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Farming & the land, 1840

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The Sydney Herald. Friday, February 28, 1839. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Liverpool Wool Sales

The Sydney Herald · Friday 28 February 1840 · page 2

We have been favored with Liverpool Wool Sales of the 11th October, and regret to see a depreciation in the prices. At T. and H. Littledale & Co.'s Office, 345 bales…

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Liverpool Wool Sales

The Colonist · Saturday 29 February 1840 · page 3

We have been favoured with a Liverpool Price Current of the 12th of October, from which we copy the prices of Australian Wool: New South Wales fleece, 1s. 6d. to 2s. 6d.; lamb 1s. 8d. to…

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Tax on Pastoral Agriculture

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1840 · page 2

The price of yearly leases of Crown Waste Lands, by a smart and pithy Government Notice, dated the 15th instant, is raised four hundred per cent, namely, from one pound to five!…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser Monday Morning, March 2, 1840. Nothing [?]xteauate, nor aught set down in malice. SHAKSPEARE. Wool Sales

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1840 · page 2

BY "PERSEVERANCE"—ANALYSIS OF THE LATEST WOOL SALES," IN LIVERPOOL, 11TH OCTOBER, 1839:—Marked GHB K above, 25 bales, 1s 7½d to…

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New Sheep

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1840 · page 2

Lord Western's new breed of sheep, namely, the Mr. Merino crossed, per the Delhi, and imported by Mr. Montenore, is a most valuable breed. Dr. Wilson of Braidwood some years ago…

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Cape of Good Hope. Sheep Farming Graham's Town, 14th., Oct, 1839

The Sydney Herald · Friday 6 March 1840 · page 2

TO THE EDITOR: SIR,—As you have always afforded much encouragement, to correspondents, on the subject of "Sheep Farming in South Africa," I beg to hand you a Paper emanating from the pen…

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Wool

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 10 March 1840 · page 3

The greatly increased attention which the wools produced in our Colonial possessions have commanded during the last four years, has proved a source of much gratification not only to those…

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New Breed of Horned Cattle. to the Editor of the Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1840 · page 3

SIR:—I was highly pien[?]ed with your description of the New Sheep. will known among practical sheep breeds s as Lord Western's new breed and I sincerely trust, that the gentlemen who introduced the…

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Dr. Wilson's Crop

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1840 · page 3

There are reports in town, that the Doctor ha been deceived as to the amount of his crop. He wa in Sydney, at the time it was measured by three or four gentleman his neighbours; if therefore there…

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Wool

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1840 · page 2

By the subjoined circular of Messrs. Hughes and Corbett, relative to the last Liverpool wool sales, it will be seen that our settlers are very liberally treated by our Colonial wool buyers…

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Choice of Sheep

The Sydney Herald · Friday 27 March 1840 · page 1

We are indebted to Messrs. Habgood for the following, with respect to the chocie of what sheep an Australian settler should prefer. These remarks are taken from a communication made by a friend…

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Signs of the Times--monopoly--the Wheat and Flour Market--the Government

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1840 · page 2

Such are the straitened times in this Colony, through the destructive practices of our monopolists, particularly in wheat and flour, that we once more take up our pen to…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser Monday Morning, March 30, 1840. Nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in malice. SHAKSPHERE. Frauds of Wool-growers

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 30 March 1840 · page 3

THE usual method of weighing fleece-wool, in the greater part of England, is by the to[?] of 28lbs. By this method, the purchaser is presumed to gain an advant ge of half-a-pound, on…

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WOOL. Liverpool, October 11, 1839

The Australian · Tuesday 31 March 1840 · page 2

Our public sale consisting of 1,290 bales of Australian and other descriptions of wool has just concluded. We consider that there is a decline of 1¼d…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser Friday Morning, April 1, 1810. Nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in malice. SHAKSPEARE. Wool

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1840 · page 3

We fully agree with the Australian as to the desirableness of additional markets in England for the great staple of this Colony; and are glad to learn from a leader in that journal, of…

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Dr. Wilson's Crop of Wheat. to the Editor of the Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1840 · page 3

Sir.—I have observed a paragraph in your paper of the 16th instant, intimating that reports were in town of my having been deceived as to the amount of my crop. These reports are…

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Impounding Act. New South Wales. Anno Quarto, Gulielmi Iv. Regis No. III. An Act to repeal an Act of the Governor and Council of New South Wales, intituled "An Act to authorise the eraction of Pounds, and for regulating the impounding of Cattle," and to make further and other provisions in lieuthereof.—(12th July, 1833.)

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1840 · page 6

Preamble.—Repealnig former acts.—Exceptions WHEREAS, a certain act of the Governor and Council of New South Wales, was passed in the ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty,…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser. Friday Morning, April. 8, 1840. Nothing extenuate, nor ought set down in malice. SHAKESPEARE. Scarcity of Wheat

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 8 April 1840 · page 2

We feel it due to the Government to call its attention to the quantity of Grain in the market. Last year the Governor was induced by our Merchants to waive sending for Wheat or Flour, upon…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser. Friday Morning, April 10, 1840. Nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in malice. SHAKSPEARE. Dr. Wilson's Crop of Wheat

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1840 · page 2

Extract of a Letter from Braidwood, dated April, 1840:— "Thinking you would be glad to hear a true account of Dr. Wilson's crop, I have made…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Society

The Sydney Herald · Monday 13 April 1840 · page 1

It is a positive disgrace to our many wealthy and respectable settlers that there is not a society of this description in Sydney. The objects, importance, and…

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