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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1874

860 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 43

Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1874 · page 783

THE cold is now beginning to tell upon the feel in most districts, and the face of the land is fast losing its late verdant aspect. It has been raining at Wagga, but notwithstanding this, and the wintry temperature, the…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 June 1874 · page 15

During the weel (says the Deniliquin Chronicle) only one mob of fate cattle and two flocks of fat sheep have passed through. On Saturday,2,300 of the letter, belonging to Wragge and Hearne, passed; Monday, 3,000 ditto, of…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1874 · page 783

FAIR clear weather has prevailed in the metropolitan district for the past week, and there are Borne prospects of a continuance. The temperature of the atmosphere has been, as low at times as is usual at any period of our. winter…

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Cattle Management

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1874 · page 781

THE Field, writing on this subject, says:—The treatment of fatting cattle demands attention at this season. The lengthening nights warn us to remove from the pastures such animals as have been preparing, by the aid of…

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The Grazier High-Priced Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 June 1874 · page 14

A CORRESPONDENT in tho interior sends tho followletter requesting information in reply:— You would do me a groat favour by procuring a little information for myself through the columns of your very valuable…

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Blackleg in Cattle. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 June 1874 · page 33

SIR—In your issue of 23rd May, appeared a letter signed "Mittagong," relative to the good effects of carlie for blackleg Would " Mittagong," through your columns, bo good enough to state the made of administration, and at what age…

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Packing Butter for Shipment. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 June 1874 · page 20

SIR,—Having now and then seen articles in your paper, having reference to the packing of butter for shipment, will you kindly allow mea short space in which to give myquota of information upon the subject, which may perhaps afford a…

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Wellington District Farming

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1874 · page 781

WELLINGTON is, perhaps, one of the finest agricultural districts in the colony, says the local Gazette; land of almost unsurpassable richness is to be found on every side. The town of Wellington itself is situated on rich soil, and…

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American Dairymen's Discussions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1874 · page 782

THE following information is taken from the proceedings of the Vermont Association of Farmers:—MILK AND ITS TYPICAL RELATIONS.—Dr. E. Lewis Sturtevant, of South Framlingham, Mass., read a paper on…

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The Cultivator. An Agriculturist's Tour to the West. [By an "Old Country" Farmer.] No. IV

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

SIR,—I have examined a largo portion of the country beyond Molong, and satisfied myself that there is a vast area of excellent land lying in that direction which is capable of a high state of…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 June 1874 · page 20

There are instances where " deterioration " in orchards by tho aid of soft soap, sulphur, and a strong application of "elbow-grease" was completely changed into "progression" in a single season. An old,…

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Messages. Colonial Loans. Extensive Failures in England. London Wool and Produce Markets. the Pope and Italy. Illness of Garibaldi. Loss Op a Turkish Ship—320 Persons Drowned. French Politics. London, June 20

Evening News · Tuesday 23 June 1874 · page 2

Received is Sydney,June 22. 9.30p.m. The New Zealand loan is now officially quoted at the London Stock Exchange. The Canadian 4 per cent loan for £4,000,000 has…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 815

THE present period of the year is about the most severe that sheep and cattle experience; but up to the present there has been little hardship to submit to. Lately little rain has fallen anywhere, except on the Murrambidgee,…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 14

The next show of the Central Australian Pastoral Association will be hold at Bourke in November. A proposal has been accepted to hold alternate shows at Bourke anti Brewarrlua…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 814

WE are now in the midst of winter; the atmospheric temperature has lately been very low in the metropolis, and not far from its western boundaries frosts have been frequent. The days for the last fortnight were clear and bright, with…

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Disease in Sheep

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 11

WE observe that the rage for sheep which has continued unabated since the introduction of pleuro among cattle is meeting now with a very decided check. It seems that,…

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To Improve Bad Butter

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 18

VARIOUS methods have been adopted for the purification, and improvement of bad butter, according to the cause from which the defect arises. When the butter is merely…

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Rust in Wheat

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 11

E. G. EDWARDS, a Baltimore correspondent of the Country Gentleman, writes:—" A. farmer friend of mine in Virginia has told me how he keeps off the rust in wheat. He…

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Cancer in the Eyes of Cattle

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 14

CANCER of the eye is not supposed to be infectious. The only remedy would be the removal of the eye, if such were deemed desirable. There is an affection of the eye…

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Correspondence. Cattle Judging. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 814

SIR,—Having for years been engaged in the breeding and showing of shorthorns, upon reading some letters in your paper on Cattle Judging, I cannot refrain from making a few remarks on this important subject, hoping that you…

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