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Farming & the land, 1875

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Uralla Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 293

THE second annual show of this association was held on the 24th and 26th February. President: E. C. Bloomfield; vice-presidents: John M'Crossin and G. F. Morse: treasurer: G. D. Davies;…

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Australian Stockmen Yarding Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 20

STATION life in Australia has a peculiar charm for many minds—especially the young, the energetic, and…

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The Pastoral Runs of the Colony

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 12

THROUGH the courtesy of E. Du Faur, Esq., Chief Draftsman, Crown Lands Occupation Branch, Lands Office, we are placed in possession of a series of six maps of the pastoral runs of the colony. These form a…

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Queensland Pastoral Matters. Brisbane, February 12

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 3

My last letter was from Warwick, at which place a delightful day misspent, the occasion being the fifth year of the Western Downs Agricultural and Horticultural show, held at Warwick, particulars of which have…

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Pastoral Letter of the Right Rev. Dk. Murray, Bishop of Maitland. To the Catholic Clergy and Laitg of the Diocese of Maitland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 6

DEARLY BELOVED BRETHREN AND CHILDREN IN CHRIST,—We have entered already into that period of the year especially set apart by oar Holy mother the Church for our…

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Example Farming

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 297

THE Leader, in describing the Mount Aitken farm of 4000 acres, new Sandhurst, says:— Mr. Beattie's Bowing down is worthy of a passing note. The mount and the two paddocks adjoining at the foot he…

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Farm Mechanics, &c. XXI

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 294

BEFORE mentioning fermented pulping, let me describe Bental'e patent combined portable horse works and root pulper. It is mounted on a frame and driven by wheels, to which motion is given by a horse or bullock attached…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 16

An English paper is authority for the statement that if eggs intended for setting are stored with the large end down they will keep perfectly good for hatching more than a month. The reason given is that the…

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Pastoral Leases Act of 1869. Sale of the Unexpired Terms of Leases of Forfeited Runs of Crown Lands in the Unsettled Districts. Department of Public Lands, Pastoral Occupation Branch, Brisbane, February 13, 1875

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1875 · page 2

The attention of Stockowners and others is drawn to the notices in the GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of to-day's date, having reference to the undermentioned Forfeited Runs, situated in the unsettled districts, the unexpired terms of…

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Anlaby Sheep Station, Kapunda, S.a

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Wednesday 10 March 1875 · page 11

THE sheep stations in South Australia are of two classes— "those in the settled districts consist of purchased land, and those in the north are held as squattages at a rental from the Government. Anlaby, the subject of our illustration,…

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The Weather and Crops.—pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1875 · page 6

Accounts from all parts of the colony show that the [?]re drought of the summer which was beginning to cause considerable anxiety, has been ended by a general rainfall. As is unfortunately too common in our climate,…

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Pastoral Runs Boundary Maps

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1875 · page 9

OUR thanks are due to the Crown Lands Occupation Office for a set of maps which have been recently executed in the drafting branch, of that office, and are now published and ready for sale. They are but an…

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A Descriptive Cattle-log

Sydney Punch · Friday 12 March 1875 · page 1

WE don't look for a great display of literary talent in our dear friend and contemporary, the S. M. Herald:…

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Wool Sales in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1875 · page 3

WE have received from a firm in Sydney the following extract from a letter just received from their London correspondents, and enclosing a communication from the warehousing firm they employ. This…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 326

THERE has been no more rain of importance in the pastoral districts daring the past fortnight In some of the northern parts a farther downfall would be beneficial. On the Murfu[?]idgee, Lachlan, as well as to the north-west, the weather…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 15

The Central Australasian (Bourke) says that tho couutry in the neighbourhood of Cooper's Creek is being rapidly taken up. It is not long ago since Mr Joseph Becker took up about 1,6000 square miles in that locality, and…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 326

THE latter part of the previous week, and until Tuesday last, was a time of showery humid weather in the Metropolitan district, and the warmth rendered the atmosphere sultry and oppressive. Such conditions were very…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association of Central New England

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 15
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FROM the GLEN INNES EXAMINER of February 24 we learn that the Pastoral and Agricultural Association of Central Now England has held its seventh annual show at Invoroll. The exhibition was open for two…

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The Grazier. Importation of Cattle. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 15

SIR,—In your paper for February 13th, there is a letter signed " New England," advocating the free importation of cattle, to enable breeders to obtain breeds of cattle and sheep other than shorthorns and morinos,…

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