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Farming & the land, 1882

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Agricultural Pastoral Forthcoming Shows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 102

Dapto Agricultural Society, February 1 and 2. Macleay River Agricultural Association, at Kempsey, February 2 and 3. Ulladulla Agricultural Society, at Milton, February 8…

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Wheat in England

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 21

THROUGH Messrs. Ebsworth, of Sydney, we are in receipt of the report for November of the Eastern Agency Co., who thus deal with the position of the wheat trade in London on December 1:—…

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Experiences of Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 20

Mr. T. J. Laby, the well-known Victorian miller, who is at present in London, writes:—"A careful study of the London market has caused me to think it would be desirable for us to change our wheat and…

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The Silverleaf Papers. Black Sheep

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 11

LARGE families are little worlds in themselves, and it is wonderful, and worthy of study, to observe the different characters exhibited in the children of the same parents…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather, Agricultural, and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 120

The warmth of the season is exercising a baneful effect on the pastures of many districts, and from many quarters there are accounts of suffering stock and the echo of wishes for heavy rain. There is dearth among the tanks, and the…

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Cable Messages. the Butter by the Europa

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 4

LONDON, January 19.—Of the cargo of butter brought by the Europa three-fourths have been sold in the London market at an average of lO¾d per 1b. The butter is a…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wagga Wagga

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 38

The only crossings reported this week are local lots Very little stock is now found travelling in the district, as the routes are so badly grassed and watered, drovers only adopt them through the necessities of destination. The…

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Beetles As a Test of Wool

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 10

A French entomologist asserts that the wool of different countries can be distinguished by the beetles which frequent the bales. He has identified 47 species in Australian wool;…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Europa's Shipment of Butter. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 6

Three-fourths of the Europa's shipment of butter have been sold, the average price realized being 10¾d. Some of the butter was found to be slightly stale…

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A Visit to Some " Model" Farms in the West of Ireland. an Interesting Report

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 5

The correrpondent of the Standard,Writing from Ballina, says in reference to the de­cisions of the sub-commissioners in the case of Miss Florence Knox's tenantry:-…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 18

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 bo useful. By writing for this journal…

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Farmer Allen Talks

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 7

I sot in the amen corner whar' I've sot for many a year, An' I sealed every word ye uttered with a genooine hearty tear;…

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Postal Vagaries. to the Editor of the Sydney Dairy Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 7

Sir,--Complaints frequently been made about the non–delivery or long–delayed delivery of correspondence from the Post Office, and within my own experience, only yesterday the delay in the delivery…

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Influence of Plants on the Products of the Dairy

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 20

THE Agricultural Museum, of Berlin, lately exhibited a collection of plants which may influence the different…

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POETRY. The Farmer's Hymn. Air:—AULD LANGSYNE

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 11

O PAINTER of the fruits and flowers, We own Thy wise design, Whereby these human bauds of ours May share the work of Thine…

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A Bee and Poultry Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1882 · page 21

THE "Otago Witness" having from time to time received inquiries as to whether poultry-raising on an extensive scale would pay in Otago, has always felt dubious in recommending its adoption…

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Meeting of Ulster Farmers

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1882 · page 2

LONDON, January 21.—At Belfast, 2000 delegates, representing farmers of Ulster, met to discuss the Irish land question. They recommended an extension of the present…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Meeting of Ulster Farmers. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1882 · page 5

At Belfast, 2000 delegates representing farmers of Ulster met to discuss the Irish land question. They recommended an extension of the present Act, and considered that the…

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Telegraphic News. [By Submarine Cable.] Irish Tenant Farmers and the Land Commission. London, January 21

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1882 · page 3

Two thousand delegates, representing the Ulster farmers, met to–day at Belfast to discuss the land question. They recommended that the operations of the present Act should be…

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The Weather, Agricultural, and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1882 · page 7

The warmth of the season is exercising a baneful effect on the pastures of many districts, and from many quarters there are accounts of suffering stock and the echo of wishes for heavy rain. There is dearth among the tanks, and the…

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