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Farming & the land, 1879

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 62

Cattle Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1879 · page 6

At the Water Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Lester, J.P., Ross Dounelly Beer was charged with having, at North Willoughby, stolcu a cow with claf at foot, the property of Henry Russell, the date of the alleged theft…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 217

There are no movements in stock of any consequence to report. So far freedom from disease continues, and with the exception of Forbes, where the pleuro has carried off some fine cattle, and Narrabri, from which the disease is…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 19

THE cry of "low pricea" for stock ia rapidly spreading all over the pastoral lands of Australasia, and already, as we predicted, arrangements have been made to turn fat stock into money through the pots…

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Cattle Stealing

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 228

At the Water Police Court, Wednesday, before Mr. Lester, J.P., Ross Donnelly Beer was charged with having, at North Willoughby, stolen a cow with calf at foot, the property of Henry Russell, the date of the alleged theft…

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Imported Devon Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 20

THE following are the p;edigrees of Devon cattle purchased by Mr. Walter Lamb, from Mrs. Langdon Flitton Barton, North Molton, Deveon:— LORD SALISBURY (No. 1393) calved November, 1875…

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Ear-marking Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 20

AS there exists considerable misunderstanding as to how the ear pliers used for marking sheep are to be prooured, we beg to inform our readers that they can be obtained from any of the principal ironmongers…

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Riverina Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 21

THE best sample of wheat we have seen, this season, was left at one office last week. It is a sample from the farm of Mr. M'Donald, near Jerilderie. It apfears to be the variety known as "White Lammas."…

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Japanese Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 215

A curious fact is recorded in connection with some experiments lately made by direction of the Paris Acclimatation Society with some grains of wheat received from Japan. Very little spring sowing of wheat takes place in France,…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. HOMEBSH

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 37

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—Stations: We have to notice the sale during the week of a station on the Castlereagh, with 1000 cattle, at £10 per head. The other properties were submitted at auotion, but failed to change…

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Principles of Cattle Feeding

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 215

Mr. D. E. Salmon, writing to an American contemporary, the Country Gentleman, says:—The most important condition of success exists in the animals themselves—it is the activity and training of the cells of which they are composed;…

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Cultivator for Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 215

The Americans, ever ingenious, use a very simple wheat cultivator. One of a smaller pattern should prove useful to our farmers who wish to move out of the old groove. As shown in our plate, waggon shafts are fitted to a piece of…

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Sheep Culture in New Mexico

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 19

SOME of our enterprising young graziers will read with interest the following sensible letter, which appeared in the FIELD of 23rd November last. There would hera seem to be a promising opening for any…

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The Adelaide Wheat Market

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday.—Wheat is dull of sale, and parcels have been quitted at 4s 7½d, delivered at Port Adelaide. There have never been so many sellers and so few buyers as during the present…

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Eating Hasheesh. AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL Approaching Land Sales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 213

"Hasheesh! No! Did you?" It was evident that the Hungarian was giving some little account of his experiences. "Yes," he replied, in his broken English, "I have eaten it, and not once, but many times." "What was it like?…

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Griffiths and Co's Wool Market Report

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 221

We have very little news from London respecting the wool trade, and these are not of a very good character. The latest telegram, dated the 18th instant, advises the sale of 4000 bales by private contract at the quotations ruling in November-December…

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Diseases in Sheep Acts Amendment Act, 1878. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 19

SIR,—During the many droughts with which this country has been afflicted, but especially that of the past year, the whole of our pastoral districts were overrun by hordes of stock travelling in order to find something on which to exist…

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The Weather and the Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 217

During the past week the weather in and about town has been seasonable. If the days have been hot and oppressive, the nights have been cool and refreshing. Rain fell last Saturday to the extent of half an inch, and Mount Victoria,…

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Baby Farming: Or, What Goes on in Melbourne

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 9

Baby farming and baby mortality generally go together hand in hand. But in Victoria we seem to have hit upon a more perfect plan: The farming part of the business has been well nigh…

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Farm and Garden. Carbolic Acid for Veterinary Purposes

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 3

“CARBOLIC acids is now deservedly considered an invaluable remedy for the treatment of external injuries and diseases of domesticated animals. It may…

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The Adelaide Wheat Market

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1879 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday.—A parcel of wheat has been sold at Port Adelaide for 4s 7[?]d. Rumours are current of a parcel of 60,000 bushels having been placed to private speculators at a price not stated…

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