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Farming & the land, 1876

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Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 165

IN the metropolitan district the weather of the week ended Wednesday last was fair and pleasant, generally cold and clear. Here rain is not wanted at present. The soil is sufficiently moist for agricultural and garden work, and if…

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Baby Farming in a Convent: Shocking Disclosures in Montreal

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 4

The Montreal Witness says:--The public has all along been aware that the Sæurs Grises receive into their institution many hundred babies yearly to take care of, but the modus…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 198

THERE is little improvement in the character of the intelligence from the pastoral districts. In the South-West no rain has fallen; feed is scarce, and the continued cold weather is an obstacle to the shearing, though it cannot be…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 15

The weather report, says a South Australian paper, shows that the rains havo been general throughout the colony, though in some localities the quantity, registered has not been great. Melrose has had the…

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Cattle. Males

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 15

Durham Bull, tree years old, and over. Pirst, A Bowman's Theodore, 10th: George Lowder, Booth's Kinsman, second. Durham Bull, two years old: First, A. Bowman's…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 197

AT a meeting held on the 27th ultimo at Deniliquin, for the purpose of forming a pastoral and agricultural association, the Deniliquin Chronicle reports that the following resolutions were carried:—"That it is desirable that a…

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Sheep. Fine-woolled

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 15

Judges: Messrs. James J. Riley, Alexander H. Cox, J. Mosely. Clothing-wool Ram. George L. Lethbridge, prize. Best pen of three Clothing-wool Rams. George L…

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Pastoral Show of Riverina. Jerilderie, July 27

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 199

IN regard to the show, the result must be disappointing to the promoters. The season has been most unpropitious, and the long dry weather must have militated to a great extent against the success of the exhibition, owing to the…

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Markets for Australian Wool

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 16

THE following letter appears in the Australasian:—In your issue of the 22nd instant appeared a letter with the above heading, from "An…

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Mort and Co.'s Monthly Wool and Produce Circular

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 33

Wool.—The most unsatisfactory news that has reached these colonies for a very long period regarding the European markets for our chief staple, is that furnished by telegrams published here on the 14th and 19th of last month…

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The Australlian Down & Country Journal Sydney, Saturday, August 12, 1876. The State of the Wool Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 12

IT may be assumed, without much risk of being mistaken, that in the minds of a large portion of the community, neither the closing scenes of the session of Parliament, nor any other topics,…

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Farm Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 19

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—As the crops appear above ground, advantage should be taken of fine dry days to hoe the surface thoroughly in order not only to destroy weeds as they germinate…

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Season and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 197

IN the county of Cumberland the weather since our last note on the subject has been of a vernal character, the days having been genial, and even the nights warmer than usual at this season of the year. On Sunday and Monday light…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 198

SEEING some remarks on the preparation of rennet in your issue of the 29th ultimo, and having had considerable experience as a cheese factory manager in England, I am induced to offer some practical hints on the subject…

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Scab in Sheep

Evening News · Tuesday 15 August 1876 · page 2

Mr. Walker, in the Legislative Assembly of Victaria, on Wednesday evening, called the attention of the Chief Secretary to the fact that, though Victoria has for some time been proclaimed free from scab…

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Wholesale Cattle-Stealing at Armidale

Evening News · Tuesday 15 August 1876 · page 2

At the Armidale General Sessions, John Whalan was indicted before Acting Judge Ellis for stealing 45 cows, 40 heifers, and 5 calves, the property of John Jard and others, at Orreba, on the 1st October, 1875…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1876 · page 230

THE season has undergone a change that is likely to be beneficial to stock in general. The Southern districts, which have for months suffered from want of rain, have been relieved by a plenteous downfall that has extended…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 August 1876 · page 15

During the past week in Gundagai ice has been one inch thick, and on Tuesday last the frost remained upon the ground in several places all day. Numbers of cattle have died during the week from poverty and cold…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1876 · page 229

THE annual meeting of the Armidale and New England Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in the Town-hall, Armidale, on the 9th instant, and [the Express reports) with a good attendance. The treasurer, Mr. John…

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Intercolonial Sheep Traffic

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1876 · page 229

OUR neighbours in Victoria are severely exercised regarding the delay in the establishment of quarantine stations for sheep along our southern bolder, which, would permit the passage of Victorian sheep overland into this colony…

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