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Farming & the land, 1874

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 496

THE latest advices from the pastoral districts speak of an abatement of the rains, which in some parts had been unusually heavy. Fine weather had set in at Wagga and highly favoured the growth of vegetation; there had been…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 21

The celebrated imported ram, " The Old Silesian," once the property of Mr. E. K. Cox, which was the foudation of the strain embodied in the 2-nick and full-cured Broombee flooks, died at Mr. G. Davidson's, Murrunguudy…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 496

IN the county of Cumberland, during the week preceding the 15th instant, there was great diversity in the weather. There were several fine days, and Monday promised a continuance; but early on Tuesday rain fell in great quantity,…

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Cattle Sales

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 10

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, sold on account of Mr. G. S. Yeo, five heifers in calf to the Duke of Hilton, for an average price of 70 guineas…

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Exhibition Cattle Sales

Empire · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 2
Also in Evening News

YESTERDAY Mr. Campbell (Want and Co.) recommenced the cattle sales in the cattle circus on the Exhibition Ground, and having left off overnight in the middle of Mr. Walter Lamp's lot, began with the rest of them. The auctioneer had…

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The English Wool Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 35

February 20. MR. HELMUTH S[?] reports:—Both the home and foreigntrades are very s[?]gly represented in the sales, and there is a good competition, but hardly as much spirit as…

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Worms in Sheep, To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 20

As the drooping season may breed worms in the sheep in some of the districts in the colony, I would feel obliged by your bringing the following cures for that disense under the notice of sheepowners:—…

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The Grazier. Plain Words about Bottle in Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 20

I SUPPOSE that every body knows what bottle in sheep is; the universal answer is, a swelling under the lower jaw, not unlike a whisky bottle; hence the title—bottle in sheep; but this crude kind of knowledge answered…

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Secret Poisoning in the Bush. (from the Pastoral Times, April 11.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 10

OF all the means of destroying life wilfully, secretly, and effectively, in the lonely bush of Australia, that of poisoning is the most to be dreaded. The days of hushranging, as far as the more settled colonies are concerned, seem to…

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Worms in Sheep. (To the Editor on the Herald.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 497

SIR,—As the drooping season may breed worms in the sheep in some of the districts of the colony, I would feel obliged by your bringing the following cures for that disease under the notice of sheep owners…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 22

At the annual dinner of the Coggeshall Agricul[?]ty, Mechi said that, " one great delician[?] with agriculture was the want of [?] and more saintific education of agriculturists…

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The Third Day's Cattle Sales at the Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1874 · page 5

THE sales of Saturday commenced at an early hour, and continued until about 4 in the afternoon. Some of the lots resched very high figures, and some were passed in the faco of good offers. Lot 281, for instance, Mr. Morton's…

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Messages. the Imperial Budget. the New Solicitor General. Colonial Produce Markets. Expected Decline in Wool. Rise in the Price of Tin. Funeral of Dr. Livingstone. Russian Squadron for Australia. Reuter's Special Telegram. London, Vis Singapore, April 18, 9.13 a.m Received in Sydney, April 13, 8.53 p.m

Evening News · Monday 20 April 1874 · page 2

By adding to the revenue the Government loans advanced to local bodies, the estimated surplus revenue of the year 1874 will be £6,000,000, which amount will be transformed into…

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Pastoral Intelligence

Empire · Tuesday 21 April 1874 · page 3

Briefly chronicled, says the Mo[?] Mercury, the weather is dry; cool frosty morus, warm noons, and [?] nights; Gras does not suffer much from the frost as yet, as they are rather light, and the prospect of winter…

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New South Wales As a Wheat-producing Country. to the Editor of Teh Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1874 · page 6

SIR,—I have read your paragraph of this day with careful attention, but, even in its amended form, I must still object to the statement that "wheat which once had possession of the greatest proportion of the tilled land is rapidly…

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Wheat-growing in New South Wales. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1874 · page 8

SIR,—A correspondent (G. H. R[?]) has taken upon himself the task or correcting a statement made by your journal that "wh[?]t which once ha[?] possession of the greatest proportion of the t[?] is fast disappearing before crops…

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The American Wheat Crop. London, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1874 · page 5

It has been announced, on the authority of the Agricultural Department of the United States, that the American wheat crpp is unusually promising, and that the acreage sown with…

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Cable Messages. Telegrams This Day. Suppression of Ritualism. the American Wheat Crop, the Proposed Cession of the Fijis. [A portion of the following appeared in our Second and Third Editions of Yesterday.] [Reuter's Special Telegrams.] London, via, Singapore, April 22, 7.25 a.m. Received in Sydney, April 22, 2.40 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 23 April 1874 · page 2

The Archbishop of Canterbury has introduced a bill enabling the episcopal authorities cheaply and expeditiously to restrain clergymen of the Church of England from introducing irregular…

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Baby Farming in Victoria

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1874 · page 3

AT the Melbourne Criminal Sessions, on Saturday, a woman named Louisa Burgess was put upon her trial, for the manslaughter of an infant samed Thomas Miller. The child (according to the Daily…

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