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Farming & the land, 1888

2,366 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 119

Inverell Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Show. Inverell

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 593

The twelfth annual show, under the auspices of the Inverell Pastoral and Agricultural Association, was opened to-day under the most favourable auspices. Grave fears were entertained last evening as to the prospects of the…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 11

Stock Passings: 355 (mixed) fats from Mount Howitt for Molbourne, via Wilcannia, executors of the late Sir J. O'shannassy, owners. The weather is dry; rain is needed. The following are the river reports:—Mungundi, 5ft.,…

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Will Wool He Deares or Cheaper Boring 1881

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 4

The BATTEN TRADE JOURNAL, writing on the probability of what rates will rule for wool during 1888, says, -- "An improvement in the rates for the manufactured product ought to and must procede…

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Arsenic as a Dose for Sheep. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 561

Sir,—May I ask the favour of the insertion of the following letter in your widely circulated journal ? Being an old hand among sheep, having been a breeder in the three Australian colonies over forty years, I think I may be able to…

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Jarm and Barden. Farm Cisterns

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 2

The surface soil is removed to a depth of eighteen inches to exclude frost in the winter and heat in the summer. The excavation is made in the shape of an egg with…

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THE Fruitgrower and Farmer. a Big Raisin Drier

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 6

As evidence of the importance of the fruit growing and kindred industries to the Pacific coast region of the United States, a description of one of the big fruit driers at Fresno, Cal.,…

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Notes for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 23

NO WASTE— Thus Dr. J. E. Taylor, the scientist: Nature does not understand the stupid word " waste;" and there is no reason why we should. In the future nearly all great fortunes will be made by…

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An Irrigated Southern Farm. (From Our Reporter.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 19

Dubing the past few years a great deal has been written and spoken respecting irrigation and the benefltp to be derived from it in the Australian colonies. A few individuals, but only a very few have…

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The Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 5

The wool Market is quieter, but steady. The arrivals for next sales amount to 800,000 bales…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Tflegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Goodooga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 8

One thousand store bullocks (Palmer's), passed, for Muswellbrook. QUIRINDI, SATURDAY. The following consignments of stock left here, by rail,…

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The Bush Fires. Enormous Destruction of Property. Some Narrow Escapes. Cattle Roasted Alive. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 5

GOULBURN, Saturday.--Farther particulars from Bungendore and Lake Bathurst state that the bush fires have created much havoc during the past two days. Thousands of pounds…

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Bush Fires. The Devastation Increases. Cattle and Sheep Burned to Death. A Woman Narrowly Escapes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 6

GOULBURN, This Day.--Intelligence received from Bungendere and Lake Bathurst shows that the terribly destructive fires which have been raging there…

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Cruelty in Shipping Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 6

Sir,—I frequently read complaints m your paper of cruelty in various shapes to animals, but I seldom read any that are worse than those of which sheep are subject to from butchers who supply ships with this commodity. I…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 7

At the -annual meeting of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association yesterday,reports were read and adopted showing a credit balance of £135. An influential committee for the…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 10

The following are the crossings at Darling Bridge, North Bourke, for the week ending 17th March:—13th, 340 cattle, Kilberoo to Melbourne, Wittingham Bros. owners; 17th, 63 bulls, Mudgee to Connamarra, Cox and…

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Latest Cables. (The "Australian Star" is the only dally newspaper in Sydney which receives Reuter's Cables.) the American Wheat Crop. New York

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 6

Accounts to hand from the agricultural districts, regarding tho wheat crop, continue very unfavourable, owing to the prolonged inclemency of the weather…

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Coonamble Pastoral and Agricultural Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Coonamble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 9

The annual meeting of the members of the Pastoral and Agricultural Association was hold last evening. Mr. H. P. Blake, J.P., presided. The report and balance-sheet for the past year were satisfactory, and were unanimously…

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Skin Disease Amongst Horses and Cattle. Report of the Government Veterinarian. Recommendations of the Chief Inspector of Stock. Action of the Queensland Authorities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 12

Mr. Edward Stanley, F.R.C.V.S., Government Veterinarian, who has been investigating the skin disease amongst horses and sheep, hitherto known as Queensland mange, but now described as the animal skin disease…

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Disease in Cattle

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 March 1888 · page 4

THE Minister of Mines has received a telegram from the Chief Inspector of Stock at Brisbane, stating that a man named Henry Tryon has discovered the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. the Grape Vine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 March 1888 · page 6

East night Mr. David A. Crichton delivered lecture on the above subject for the Board oi Technical Education at the School of Arts. Pin-street. The attendance was large. This…

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