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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1844

436 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 22

The Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 December 1844 · page 3

THE wool that has been as yet received has been very free from seed, and many sales have taken place at prices varying from 1s. 4d. to 1s. 6d. per lb.; the dingy and heavy sold at…

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The Small Farm System. III

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 7 December 1844 · page 1
Also in Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser

THE large land-owners of the colony, having in their possession extensive tracts of land, which, although fully adapted by quality and by situation for the operation of the husbandman, are now wholly unproductive,…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calendar December

The Australian · Saturday 7 December 1844 · page 2

The Garden.—Sow cauliflower, for which December and January are the best months; collect opium. The Orchard.—Thin lateral shoots of peach…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calendar December

The Australian · Monday 9 December 1844 · page 2

The Garden.—Sow cauliflower, for which December and January are the best months; collect opium. The Orchard.—Thin lateral shoots of peach…

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Wool Sales

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 11 December 1844 · page 3

The sales of colonial wool began on the 16th July, and ended this day. They consisted of— 13,971 bags Australian 6,937: " Van Diemen's Land…

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English News. the Wool Sales. (From the Mark Lane Express, August 5.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1844 · page 4

CITY, MONDAY.—There have been imported into the port of London, since this day-week, 5399 bales of wool, of which 1187 were from Sydney, 617 from Van Diemen's Land, 916…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calendar December

The Australian · Thursday 12 December 1844 · page 2

The Garden.—Sow cauliflower, for which December and January are the best months; collect opium. The Orchard.—Thin lateral shoots of peach…

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Cattle Market

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1844 · page 3

MILOH COWS—47 cows and 33 calves were sold at the Cattle Market, at prices varying from 30s. to 85s., average 55s, HORSES—11 saddle horses were sold at the Cattle Market,…

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Wool Sales

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 14 December 1844 · page 255

This is the largest number of bags hitherto sold at one series of sales; during their progress, arrivals from the colonies have taken, place to the extent of about 10,000 bags, but…

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Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 December 1844 · page 3
Also in The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List

Very considerable quantities of wool have arrived during the week, and from the large quantities that have been sold, it is evident that settlers prefer selling here this year to sending…

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The Small Farm System. IV

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 14 December 1844 · page 1
Also in Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser

MUCH of the opposition which has been offered in the Legislative Council and elsewhere to the proposed establishment of a class of small farmers, selected from the most distressed and deserving of the laboring classes,…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calendar December

The Australian · Saturday 14 December 1844 · page 2

The Garden.—Sow cauliflower, for which December and January are the best months; collect opium. The Orchard.—Thin lateral shoots of peach…

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The Wool Market

The Australian · Tuesday 17 December 1844 · page 2

WE call the attention of our readers to the following extract, from a London paper, lately received, which gives a rational and satisfactory account of tho rise in the price…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calendar December

The Australian · Tuesday 17 December 1844 · page 2

The Garden.—Sow cauliflower, for which December and January are the best months; collect opium. The Orchard.—Thin lateral shoots of peach…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calendar December

The Australian · Wednesday 18 December 1844 · page 3

The Garden.—Sow cauliflower, for which December and January are the best months; collect opium. The Orchard.—Thin lateral shoots of peach…

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Country News. Wool. To the Editor of the Hawkesbury Courier

The Australian · Thursday 19 December 1844 · page 4

SIR,—Noticing in last week's COURIER, in your remarks upon the late Wool Sales, an allusion to the dirty state of the Wools cot up in this colony. I beer to offer a few…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calendar December

The Australian · Thursday 19 December 1844 · page 2

The Garden.—Sow cauliflower, for which December and January are the bast months; collect opium. The Orchard.—Thin lateral shoots of peach…

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