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Farming & the land, 1877

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Section Iii.—sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 27

Fine-woolled sheephave always been almost unknown at our shows; a state of things that underwent no alteration this time, there being but two exhibits, and the exhibition was confined to Linoolns, Leicesters, and…

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Tenterfield Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 482

THE first exhibition of the above association was held in Tenterfield on Thursday and Friday, the 5th and 6th April; and if a multitude of excellent exhibits, a crowd of highly gratified spectators, and glorious weather constitute…

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The Land. Wool and Wool Exhibitions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 482

THE suggestion that papers on pastoral and agricultural subjects should be read on the ground during the present Exhibition, although by some persons considered absurd when first set forth, is likely to prove a seed from which…

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Cattle Sale Yards. &c

Evening News · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon at Alfred Park, Mr. W. [?] Buchanan read a very interesting paper, which [?] braced three subjects, viz; Cattle Sale Yards [?] Sydney, City Meat Markets, and the best means of…

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Section Ii—cattle. the Durhams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 26

Nineteen Durham bulls of three years and over make up a number unheard of on our show ground, and if we have lost Theodore and Earl Fitz-Windsor, we have an array of grand quality, from among which the…

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Australian Wool for China

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 496

SOME time ago, Mr. MONCKTON SYNNOT, of Melbourne, a gentleman connected with the wool trade, agitated with much persistency and force in the papers the project of endeavouring…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Homebush

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 33

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin reporot:—Fat cattle— 1259 were yarded of this number abouc half were yardod on Monday, when prices were hardly so firm as last quotations; on Thursday there were fewer cattle, and a fair attendance of…

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Sydney Markets. Cattle Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1877 · page 6

AS compared with previous weeks, there was a marked improvement in the quality of both cattle and sheep offered for sale at Homebush, on Thursday, and the prices were correspondingly higher. The supply, however, was small. Of cattle, about 320…

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Wool and Wool Exhibitions. (From "the land" in the Sydney Mail.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1877 · page 6

THE suggestion that papers on pastoral and agricultural subjects should be read on the ground during the present Exhibition, although by some persons considered absurd when first set forth, is likely to prove a seed from which…

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Dairy Produce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1877 · page 5

The Judges have made an alteration in the awards given for the exhibits of cheese, and the prizes now go as follows:- Class 445, cheese; 1st prize, Alexander Kennedy, Bega;…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 16

The Copperfield Mines, of Saturday, April 7, says:—During the weel, Copperfield has been visited by the famous pure cattle and horse-breeder, Mr. Cobcroft, of singleton. New South Wales, who stated that…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 515

ON Friday and Saturday, the 13th and 14th of April (says the Tenterfield if Star), the Border Agricultural and Horticultural Society hold their second annual exhibition at Stanthorpe under the most favourable auspices. The…

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Our Cattle Illustrations

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 20

WE give this week portraits of the balls that have taken the champion prizes in the beat show of cattle over held here; and those of oar readers who were not fortunate enough to see the animals themselves, may…

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Sheep As Fertilizers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 18

It is good to fold sheep on land for a forage or green crop, and plough light. If you plough…

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Horse and Cattle Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 32

George Kiss report his sales for horses and cattle the past week as follows—For W M'Dowell a bay horse, £59 15s, For W. Thompson, a brown horse £00. For Thomas Cosgrove, brown colt, £47 5s; grey colt, £23 2s; bay colt, £22 1s;…

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Sydney Markets. Cattle Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 6

O[?] both cattle and sheep the supply was large at the Homebush sales on Thursday. About 6000 sheep and 600 cattle were disposed of. Among the latter was a large proportion of cows. A lot of 99 splendid bullocks, from the paddocks of Mr. A…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 6

SALE of 853 bales, by Hazard and Caldecott, on March 7. Ex Jerusalem: Wolfang, 8 greasy at 13d, 7 at 12½d, 48 clothing at 12½d, 43 at 23½d,6 at 12½d, 67 at 11½d, 13 broken at 10½d. 1 damaged at [?]1d, 5 scoured at 20d, 5 at 18[?]d, 7 at 17d, 5pieces…

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Putting Out Manure and Sheep-folding

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 7

In those localities where the work of preparing the ground and sowing cannot be pursued for want of rain—and at the time of writing there are still many places in this predicament—employment may be found in carting on to…

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Cattle Prohibition. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 8

SIR,—In the Herald of 23rd instant, I observe a letter from Mr. Pottie, on the above subject, written in his usual amusing style. Mr. Potti[?] commences with the subject of "Cattle Prohibition," and, I suppose for lack of argument,…

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Wheat—growing in the Inverell District. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 6

SIR,—I send you a statement of the yield of wheat (just threshed) from a number of farms in the Inverell districts. The names I select are about the general average. I think you will agree with me in pronouncing the result as…

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