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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1883

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[?]ECLINE of SHEEP and CATTLE in the United Kingdom

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 16

A short time back the Times gave publicity to an extensive letter on agricultural decline, from the pen of a good practical farmer, well known and resident in one of the home counties; and the editor observed: "We present the…

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New Cattle Stall

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 21

OUR illustration represents an ingenious device for holding animals, invented by Messrs. Wilson and Cortepeter, Indiana, United States. It consists in a pen or stall open at the rear, but inclosing the animal on all…

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Cattle Show at Hamburg

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 20

IT is notified that an International Agricultural Cattle Show will take place in Hamburg in July, 1883. The board of management, in forming the programme of the exhibition, has taken into…

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The Indian Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 116

With reference to our comments last week regarding the Indian wheat grown by Mr. Leycester of Canterbury, Mr. Inglis writes:—" It is only fair to Say that from another source I have had an…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather, Agricultural, and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 127

More rain has fallen in the city. There has been a steady fall, which lasted about 24 hours, and which did special service to the gardens and the water stores of Botany; but it was merely coast rain. A few showers…

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Pastoral Leaseholds. (From the "T. and C. Journal.")

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 3

THE strong common sense which has marked all the utterances of Sir WILLIAM JERVOIS, during his tenure of office as Governor of South Australia, entitles all his opinions to our respectful…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Gunnedah

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 38

Messrs. F. Bacon an 1 Co report:—We have sold 7000 wethers in the warrege district this week at a top price. We are negotiating saveral large transactions, principally of bree[?]ing [?]wes and mixed weaners. Wethers are in…

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Selection of Wheat for Seed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 19

THE harvest time is the best for selecting seed for wheat. No grower can reasonably hope to obtain a good crop from poor seed. There is undoubtedly a tendency on the part of every variety of wheat to…

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The Australian Town & Country Journal Sydney, Saturday, Jan. 20, 1883. Pastoral Leaseholds

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 16

THE strong common sense which has marked all the utterances of Sir WILLIAM JERVOIS, during his tenure of office as Governor of South Australia, entitles all his opinions to our respectful…

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The Grazier. American Opinion of the Wool Tariff

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 20

There is a good deal in what our American correspondent says regarding the introduction of Australian wool to America. That much mischief has been done by the tall talk of certain colonials, Sir Henry Parkes…

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Tour through the Wheat-growing Districts. No. Iv. Bathurst, Orange, and the Western District Generally

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 116

The Western district harvest generally shows no deterioration when compared with that of the wheat-growing areas already reported on. If there is a falling off on the plains country to the westward of the mountain region, the loss is…

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Raising a Dairy Herd

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 19

As an Australian breeder has acknowledged that he was indebted for success to a few lines he once read in a newspaper giving the experience of another successful breeder of cattle, I shall…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · 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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Farm and Garden. Poultry Progress

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 2

NOBODY will have been surprised to learn that “the Poultry Show at the Crystal Palace was the most extensive exhibition of the kind ever brought forward” and yet, making all…

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The Dairy. Separating Cream by Machinery

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 19

THE following notes on the efficiency of centrifugal cream separators were read recently by Mr. Alfred Smetham, F.C.S., before the Society of Public Analysts?—The application of centrifugal force to…

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What Good Farming Does With Poor Land

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 19

THE "Adelaide Observer" publishes an account of farming operations going on in that colony, which comes like a gleam of hope midst continuous reports of the exhausted wheat lands of South…

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Ostrich Farming in New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 20

A Visit made recently to the homestead of Mr. J W. James, near Hurstville, Cook's Uiver, afforded onsiderable information regarding the prospects of ostrich farming in the oolonies. The property of Mr…

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Wool

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1883 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited, report The attendance at our sale was again very large, and demand brisk for all good greasy lots, of which the market is rather bare. Faulty and burry…

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The Growth of Pastoral Monopolies.—ix

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1883 · page 5

So far as the ultimate object I have had in view in writing these articles — namely arriving at some better system of administering our Crown lands—is concerned, my letter on "Our Pastoral…

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The Weather, Agricultural, and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1883 · page 5

The fortnight just closed has been remarkably [?] to the coast districts, but especially so to the [?] and the county of Cumberland. Heavy showers have [?] and the gardens never presented [?] better appearance. In…

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