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Farming & the land, 1880

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Deniliquin

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 37

Stock crossings are very limited. On Sunday 2190, Messrs. Clarke and M'Leahy's, fat sheep passed, consigned to Gibson and Co., Melbourne; also 204 Tyson's fat cattle, to Walker and Co. Messrs. Mann and Co., local agents,…

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The Cultivator. Pastoral and Agricultural Shows to Come

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 20

ORANGE Agricultural Society, at Orange, 20th April. Hunter River Agricultural Society, at Maitland, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd April. Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association,…

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Reaping Twenty Square Miles of Wheat

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 9

A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, writing from the Dalrymple Farm, furnishes the rough materials for one canto. "Just think," he says, "of a sea of wheat containing 20…

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A Commission Agent on the Shipment of Butter

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 6

In regard to the discussion of the batter question lately taking place, one of the leading commission agents of Sydney has suggested to us that radical reforms are needed in connection…

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Salt and Sulphite for Sheep. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 23

SIR,—Having noticed an inquiry on the above in your journal a few weeks since, I will endeavour to give my esperience, as I have not seen any letter on the subject…

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Carcoar Agricultural and Pastoral Show. (Abridged from the "Blayney Advocate.")

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 20

THE Carcoar Agricultural and Pastoral show on Tuesday, was a success; notwithstanding the rain which fell on Monday night. There was a large attendance, about 700 or 750; and but for the wet…

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Thoughts Suggested by the Late Wool Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 739

Of the many attractions set down in the bill of fare prepared by the Commissioners of the International Exhibition, perhaps none possessed more genuine interest for the average Australian than the wool show…

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Bathurst Agricultural, Horticultural, and Pastoral Association Show. (From Our Special Reporter). Bathurst

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 14

PATRON: His Exoellency Lord Augustus Loftus, K.C.B.. President: T. Lee, Esq. Vice-presidents: W. H. Suttor, Esq., J.F. Clements, Esq., and J. Rutherford, Esq. Hon. Treasurer: Geo. Lee, Esq…

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Rust in Wheat. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 735

Sir,—In July or August last I asked you what were the properties of alum. My reason for asking you was because I thought that the presence of alum in the land where was sown was the cause of it not taking the rust: but now…

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Retrospective Report of the International Wool Show of 1879-80. INTRODUCTION

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 737

In a few days the great show of wool which opened in connection with the Sydney International Exhibition last December will be brought to a close. In this case the significant term "great" is not…

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The Grazier. International Wool Show. Report of Special Committee Appointed by This Agricultural Society of N.S.W., on the Exhibits

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 21

THOSE who have had the opportunity of examining the leading features of the International Exhibition, and of considering how far certain sections fulfil the condition of being essentially representative in…

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Farm Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 21

[We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops, and stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…

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The Tea Question. to the Editor of the Sydney Dairy Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 3

Sir,—With reference to the letter of your correspondent, Mr. Gilbert, on the above subject, I must confess that his views are quite at variance with mine, when he states that Indian tea alone will never…

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Colonial and Farm Produce

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 37

At the Darling Harbour railway terminus, during the week, there has been a fair amount of forage and produce from the country districts on the western and southern lines, the general attendance and…

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Leather From Sheep's Stomachs

Evening News · Wednesday 21 April 1880 · page 3

According to a contemporary, an American inventor has succeeded in [?]king a very good liht, fine leather from sheep's sto[?] or rather from the middle membranes of the stomach. The mode…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1880 · page 9

The annual show of the Orange Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held to-day, on the society's grounds. The weather was showery in the morning, which prevented some of the exhibits from coming in…

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Wool

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 April 1880 · page 3

The Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Co. (Limited) have handed us the following telegram received from Helmuth, Schwartze and Co.:-- LONDON, April 20…

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The Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 April 1880 · page 9

The autumn of 1880, a season which Australia is now experiencing, promises to be fairly mo[?]st and unmistakably favourable to graziers and agriculturists. The coast districts have received ample falls of rain,…

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Fat Cattle for Tasmania

Evening News · Thursday 22 April 1880 · page 3

The barque Mary Mildred shipped yesterday, at New[?]stle, 158 head of fat cattle of prime quality, for Hobart Town. Mr. Barpess and Mr. Tattersall, V.S., of West Maitland, cortified to a clean bill of…

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English Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 April 1880 · page 6

Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze and Co. reported on March 2 as follows:—Since the issue of our last report the firmness of the market has still further increased. It is seen that, while no more wool can be expected this year than last, the demand [?] in the…

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