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Farming & the land, 1882

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Cattle by Sea

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 19

It would seem that the shipment of cattle mentioned in our last has been so far sucoossful as to load to a regular trade in shipping live stock. Gladstone, in the North, is a very excellent port for carrying on a…

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Diseases of Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 20

FLUKE.—This disease, commonly called. "rot " in other countries, is in fact inflammation of the liver, caused by the fluke insects,…

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The Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 11

LONDON, September 5.—At the wool sales today 9750 bales were offered, The tone of the market is quiet, but good combing sorts are firm…

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The Yellows, a Sheep Disease

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 19

COULD you inform me through the colums of your paper the cause of the discase known as yellows among sheep. The symptoms are swelling of the head, eyes get closod with a sticky substance,…

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Grand Merino Sheep. [See Illustrations.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 19

GRAND Prince, sold for 490 guineas, owned by A. Lucian Faithfull, bred by W. Gibson and Son, Scone, Tasmania; sold by Mr. Faithfull to Mr. C Cooper, Willeroo. "We this week give a portrait of…

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Chloride of Potassium for Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 423

In the year 1878 (says the Queenslander) the board appointed to inquire into diseases in live stock and plants, on the recommendation of Mr. K. T. Staiger, analytical chemist, who was then attached to the board, imported from…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 437

Winter, which, according to almanac dates, does not close until the 22nd instant, is being ushered out by hot winds. The absence of rains during the past few weeks is as remarkable as it is deplorable. The pasture lands need a…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 40

M[?] King and Cuninham report:—1160 were yarded, 800being from Queensland and New South Wales. The supply being short, prices ruled higher. Best pons bullocks, £15 to £17 10s; good, £13 to £14; medium, £10 to…

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Pastoral Shows. [By Electric Teleraph.] Naeandera. Narandera

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 13

THE Navandera Pastoral and Agricultural show was a great sueceas. There were 180 entries of sheep of a very high class, from the flocks of the principal breeders of the…

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Annual Sheep Show in Melbourne. Melbourne, Sept. 1

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 422

The annual show of sheep in connection with the Australian Sheep-breeders' Association commenced to-day at Goldsbrough's wool warehouses. The competition was keen in the various classes, the exhibits being superior in number…

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The Grazier. Sending Wool for Sale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 19

THE commencement of another shearing season is a good time for reminding sellers of some of the peculiaritios of the wool market. There is every probability of numbers of outside buyers being at the…

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 13

WOOL. —In the closing month of the wool season there are seldom any lots of importance offerad at auction, and this year there has been no exception to the rule. The wool catalogues this week consisted of fellmongered parcels…

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Annual Sheep Sales at Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] 'Melbourne

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 5

The annual steep sales were continued to-day, when n number of pure merino rams and ewes from the best Tasmanian and South Australian flocks were offered 81 stud and flock rams, from…

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Annual Sale of Stud Sheep in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 437

The annual sales of stud sheep commenced to-day. There was a large attendance of persons representing the pastoral interests of the various colonies. The sales were generally successful, though a number of lots were…

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Annual Sales of Stud Sheep in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 440

The sheep sales were continued to-day. There was again a large attendance of buyers, and nearly all the lots offered were sold. The highest price realized was 650 guineas for one of Sir Samuel Wilson's Mount…

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Observations on Wheat-growing. Ii. Quantity of Seed

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 423

This varies from 25 to 100 lb. per acre, and sometimes more is required if the land is poor and sown late. Rich land sown early requires very little seed if the season is favourable. It is better to sow a little too thin than too…

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Sheep at the Singleton Show. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 423

Sir,—I now send you the weights of the fleeces shorn to-day from the three sheep exhibited at Singleton show, also those of three others that I did not send. It was the fleece only, and did not include forehead cap, locks, or…

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Annual Sales of Prize Sheep in Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 12

The annual sheep sales were continued to-day. There was a large attendance, and the high prices ruling on the preceding day were fully maintained. The rams from Gibson's flock, Tasmania, averaged £37 12s., Woolly…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 19

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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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 11 September 1882 · page 2

LONDON, September 9.—At the wool sales 164,000 bales have been catalogued. The quantity withdrawn was 15,000 bales, but a portion has since been placed. Long and good…

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