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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1835

96 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 5

Disease of Wheat

The Colonist · Thursday 12 March 1835 · page 6

WHEAT is subject to various accidents and diseases, some of them peculiar to itself. The most dreaded and destructive of these is blight, so termed from its effect upon the ear, or mildew, from its supposed…

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Extracts. Black Sheep of the Law

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 12 March 1835 · page 3

The vacancy in the office of City Solicitor, which has occurred in consequence of the death of Mr Newman, has, of course, incited some of the craft, in lynx-eyed eagerness, to scramble for the…

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An English Farmer's Notion on the Picturcsque

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1835 · page 4

Once, in an excursion to the north, I fell into conversation with a Sussex farmer, one of that race of sturdy, rich, and independent English yeomen, of…

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Wool

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 14 March 1835 · page 2

"We are sorry to say wool has fallen fully 20 per cent in value, and no improvement in [?] price, £21 10s to 10 [?] 12 10s.; [?] no alteration. The Fame and Ga[?]ce had arrived…

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Smut in Wheat

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 18 March 1835 · page 2

THE best preventive against smut in wheat in New South Wales is (1) early ploughing and (2) early sewing. It is known, that self-sown crops never take smut. What is the reason?…

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Wool

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1835 · page 2

WE beg to return our best thanks to the respectarlo firm of Montefiore and Co. of Sydney, for the subjoined account of Wool sale, received by them,…

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Colonial Wool

The Sydney Herald · Monday 30 March 1835 · page 2

The following Public Sales of Colonial Wool have taken place, viz,:— October 22nd, 1834 —J. Marsh 527 bales Australian and Van Diemen's Land, in the grease…

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Wool

The Australian · Tuesday 31 March 1835 · page 3

Below we give particulars of some of the late wool sales; we also subjoin an extract from a letter received by a gentleman whose intelligence may be relied on:—…

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WOOL. Report of a Sale of Wool, held in London, by J. T. Simes, and Co., Oct. 23rd, 1834

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 1 April 1835 · page 2

Ex henry from New South Wales.—D R, 32 bales, 1s 11¼d—W H W, 31 ditto, 1s 3d—J B, N underneath, 19 ditto, 2s 1½d—F F, 23 ditto, 1s 10½d—W L P, 18 ditto, 2s 1d—J B, 6 ditto, 2s 1½d—B B,…

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Branding Wild Cattle

The Colonist · Thursday 2 April 1835 · page 4

WE had only been seated for a few weeks in our editorial chair, when our overseer, an experienced bush-ranger, told us there, were certain wild cattle belonging to the Colonial Press, running…

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Markets. WOOL

The Colonist · Thursday 2 April 1835 · page 6

WE are sorry to find by the following London Reports of the Sales of Wool that the prices have lately experienced a great reduction. The decline is principally attributed to the large speculative holders of…

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Sheep Sale

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1835 · page 4

AT 12 o'clock on Thursday, the 30th of April next, will be put up to Auction in the George-street Market Building, Letter C, Two thousand one hundred sheep of different ages and sex in…

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Wool

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 9 April 1835 · page 2

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—MONDAY.— Pauli v. Simes.—This was an action growing out of the law of commercial dealings in the City of London. The detendants,…

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Markets. WOOL

The Colonist · Thursday 9 April 1835 · page 6

By the latest London reports we find that Australian Wool of the best quality realizes from 2s. to 2s , 4d. per lb. and lower samples from 1s. to 1. I0d. per 1b Van Diema' Land Wool brings from 1s. 4d to…

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Black Sheep of the Law

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 9 April 1835 · page 4

The recent flagitious conduct of James Biller, the attorney of New Inn[?] few of whose acts we noticed last week, induces reflections more than ordinarily serious, and [?]es the mind to a conclusion that an…

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Frauds of the Sydney Meat and Butter Curers

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 11 April 1835 · page 3

OUR northern neighbours appear to laugh at our expence, in enjoying the perusal of the official returns of their exports to this ill-fated Colony, and the balance against us. But the…

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FRAUDS. Of the Sydney Meat and Butter Curers

The Sydney Herald · Monday 13 April 1835 · page 3

Our Northern neighbours appear to laugh at our expense, in enjoying the perusal of the official returns of their exports to this ill-fated Colony, and the…

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Frauds of the Sydney Meat and Butter Curers

The Australian · Tuesday 14 April 1835 · page 2

Our northern neighbours appear to laugh at our expence, in enjoying the perusal of the official returns of their exports to this ill-fated Colony, and the balance against us. But the matter is very little…

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Extracts. Black Sheep of the Law. the Runaway Attorney, James Miller

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 16 April 1835 · page 4

The numerous creditors of this man, and the sufferers by his various delinquencies, will naturally feel interested in the discovery of his place of refuge: though the disclosure will be received by them with…

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Wool

The Sydney Herald · Monday 20 April 1835 · page 4

LEEDS.—STATE OF TRADE.—Failures in the Woollen Trade.—Failures have taken place in London, within these few days, in the woollen line, which have…

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