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Farming & the land, 1873

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Shropshire Sheep

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

ALTHOUGH a comparatively recent breed, these valuable sheep are probably more widely distributed than any others, and merit increasing patronage, as they possess many sterling qualities, which it is the object of the…

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The Cultivator. On the Renovation of Exhausted Land by Green Cropping and Sheep Farming

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 12

THE next sheep most suitable, because the cheapest, will be the merino, and to those who can afford it, a cross might be got by procuring a Lincoln ram; the stock not being intended for breeding a future permanont…

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The Pastoral of John Bede

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 5

IN our last we showed that those quasireligious but really political epistles which Romish Bishops command to be read from the pulpit on the Sundays to their people,…

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Hoven in Cattle. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 11

SIR,—A correspondent in last week's issue feels somewhat dispeptic over the method recommended for emptying a beast's stomach packed with swollen clover, and recommends what we might name, for euphony's sake, the pistonlogical…

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Cunningham Plains Wool-shed Rules

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 10

1. Shearing will commance at sunrise in the morning, and end half an hour before sunset each evening, at which hours the bell will sound. 2. M[?] times will be from 8 to 9 o'clock in the morning…

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Sale of Imported and Colonial-Bred Merino, Lincoln, and Leicester Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 11

Messrs. Powers, Rutherford, and Co., of Melbourne, report:—There was a very large attendance at our sale held in Melbourne on Tuesday, and almost every lot offered was disposed of the highest price having been obtained privately…

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Latest Intelligence. the Harvest and Wheat Market. London, September 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 336

WHEAT is advancing in price. The weather, being cold and rainy, is unfavourable to the getting in of the harvest…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 13

CRUDE KEROSENE OR PETROLEUM FOR CATERPILLARS.—J. H. Robinson, Lawrence. Co., Pa., writes that for the last eight or ten years he has used crude kerosenE with great success. He keeps a vessel…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association

Empire · Tuesday 16 September 1873 · page 3

ON Wednesday, 10th instant the Murrumoidgee Pastoral Association held their annual sh[?]w at the exhibition ground. The attendance was excell[?]nt, and the general arrangements reflected, as [?] the highest or di- upon the secretary. Mr…

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The Annual Show of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association. (From the Wagga Express.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 September 1873 · page 2

ON Wednesday last, 10th instant, the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association held their anuual show at the exhibition ground, Wagga. Notwithstanding the threatening appearance of the weather upon the evening previous, the day…

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Pastoral Leases Act of 1869. Crown Lands Office, Brisbane, August 16, 1873

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 September 1873 · page 7

The attention of PASTORAL LESSEES in the UNSETTLED DISTRICTS, and others, is directed to the Amended Descriptions of the undermentioned Runs, published in the Government Gazette of to-day's date, pages…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 362

THE shearing is now going on with vigour, and there are no complaints of scarcity of hands for the work. The reports from the varions quarters of the squatting districts speak favourably of the quality and weight of the clip…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 12

On Wednesday, the 3rd, 270 fat cattle, Tyson's passid for Victoria, at Balranald; and on Saturday last the steamer Elizabeth passed, with [?]arge, downwards, with wool, which was coming [?] there very fast…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 362

DURING the week ended on Wednesday the weather in the county of Cumberland was dry and spring-like in warmth and brightness. Everywhere vegetation ia showing the change of season, the orchards being now in full blossom,…

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Murmmbidgee Pastoral Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 359

ON Wednesday, the 10th instant, the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association held their annual show at the exhibition ground, Wagga. Notwithstanding the threatening appearance of the weather upon the evening previous, the day…

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Mu[?]rumbidgee Pastoral Association

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 11

ON Wednesday, 10th instant, the Murrumbidgee Pastoral [?]ssociation held their annual show at the exhibition ground, Wagga Wagga. [?]he attendance was excellent, and the general arrangements reflected as usual, the highest credit upon the…

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Breeds of Sheep. (From a Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 10

THE distinct breeds, and sub varieties, of sheep, are now very numerous. We have no intention of noticing them in detail, but shall rather confine our observations to those which, by common consent, are the most…

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Characteristics of the most Valuable Breeds of Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 17

THE accompanying engraving presents a collection of portraits of bulls of some of the principal breeds of cattle famed for beef or the dairy. In the centre, the…

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Fluke or Liver Rot in Sheep. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 11

SIR,—Under this Heading, I had the pleasure—perhaps the advantage—of reading a paper written by the Secretary of the Victorian Agricultural Society, as copied in your journal of the 6th i[?]stant…

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Telegrams This Day Latest Melbourne Betting Latest From Brewarrina. the New Rush at Palmer River Queensland. Breach of Steamer Regulations at Bourke. -Hill End Jockey Club Cup. the Hotham Murder. the Hamilton Sheep Show. London Wheat Market. Latest Mining, Commercial &c., &c., &c. BREWARRINA Friday, 9.21 p.m

Evening News · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 2

The telegraphic line was opened here on Tuesday. The river is navigable, and rising above its usual level…

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