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Farming & the land, 1876

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The Land. the Kew Disease in Victorian Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 582

THE long-expected reports of the Veterinary Commission appointed to inquire into the disease which, during the past autumn, caused such heavy losses to flockowners in the western district of Victoria is published, and the Victorian…

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The Grazier. The "Hew Disease" in Sheep in Victoria

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 14

THE chief inspector of stock, Mr. E. M. Curr, has furnished to the Chief Secretary the following report upon the " new disease " in sheep in the Western District:—…

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Mort and Go.'s Annual Wool and Produce Circular

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 32

Wool.—The past season has been an exceedingly eventful one to all concerned in the production of this staple, but is more particularly memorable for the unprecedented collapse in values which occurred at the third series of the London…

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Small Farms

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 19

The more intellect and industry a man puts in an acre of land the more money is be likely to take out of it. His judgment should tell him what crops will pay best in the market most…

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Farm Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 19

[We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops, er stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…

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Facts for Farmers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 19

It has been discovered that cows that do not give down their milk may be cured of the habit by milking with only one hand at a time. Cows giving milk need an abundance of water…

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A New Zealand Farmer on Pigs

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 584

AT the last monthly meeting of the Kaiapoi Farmers' Club, Mr. Parnham read a paper on pigs, from which we extra the following items:—Mr. Parnham drew attention to the characteristics of the Berkshire, Chinese…

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Season and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 583

SINCE our previous note on the season in the district around Sydney was penned, there has been some change, though not very strongly marked. At the end of last week the temperature became lower, and on Sunday a thunderstorm…

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Farming Notes for the Month

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 3

HAY-MAKING has been commenced on most of the high-lying farms in Cumberland and Camden. The crops (oaten) of hay are, as a rule, exceedingly heavy,…

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Ural Azette Rotation of Crops

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 3

THE following 5 principles have been laid down as fundamental:— 1. That every plant supported by the soil exhausts it…

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The Cultivator, Rotation of Crops

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 15

A WONDERFUL and most beautiful connection subsists between the organic and inorganic king[?] of Nature. The inorganic matter affords food for plants; and plunts. on the other hand, yield…

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Revolving Milk Shelves for a Dairy

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 16

ON a recent visit to Beacon Farm, we saw a new arrangement of shelves in the dairy, which has been drawn and engraved for the benefit of our readers. The whole affair is so well shown in the illustration,…

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The New Disease in Victorian Sheep. (From the Sydney Mail.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 November 1876 · page 7

THE long-expected report of the Veterinary Commission appointed to inquire into the disease which during the past autumn, caused such heavy losses [?] flock[?] in the western district of Victor is published, and the Victorian…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1876 · page 613

THERE is nothing in the latest reports from the pastoral districts to indicate that the fears entertained of another droughty season being before us were unjustified. No rain has fallen for the past fortnight in any of the great areas…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 November 1876 · page 15

Walgett, October 28. 200 head fat cattle from Currawillinghi (Hammond's) are passing for Sydney; they are said to be the finest lot which have ever left the back creeks. 179 of Terry's, of Nee Nee, are also…

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Improving the Breed of Dairy Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 November 1876 · page 16

THE Record-Union, in a recent issue, has the following valuable observations on this subject— There is a great difference in the value of cows for the dairy. In the recognition of this difference, and in the messures…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1876 · page 613

THE residents of the Deniliquin district have succeeded in forming an agricultural society on what may be termed a financial basis. The Pastoral Times reports a meeting of the subscribers, held on the 26th ultimo, at…

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Sheep From Adjacent Colonies

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1876 · page 612

IN a proclamation dated October 25th, on the ground that scab in sheep is not known to exist in the colony of Queensland, his Excellency, with the advice of the Executive Council, suspends for a further period of six months from…

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Suggestions About Breeding Cattle, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1876 · page 614

1. A PERFECT development and sound vigorous health, constitutionally, especially in the generative organs, are conditions of fertility. 2. In the maintenance and improvement of a breed, the…

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Introduction of Sheep Across the Murray

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 November 1876 · page 5

THE following regulations, made b[?] his Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, for carrying into effect the Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866, were published in yesterday's Government Gazette:—…

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