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Farming & the land, 1888

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 12

Ford's Bridge reports the following stock as passing on December 31st:—1400 mixed cattle, Warmoll and Green owners; 34 fat bullocks from Erina Park, W. Sutherland owner. January 1st:—306 fats from Thargomindah…

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Wheat Production in Queensland. (From Our Reporter.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 17

The idea so long ontortained that the soil and climate of Queensland were unanitable to the production of wheat is more imaginary than real. That grand scope country, known as the Darling Downs,…

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Agriculture God Speed [?] Dairy Farming. Dairy Breeds at the Royal Agricultural College

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 8

IN the herd of dairy cows at the Royal Agricultural College are some capital specimens, of all the lest English dairy breeds, and a study is consequently afforded of each, it being…

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Poultry Farming for Ladies

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 9

The gigantic poultry show held recently at the Crystal Palace, when upwards of 6000 birds solicited the suffrages of the judges Appointed to award the numerous prizes for which they competed, has again directed the attention of…

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Wheats from the Roseworthy Experimental Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 8

The following report on three samples of wheat purchased from the Roseworthy Experimental Farm, in May last has been forwarded to the acting-principal. Mr. Molesworthy, by Mr. R. Edwards, Murray Bridge. The wheats…

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A Co-operative Farmers' Association

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 3

THE Hunter River Farmers' Association, a co-operative society formed for the purpose of having their produce properly disposed of report that for the…

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An Enterprising Farmer. Mr. George Crispin, of the Clarence District

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 21

Mr. Crispin is to be congratulated on his achievements in agriculture in the Clarence River district. Not only has he successfully raised all the crops common to the district, but he has successfully…

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Experimental Farms in Victoria

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 22

It is a well-known fact that the English farmer, by the application of various fertilisers to the soil, and a proper systom of farming, obtains a far higher yield per acre than usually falls to the lot of the farmers…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 22

CHOLERA, IN CHICKENS— Soft soap is recommended for cholora ia chickens. LISMORE— At a meeting of the Lismore Agricultural and Industrial Society it was decided that the…

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Sketches at a Poultry Farm. (See illuatrations on page 27.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 26

The Great Egg Question-Sketches at a Poultry Farm in the Old Country- (See Letterpress on another Page.) 1. Field, with poultry coops. 2. Specimens of good breedo. 3. Incubators, for artificial hatching. 4. Artificial foster-mothor, for nowborn chicken. 5. Sleepinghouse for older chicken, G. Fattening chicken with the " cramming machine." 7. Higgler and boy collecting poultry. 8. Coops in barn, with…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 6

Messrs. John Sec aud Co. send us a sample of potatoes, grown on the Clarence River. They are unusually large and boil splendidly, and are said to be equal in quality to the best Victorian,…

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The Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,390,000qrs. Australian wheat is neglected, the price…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 9

Sale of 2350 bales from Sydney, by Edenborough and Co., on Friday, 9th September, 1887:- Ex Jerusalem, Sophocles, Lusitania, Gladstone, and Christiana Thompson, from Sydney: A. Tobin and Sons, Wingadee, 13…

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Wheat Afloat. London

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 6

The total quantity of wheat and four afloat for the United Kington is 1,170,000 quarters, and for the Continent 270,000 quarters…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1888 · page 5

The following passings are reported:—1463 wethers, Kerribree to Aryah station, Wagga, Wellman Brothers owners; 330 fat bullocks, Mount Howitt (Q.) to Sydney, Union Mortgage Company owners, trucked at Byrock;…

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Terrible Bush Fires in South Australia. Great Destruction of Crops and Loss of Sheep. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--On Sunday two fires started in the pastoral country along the southeastern coast, which proved to be immensely destructive. One broke out on the road between…

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The Charge of Sheep-stealing against an ex-J.P

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 6

BRISBANE. This Day.--Thomas Wynne, ex-J.P., of Wynnefield Park, has been remanded by the Toowoomba Beach on the charge of sheep-stealing…

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Agricultural Enterprise. Thirty Per Cent. Profit. Some Facts for Protectionists. a £50,000 Farmers' Company for Sydney. Free-traders' Statements Are Peculiar. with the Accent on the "Liar."

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 7

HAVING failed to gut the working men with them in their efforts to place a tax on the master see instead of where it ought to be, on the landed and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. the Wheat Harvest in Young

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 7

YOUNG, Tuesday.--The weather during the past few days has been exceptionally favorable for harvesting operations, which are now being pursued with vigor throughout the district, the…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 10

The following crossings at Darling Bridge for the week ending 7th January are reported:—On 2nd, 313 cattle, Mount Howitt to Melbourne, Lady O'Shannessy and daughters owners. 4th, 1500, Diamantina Lake to…

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