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Farming & the land, 1877

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Homebush

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 September 1877 · page 32

Messrs Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—Fat cattle— 1584 forward; this being a very full supply, coupled with the fact of large numbers now approaching tended to lower the market, and prices may be quoted fully 15s easier. Prime…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association. (From Our Correspondent.) President, J. Leitch, Esq.; vice-President, T. W. Hammond, Esq

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 September 1877 · page 15

THE thirteenth annual exhibition in connection with the above association took place at the society's new yards, Wagga Wagga, on the 12th instant. Since the previous year's show, the new yards have been in course of erection,…

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London Markets for Colonial Produce, (From the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.'s Circular.) Wool Market. London, August 3

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 September 1877 · page 32

During the past month there has been no sensible movement of a favourable character in the leading industrial centres of the woollen trade, although the rather larger volume of business recently current is maintained. In…

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Root Crops

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 September 1877 · page 16

SWEDES.—This root has been cultivated in this colony for fodder purposes through a longer period than any other root. In the early days of the colony it was much more common to meet with fields of swedes…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 September 1877 · page 6

WOOL.—Business has been quite inactive this week, no sales having been made since our last report. Advices from London of the sales now progressing on the whole satisfactory, the competition for our wools being reported very animated at the…

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Pastoral Affairs on the Southern Border

Evening News · Tuesday 25 September 1877 · page 2

The fine rains which fell last week (says the Denlinquin CHRONICLE) will have the effect of greatly musing the price of stock in Riverina, as also in the Victorian markets. Up to the beginning of last week…

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The Wool Sales. London, September 22

Evening News · Wednesday 26 September 1877 · page 3

In the wool sales the early closing of the series imparted an increased firmness, foreigners again competing with home buyers; so that the opening rates were recovered: of 40,000 bales catalogued…

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The Wool Sales. London, September 22

Evening News · Thursday 27 September 1877 · page 2

In the wool sales the early closing of the series' imparted an increased foreigners again competing with home buyers; so that the opening rates were recovered: of 40,000 bales catalogued…

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The Importation of Cattle

Evening News · Friday 28 September 1877 · page 2

An adjourned meeting of the members of the National Agricultural Society of Victoria was held at Kirk's Bazant, Melbourne, on Monday, when Mr. Curr's paper on the importation of live stock into…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 391

Although the time that has elapsed since the change from drought to rainy weather is too short to admit of any great benefit to the pastures, the reports from all the large sheep and cattle districts exhibit a jubilant tone as to the altered…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 390

A few weeks back we published some comments which appeared in an Inverell journal anent (he inaccuracy of the last official agricultural returns at that time. We stated then that the time of collection was ill-chosen, and…

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The First Pastoral. No. Xi

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 3

THE ruffian and villanous Popes to whom Dr. Vaughan refers us, by his list, as examples of the " Supernatural Religion, contending with the demon of pride,…

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A Texan Sheep Corral

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 15

THE accompanying sketch is a plan of my corral, for catching, dividing, or dipping my sheep. It has advantages not often found in other corrals. It prevents more or less of the abuse incident to handling the sheep in…

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The Sydney Markets. Cattle Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 6

THERE was a very fair supply of stock at this market on Thursday, generally of fair quality and bulk. The prices ruling were much about the same figure as those obtained at the sale of the previous Thursday. Fat bullocks brought from about £7 10s to…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Homebush

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 32

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—Fat Cattle— 1269 cattle were forward this week. This was a fair supply, and the quality from prime to middling. On Monday the trade were fully represented, and had also the presence of…

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Farm Notes for October

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 390

THE fine rains which came so opportunely to our graziers should also prove most acceptable to our farmers, and, doubtless, there are throughout the country many smiling faces in districts where gloomy looks were seen and dark…

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The Cultivator. Farm and Garden Memoranda for October

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 16

IN our memoranda for last month we, after referring to the unprecedented mildness of the winter just then coming to a close, and the absence of useful rain for the two preceding months, wrote as follows:—"All over…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 17

Three pens three hogs each, nearly full grown and about equal in weight and thriftiness, were fed four months as follows: One pen, soaked corn; one pen, cooked corn meal; one pen, dry corn. At the…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 October 1877 · page 6

WOOL.—We submitted a cataiogue of 271 ba[?]es wool, consisting principally of oddments of greasy and country scoured, to public [?]ction this day, and sold all the lots offered at the following quotation:—Greasy, 7½d to 11½d per 1b.; slipe, 10d to 1s [?]½d;…

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Pastoral Leases Act of 1869. Sale of the Unexpired Terms of Leases of Forfeited Runs of Crown Lands in the Unsettled Districts. Department of Public Lands, Pastoral Occupation Branch, Brisbane, 13th August, 1877

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 October 1877 · page 2

The attention of Stockowners and others is drawn to the Notices in the Supplement to the GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of the 11th instant, having reference to the undermentioned Forfeited Runs, situated in the unsettled districts, the…

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