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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1841

205 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 11

Profits of Farming in New South Wales. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 27 May 1841 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—With reference to a letter signed "A Farmer," published in your paper of the 17th current, wherein he makes it appear that at the present low price of grain and high price of…

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GARDENERS' & Farmers' Calendar, for MAY

The Australian · Thursday 27 May 1841 · page 2

The Ginden.—Sow cabbage, pass and broad beans, small salads, turnips, onions, early, sa[?]fy, chardoons, earth celery, latter and transplant caul, flowers, brocoll, and all v[?]rietions of cabbage and greens…

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Wool Markets

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 1 June 1841 · page 2

JANUARY 18.—LEEDS.—The foreign wool trade remained much the same as last repotted; the extent of sales has been moderate, but prices remain without the least perceptible change…

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The Wool Trade—liverpool

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1841 · page 2

Annexed we beg to hand our Table of Stocks and Imports of Wool since 1835, to which we refer. Prices had slowly declined, with little intermission, from the commencement of the…

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Wool Markets. (From the Mark-Lane Express January, 18th) BRITISH

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1841 · page 2

THE amount of business doing is very small, on account of the panic with which this trade was struck by the late extensive failures, and also owing to the very precarious state of the…

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Wool Markets

The Temperance Advocate and Australasian Commercial and Agricultural Intelligencer · Wednesday 2 June 1841 · page 12

BRITISH.--The amount of business doing is very small, on account of the panic with which this trade was struck by the late extensive failures--and also owing to the very precarious state of…

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Wool Markets. Prices Current of Wool

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1841 · page 2

Australian—Combing, fine, 1s. 10d, to 2., 3d., middling 1s. 7d, to 1s. 9d , low 1s. to 1s. 6d.; Clothing, fine 1s. 10d. to 2s. 3d., middling 1s. 4d. to 1s 9d., low 1s. to 1s. 3d…

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Wool

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1841 · page 2

From the A nvnal Circular of Messrs. Dawson& Hance,— Liverpool, Jan 1st. 1841. The gloomy stale of business which prevailed at the dale of our last annual circular, and which we…

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Wool

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1841 · page 2

IMPORTS OF AUSTRALIAN AND VAN DIEMAN'S LAND WOOL INTO LIVERPOOL, IN THE YEAR 1840.—4873 Bales. Fine combing—2s. and 2s. 3d. per lb.; middling ditto— 1s. 8d. and…

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The Sydney Herald. with Which Is Incorporated the Colonist. Saturday, June 5, 1841. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Wool Trade

The Sydney Herald · Saturday 5 June 1841 · page 2

BELOW we give a very important table shewing the quantity of wool imported into Liverpool in each of the six years from 1835 to 1840. By this table it will…

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Profits of Farming in New South Wales. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Monday 7 June 1841 · page 1

GENTLEMEN,—The amusement which the perusal of my communication of 17th of May, has afforded to your correspondent "A Consumer," has, allow me to assure him, been…

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Wool

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 14 June 1841 · page 2

Australian, (first quality), 1s. 10d. to 2s. 4d. per lb; ditto (second quality) 1s. 6d to 1s. 10d; ditto (third quality) 1s. 2d. to 1s. 6d; ditto (lambs) is 6d. to 2s. 6d.; ditto (grease)…

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The Sydney Herald, with Which Is Incorporated the Colonist. Monday, June 14, 1841. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Prices of Wool

The Sydney Herald · Monday 14 June 1841 · page 2

WE are glad to be able to announce that the price of wool advanced in England, in January, at least eight per cent; and that, up to the latest accounts, the trade was…

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Original Correspondence. Profits of Farming in New South Wales. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 15 June 1841 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—"A Farmer" has joined issue with me, and your readers are the Jury who are to decide between us. He brings forward no new matter in the letter inserted on the 7th,…

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GARDENERS' & Farmers' Calendar, for JUNE

The Australian · Tuesday 15 June 1841 · page 2

The Garden—Sow turnips, carrots, peas, and broad beans, plant out sea kale in rows; transplant artichokes leeks, onions, eschalots, and chardoans. The Orchard—Transplant fruit [?] prepare and lay…

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Wool

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1841 · page 2

THE WOOL TRADE LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 18.—Colonial and Foreign fleeces have not been active, but prices are much the same. The finer British combing wools have been in fair…

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Teetotal Farming. [An extract from a letter sent to the Editor of the Temperance Journal, from an aged Baptist Minister.]

The Temperance Advocate and Australasian Commercial and Agricultural Intelligencer · Wednesday 16 June 1841 · page 3

"Mr. North's farm consists of nearly 700 acres of land; on which this last summer he grew 166 acres of Wheat; 123 acres of Oats: 50 acres of Beans, and 61 acre's of Clover, the…

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GARDENERS' & Farmers' Calendar, for JUNE

The Australian · Saturday 19 June 1841 · page 2

The Garden—Sow turnips, carrots, peas, and broad beans; plant out sea kale in rows; transplant artichokes leaks, onions, e'chalots, and chardoans. The Orchard—Transplant fruit tress; prepare and lay…

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The Wool Trade

The Australian · Tuesday 22 June 1841 · page 4

The wool trade are in possession of a full statement of the import and export of foreign and colonial wool at London, Liverpool, Hull and Goole for the year…

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Wool Sales.—liverpool, Feb. 5

The Australian · Tuesday 22 June 1841 · page 2

SIR,—We have much pleasure in drawing your attention to the advance obtained at our late wool sale, which proves the superiority of our market over every other for the sale of that…

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