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Farming & the land, 1879

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. HOMEBUSH

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 37

Maiden Hill and Clark report:—Fat Cattle 737 head were yarded for Monday's sales, chiefly fair to good lots. There was a fair attendance of buyers, especially from the country districts, and prices opened firmer, a rise of about 5s per head…

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The Geazier. Cattle in Quarantine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 18

SINCE writing lagt I've been a couple of times down to the quarantine grounds, and can report very favourably as to he everything is going on, both at Shark leland and Bradley's Head. All the animals…

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Diseases of Digestive Organs (Cattle)

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 14

A FEW words calculated to convey correct impressions as to peculiarities in nature's provision for the digestive process in horned cattle and sheep, will not he out of place before dealing with the diseases of the several…

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The London Wool Sales. LONDON, February 18

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 4

The London and colonial wool sales opened this evening. The total arrivals were upwards of 250,000 bales. The attendance of both home and foreign…

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Messrs. Cuningham and Co.'s Wool Exhibition, Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 19

WE take the following account of Messrs. Coningham and Co.'s wool exhibition, held at Melboure last week, from the ARGUS of the 13th instant. Our Melbourne contemporary remarks:—The greater…

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Association Among Dairy Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 20

THE following remarks ate extracted from a Californian agricultural journal, and are worthy of attention from those engaged in dairy pursuits:—"It has been found by experience that much greater economy and…

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Some of the Gold and Wheat Kings of California

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 7

During a visit to San Francisco, I had the pleasure of: meeting sonic of the gold and wheat kings of the great, and rich slate of: California. The history of their careers…

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Farm Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 19

[We shall be happy to receive from practical fanners such suggestions an to the treatment of lands, crops, or stock as their experience; has provocl to be useful. By writing for this journal…

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Seasonable Hints for the Farm

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 19

As grasses cannot; be sown too early in the autumn after the soil has been thoroughly soaked to the depth of a foot, the first ploughing or working should be of ground intended to be laid…

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The Weather and the Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 297

It affords us pleasure to say that the weather of the past week has been most favourable to those engaged in agricultural and pastoral pursuits. As indicated in our table of rainfall, a rain which may be described as having been…

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Farming in England and Australia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 294

At an agricultural meeting in Essex the other day, one of the speakers, a farmer, read the following abstract of expenditure during the past year in connection with a farm of 210 acres in gross, but only 195 net, in Great…

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Farming in New Zealand. the Auckland Shorthorn Herds

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 294

The suitable nature of the Auckland climate, combined with a profusion of artificial grasses, and the plentitude of water, taken in conjunction with a good strain of shorthorn blood, are matters calculated to make New Zealand a…

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The Farm & STATION Agriculture in England [From Our Special Correspondent.]

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 10

AN Order in Council, called the "Foreign Animals Order," has been issued under the provisions of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act of 1868, which, with the Act itself, is to come into operation on the 1st of…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 24 February 1879 · page 2

The A. L. M. and F. Co. have received the following cablegram from Messrs. Hetmuth, Schwartze, and Co.:— LONDON, February 18…

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Adelaide Wheat Market

Evening News · Tuesday 25 February 1879 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Wheat is offering freely, but buyers are indifferent…

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Mudgee Farmers' Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 25 February 1879 · page 2

MUDGEE, Monday.—The Farmers' Exhibition promises to be a great success. Sir John Robert-son has given prizes amounting in value to £25 for various kinds of machinery, and other special…

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Latest Telegrams. Armidale Pastoral and Agricultural Show

Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1879 · page 2

ARMIDALE, Wednesday.—There was only a small attendance at the Pastoral and Agricultural Show, yesterday, owing to the continuous rains which fell all day. To this cause also is to be…

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Armidale Pastoral and Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1879 · page 7

About 600 entries were received for the Pastoral and Agricultural Show, which was opened to-day. It has rained steadily since 6 o'clock this morning, and partially spoiled what would otherwise have been a…

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The Weather, Agricultural, and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1879 · page 8

A considerable lowering of temperature and a rainfall which has been almost general are the principal features to notice of the weather during the past fortnight. The north west, where moisture was so badly required, has…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1879 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The Regular calculates, from information obtained from all parts of the colony, that the average result of the harvest is a slight fraction over seven bushels per acre, and a…

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