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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1845

348 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 18

Commercial Intelligence. the Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1845 · page 3
Also in The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List

THE transactions during the week have been very limited, and the quantity received small, in comparison to that of a month since. Freights keep firm at 1¼, to 1½d., and from the…

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Cattle Market

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 12 April 1845 · page 3

Milch Cows—Forty seven cows and calves were disposed of at the Cattle Market, at from 35s to 75s, the average being 60s per head. Horses-Twenty three horses were offered for sale…

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The Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1845 · page 2
Also in The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List

BY all accounts, the market for colonial wools, in London, remains firm, and the brokers there do not anticipate that the prices will give way on the next sales, which were to take place in…

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Before his Honor Mr. Justice A'beckett. Sheep-stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1845 · page 2

William Morrison was indicted for having, on the 19th September last, stolen ten sheep, the property of Stephen Atkinson Bryant; and Walter Heness was indicted for harbouring and…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calendar April

The Australian · Saturday 12 April 1845 · page 2

The Garden.—Sow cabbage, leeks, and onions, latter end; peas and broad beans, endives, lettuce, turnips; transplant celery; dress and plant strawberry beds…

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Original Correspondence. Australian Wheat to Be Preferred for Seed in England To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1845 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—I take upon myself, as a parctical farmer and miller, to assert that the Adelaide wheat, which sold lately in the London market at 4s. per quarter more than the…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calender April

The Australian · Tuesday 15 April 1845 · page 2

The Garden.—Sow cabbage, leeks, and onions, latter end; peas and broad beans, endives, lettuce, turnips; transplant celery; dress and plant strawberry beds…

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Sheep or Cattle for Hong Kong. (From yesterday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 2

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 10th April, 1845. His Excellency the Governor has directed the publication for general information, of the following letter, dated 10th…

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Exportation of Sheep to Hong Kong

The Australian · Thursday 17 April 1845 · page 3

WE do not know the cost of exporting sheep to Hong Kong, nor the annual consumption of mutton at that and other settlements where Europeans reside. All we can advise…

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Sheep or Cattle for Hong Kong

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 19 April 1845 · page 100
Also in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 10th April, 1845. His Excellency the Governor has directed the publication for general information, of the following letter, dated 10th…

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The Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1845 · page 2

THE comparatively small quantity that has been offered sold at former rates, but an advance of 1d. per pound will be on future sales from the alteration in the price of…

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Hints to Farmers. No. XIII. HEMP.—No. 2

The Australian · Saturday 19 April 1845 · page 3

Ed impendi labor ac periculam, unde emolumentum atque honos speretur. Nihil non aggressuri sunt homines, si magna conatis magna praemia proponantur.—LIVY…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calendar April

The Australian · Saturday 19 April 1845 · page 2

The Garden.—Sow cabbage, looks, and onions, latter end; peas and broad beans, endives, lettuce, turnips; transplant celery dress and plant strawberry beds…

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Gardeners' and Farmers' Calendar April

The Australian · Tuesday 22 April 1845 · page 2

The Garden.—Sow cabbage, reeks, and onions, latter end; peas and brod beans endives, lettuce, turnips; transplant celery; dress and plant strawberry beds…

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Cattle Market

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1845 · page 3

Milch Cows—Sixteen cows and calves were sold at the Cattle Market, at from 35s to 75s, averaging 65s each. Horses—No sale effected,…

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The Squatting System and Pastoral Associations

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 26 April 1845 · page 1
Also in Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser

WE doubt not but this question will, at an early period of the ensuing session, be made the rallying ground for party contention. The various Pastoral Associations, although not publicly agitating, are noiselessly…

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