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Farming & the land, 1843

144 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 8

Sheep Boiling

The Australian · Friday 4 August 1843 · page 4

We are rejoiced to see that a happy prospect has at length dawned upon the good people of Australia. The settlers are cheering each other on with great…

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Import Duty on Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1843 · page 4

ON Wednesday last a very numerous and influential deputation, consisting of the following gentlemen, waited on Sir Robert Peel at the Treasury:—The Hon…

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Wool Markets—saturday. (From the Morning Chronicle, March 20.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1843 · page 3

LEEDS.—Foreign: The amount of business transacted in this branch of t[?]ade during the past week assimilates very nearly to that of the preceding one, and prices remain without…

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Growth of Wheat in New South Wales

The Australian · Wednesday 9 August 1843 · page 5

Messrs. Macarthur and Berry stated, in the New South Wales Council, that the colony could easily supply itself with grain: but did not give the reason why…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, August 9, 1843. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Sheep Boiling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 August 1843 · page 2

THE system of boiling sheep has been fairly tried in the neighbourhood of Sydney, and the result is most encouraging. Sheep are now worth seven shillings a head, and…

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Repeal of the Wool Duty. (From the Emigration Gazette,)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 August 1843 · page 4

THIS object, so extremely important to our Colonies, has been engaging the attention of the trade in Huddersfield for some time, and a deputation recently waited on the…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, August 12, 1843. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." New South Wales Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 August 1843 · page 2

THE subjoined list of Importers of Wool into Loudon from the colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, for the year 1842, which we reprint according…

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Colonial Wool

The Australian · Monday 14 August 1843 · page 2

The following Wool Circular contains be much practical good advice to Wool growers, that we would call to it the particular attention of our country readers…

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Liverpool Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 August 1843 · page 2

SALE of 232 bales by Messrs. T. and H. LITTLEDALE AND Co., on the 7th April, 1843: Ex Renown.—F. T. 12 at 1s. 3½d., 10 at 1s. 3d., 21 at 1s. 2½d., 12 at 1s. 2d.,…

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Sheep Boiling. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1843 · page 2

GETLEMEN,—A good deal of misapprehension seems to exist on the part of the Editor of the Australian, and some of his as well as some of your correspondents, on the subject of…

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English News. Wool Markets. (From the Mark-lane Express, April 10.) BRITISH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1843 · page 4

LEEDS, APRIL 7.—There has been rather more doing in sales of Combing Wools this week, and although prices areextremely low, we do not quote any further reduction…

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Cotton and Wool. House of Lords, 6Th April

The Australian · Wednesday 16 August 1843 · page 2

Lord Monteagle rose, pursuant to notice, to move for certain papers relative to the articles of cotton and wool. At the time he gave the notice he bad intimated to their…

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Colonial Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 August 1843 · page 3

AMONG the tables presented to the Council by the Colonial Secretary, was one respecting the growth and importation of wheat, from which the following particulars were gathered:…

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Sydney Markets. AUGUST 4, 1843. Flour, Wheat, &c

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1843 · page 3

Barker's Mills:— Fine Flour, 14s 4p 100lbs cash 13s Seconds, 12s, cash 11s…

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Original Correspondence. Teetotal Sheep-shearing

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Wednesday 23 August 1843 · page 3

THE following decided testimony is from a correspondent in the country, to whom we feel greatly indebted for it; and beg to recommend it to the very serious attention of every sheep…

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The Sydney Morning [?]erald. Wednesday, August 23, 1843. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Mortgaging Wool and Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 August 1843 · page 2

THE Bill "to give a preferable lien on wool from season to season, and to make mortgages of sheep, cattle, and horses valid, without delivery to the mortgagee"…

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State of the London Market January 1843 in Oil, Whalebone, and Wool

The Australian · Wednesday 23 August 1843 · page 3

WE have received a very lengthy and interesting report from valuable London Correspondents on the above important matter and are sorry to lay before our…

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Lien on Wool Bill. 7 Victoria, 1843

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 August 1843 · page 3

WHEREAS in the present depression of the farming interest, it is expedient, and would tend greatly to the increased credit and consequent relief of the owners of sheep, to enable…

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[?] Thursday, August 24, 1843. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Prices of Farm Produce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 August 1843 · page 2

WE are accustomed to think the present prices of farm produce extremely low—so low as not to remunerate the costs of production. It is with some degree of…

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Sheep Boiling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 August 1843 · page 2

THE following document has been handed to us for publication, and we insert it in order that it may be explained. What sort of sheep they must have been to have produced less…

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