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Farming & the land, 1877

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 167

THE pastoral regions of the interior, like the country around the metropolis, have had a fortnight of fine weather, no rains of any weight having fallen in any district. Of course this state of things at an advanced period of winter…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 16

A lot of 210 fat cattle (Crawley's) purchased by Mr. Cassidy, for the Bathurst market, have passed through Mudgee for their destination. 160 fat cattle (Erdrop's) have arrived for sale in the local market,…

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Queensland Pastoral News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 16

THE correspondents of the QUEENSLANDER write as follows respecting the state of the country and the latest stock movements:— EAST MORETON.—The streams of water in the Albert…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 166

THE sugar season in Queensland has commenced, and several mills are in full work crushing cane, which promises to yield well. The Queenslander says: "The crop as a whole will be light; that is, we cannot expect it to…

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The First Pastoral. No. Iv

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 3

As an indictment against the Italian Government Dr. Vaughan enumerates all that he can think of as the "doings" of the Atheists, such as the suppression of…

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Varieties of Devon Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 168

THERE have always been two acknowledged breeds of c[?] in Devonshire, namely, the rubies of the northern part of the county (one of the oldest and host of our feeding varieties), and tho dairy cattle of the South Hams district, whose…

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Cattle Importation. To the Elitor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 15

SIR,—As this important matter is now under discussion, I should like to say a few words on the subject. The advocates of total prohibition seem to think that the movement to repeal the present restriction emanates from a…

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Sheep in the Bathurst District

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 14

THE report of Mr. T. L. P. Croaker, Inspector of Stock, read at a meeting of the Bathurst Board of Sheep Directors, held on Thursday last, says:—"I. The protracted drought, which, has done so much harm,…

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Flour and Wheat Market

Evening News · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 5

The Town and Country of this day mentions in the Flour and Grain Report, that the growing wheat looks excellent, and that more than 20,000 tons of this colony's production is likely to be available for…

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Quarantining Sheep on the Southern Border

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 166

OUR remarks on the subject of quarantining sheep on the Southern border have attracted the attention of our contemporaries, the Border Post and tne Albury Banner. Articles opposed to our views appear in both these journals,…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Homebush

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 32

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, report:—For the week, 1125 head of cattle were yarded, and this may be considered a fair supply. The quality, with one or two exceptions, was only middling. In fat sheep, 7714 were penned…

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The Grazier. Australian Wool in China

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 14

THE accompanying letters respecting efforts which are being made to find a market in China for Australian wool, will be read with interest, as indicating the beginning of a trade which will probably hereafter…

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Root-Crops for New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 16

IN this colony the culture of root-crops for fodder for stock has, up to the present time, made so little progress that it may be said it is not practised at all. It is quite true that isolated and int ermittent trials have been…

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An Australian Farmer on California

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 28

THE following extracts from a leeter received by a gentleman at Dapto, from an Illawarra dairyman, who recentlv proceeded to California to settle with some of his friends there, amidst "fresh fields and pastures…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 17

It is a good practice to wash the trunk and main branches of fruit trees with lime wash. If the white colour is not agreeable, a little soot can be put in to neutralise the glare. The wash destroys the eggs…

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Wool, Tallow, and Hide Report. [R. Goldsbrough and Co.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 August 1877 · page 6

WOOL.—This market is unusually quiet, the only transactions we have to report being the sale of a few lots of greasy by private contract at about late rates, no auctions having been held during the week…

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London Wool Sales. London, August 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 August 1877 · page 5

The London colonial wool sales opened this evening. All the brokers, including Messrs. Balme and Co. and Hazard, Caldecott Jacomb, and Co., have well selected catalogue. 5142…

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London Wool Sales. London, August 14, evening

Evening News · Thursday 16 August 1877 · page 2

London colonial wool sales opened this evening. Upwards of five thousand bales offered. Attendance of both home and foreign buyers large. Prices range about the same as last series…

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The London Wool Sales. London, Tuesday, August 14

Evening News · Thursday 16 August 1877 · page 3

The London wool sales opened this evening. All the brokers, including Messrs. Charles Balme and Co., and Hazard, Caldecott, Jacomb, and Co., have a well selected catalogue. The attendance of both…

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Pure Cattle for Show

Evening News · Friday 17 August 1877 · page 2

The pure stud cattle of the New South Wales will be well represented at the Brisbane Show, when the judges commence their duties on Monday next; and I suppose we shall hear of considerable successes…

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