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Farming & the land, 1881

1,222 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 62

To Hold As Twere the Mirror Upto Naturen Our Illustrations a Wool Sale in Sydney

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 14

THE extension of our railway system is naturally having the effect of rapidly increasing the quantity of wool annually forwarded to Sydney for shipment to such an extent as to materially effect the shipments…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 20

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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Facts for Farmers and Graziers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 20

THE Sydney sheep show takes place on A 3rd and 4th. THIS season's yield of wheat in the Wagga district exceeds that of previous years…

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Protection for Farmers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 9

Sir,—Of late protectionists have been assuring the farmers of this colony that the depression their industry suffers from is due to the baneful influence of free trade, and that protection will surely bring prosperity…

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Gates for the Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 456

Rarely do we find a number of the American Agriculturist without illustrations of gates. In a recent issue two farm gates are described in the following terms:—"Mr. 'M. H. H.,' Luzerne Co., Pa., sends a sketch and description of a…

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The Farm & STATION Agricultural Affairs in England. (From Our Own Correspondent)

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 15

THE New Year came in with floods and mild weather, but now a very seasonable change has set in, the weather being very cold with snow. Still we are yet within the cycle of storms, and only yesterday a heavy…

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New System of Cross-Breeding for Dairy Stock

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 20

ALTHOUGH the wild buffalo or bison (says the COLONIES AND INDIA) is gradually disappearing before the steady advance of civilisation westwards, and its numbers are annually diminishing, it will not…

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Poultry Farming

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 20

THREE is no branch of the husbandry of the farm in New South Wales less satisfactory in its results than that of poultry keeping. One would think that our dry atmosphere and the warmth and mildness of our…

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Colonial and Farm Produce

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 37

FLOUR MARKE— The market is, at present glutted with all kinds of flour, especially Viotorian and New South Wales country brands, which are hard to quit at the lowest quotations. Choice brands,…

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A Destructive Fire. 2000 Bushels of Wheat Burnt. Queanbeyan

Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 2

Dodsworth's steam flour mill, rented by Mr. Samuel Brown from Mr. William Wire, and recently re-fitted, took fire about 7 o'clock yesterday evening and was completely destroyed,…

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Farm Produce

Evening News · Wednesday 23 March 1881 · page 2

At the Darling Harbour railway station, this morning, there was a good supply of forage and produce from the various country stations along the western and southern lines. These was a fair…

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The Weather Agricultural, Viniculture, and Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 7

Summer closed on the 19th instant, und autumn has benn ushered in by warm days and clear nights. the vintage has commenced in the south, and will extend all through April. According to reports to hand, the yield of wine will…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 20

An Ivanhoo report notes that the conntry out back looks Very dry. At Brewarrina, we have really nothing to roport in the way of weather changes with the slight exception…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 508

Autumn has, indeed, been ushered in by warm days; and in this respect the characteristics of the season are remarkably at fault. In the city we have had sultry weather, qualified by refreshing evenings and foggy mornings…

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Wheat Growing in South Australia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 493

The Adelaide Observer having reliable reports from nearly all districts of South Australia, is of opinion that the average yield of the wheat harvest just closed in that colony is a miserably small one, being no more…

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The Grazier. The Bradford Wool Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 19

THE following remarks are from the BRADFORD OBSERVER, and form part of the annual review of of the industries of the town in that journal. The article will be road with interest by those engaged,…

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Tying Wool with Wire. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 20

SIR,—I wish to draw attontion to a bad practice followed by many teamsters, namely, tying on loads of wool with foneing wire. Not only does the wire out the pack and injure the wool, but it is generally…

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Tying Wool with Wire. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 494

Sir,—I wish to draw attention to a practice now becoming very common with carriers. I refer to the tying on of wool with wire; not only are the packs greatly cut and injured, but the wire is generally…

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A Farm Hand's Feaful Death

Evening News · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 4

Carbondale, Pa., Jan. 23.-Thomas Walters, who had been for some time tramping through the country, some time since secured a permanent situation on a farm owned by Patrick Kearney, at…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 20

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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