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Farming & the land, 1876

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Textile Plants. Baron Mueller at the Ballarat Farmers Club

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 July 1876 · page 16

ON Saturday the 27th May there was a very large gathering of the above club induced by the visit of Baron Von Mueller to deliver his promised lecture on "TextilePlants deserving extensive Culture in Victoria."…

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The Cultivator. Garden and Farm Memoranda for July

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 July 1876 · page 16

IN the Metropolitan district, autumn sown field crops are promising well, but they begin to feel the want of rain. There have been some very sharp frosts, sharper for June than we remember for many years. Unless…

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The Largest Farm in New Zealand

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 July 1876 · page 17

A LETTER from a reliable source speaks of the continued success due to good management on Mr. Menlove's estate, Windsor Park, nine miles from Oamaru, New Zealand, which attracted considerable attention…

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Farm Notes for July. (From the Sydney Mail.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 July 1876 · page 3

THE energy with which the work on most farms has been carried on during the past six weeks augurs suce s[?]ul results from the sowing, which was so long [?]etand d through the ill effects of the drought. Frame's that have…

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Importation of Sheep. (From yesterday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 July 1876 · page 6

Proclamation by his Excellency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Suint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of…

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The Mudeee Pastoral and Agri cultural Society's Show. MUDGEE. Thursday, 12.32 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 6 July 1876 · page 2

The sixteenth exhibition of the Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association opened yesterday, [?] was in every way a success. The general arrangements were faultless, and the decisions of the judges and…

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The Weather and Crops—pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 July 1876 · page 7

The weather has been variable during the past month, in the metropolitan as well as country districts of the colony. Some seasonable [?] have fallen, and though the frosty w[?] has set in, there has been a mederate growth of…

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The Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mudgee. Thursday 12.32 p.m

Evening News · Friday 7 July 1876 · page 3

The sixteenth exhibition of the Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association opened yesterday, and was in every way a success. The general arrangements were faultless, and the decisions of the judges and…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 37

THE winter weather de at this period of the year is being felt rather severely in some parts of the Southern districts, and owing to the absence of rain a good deal of une[?]ness exists as to the supply of water. This is more…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 15

Messrs. Griffiths and Weaver infozm us of the arrival of a very fine spocimen of the Booth blood in the shape of the young shorthern bull Burleigh, bred at Arundel, Victoria, by Mr. Robert M'Dougall, by his…

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Importation of Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 37

PROCLAMATION by his Excellency Sir Hercules G. R. R[?]inson Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of…

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The Circular Quay Wool Stores

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 28

IN continuation of our remarks on the Circular Quay and the warehouses situate in the immediate locality, we furnish our readers this week with a few additional particulars…

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Australian Wool Market Eeport [Gbiffithb and Co.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 32

Since our lastreport direct telegraphia communication witn Europe has still continued interrupted, and it is only by the arrival ot the several mail steamers that we are in possession of any advices. The late it da'to hand is 3rd June, so that…

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The Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. (From Our Own Correspondent.) [By Electric Telegraph.] Mudgee. Thursday, 12.32 p m

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 9

The sixteenth exhibition of the Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association opened yesterday, and was in every way a success. The general arrangements were faultless, and the decisions of the judges and…

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The Australian Town & Dountre Journal Sydney, Saturday, July 8, 1876. Australian Wool for the American Markets

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 12

THE letter of Mr AUGUSTUS MORRIS, Executive Commissioner for this colony at the Centennial Exhibition, which is published in another part of this journal, contains statements of much…

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Farm Notes. Seasonable Hints for the Farm

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 18

There is not as much danger as usual of wheat crops becoming winter-proud; the seed time was late and the weather has, so far, been cool and ungenial, frosts having been prevalent…

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The Season and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 36

THE metropolitan district has enjoyed a week of line open weather, cold during the early and late parts of the day, but for the most part bright and genial. Vegetation generally in the gardens and plantations now appears in a state…

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Tales. Edina. [The right of publication in Australia has been purchased by the proprietors of the Sydney Mail.] Chapter Xxx.—cropping Up Again

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 1

"WHY, Daisy! Out marketing, my dear;" The salutation to Mrs. Frank Raynor came from her husband. One winter's morning, heedless of the extreme cold and the frost that made the streets…

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The Cultivator. Farming Suggestions for July

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 16

FARMERS and others have boen relieved in the most pleasant manner from the fears of continued dry weather they were beginning to entertain, by the very genial and timely showers which visited the motropolitan and…

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The Largest Farm in Victoria

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 16

HAVING heard so much during the past fow years of the farming speculations of Mr. C. Koch (at Nungeela, on the Glenelg River) we determined to pay his property a visit, and accordingly drove over the other day…

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