried. He uses…

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