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Farming & the land, 1853

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Wool Markets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1853 · page 2

LEEDS, March 18.—A large amount of business has been done in combing and clothing wools this week, and advanced prices have been obtained. LIVERPOOL. March 19.—Scotch: There is still a fair…

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Scab in Sheep. (From the South Australian Register.)

Empire · Monday 11 July 1853 · page 3

In our last we directed attention to the exertions making by owners of scabby sheep for the eradication of the disease. Our remarks have led to some enquiries as to the most officient remedies;…

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The Future Supply of Wool. (From the Bathurst Free Press, July 2.)

Empire · Monday 11 July 1853 · page 3

A recent number of the London Daily News informa us that the manufacturers of Yorkshire are again becoming alarmed at the prospect of a dearth of wool consequent upon a falling off in…

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The Wool Trade. (From the Derby Mercury, April 6.)

Empire · Wednesday 13 July 1853 · page 3

LONDON, April 4.—During the week, a full average business has been doing in English wool, the stocks of which are unusually small, and prices have been steadily supported. Amongst the sales has been one of 50,000 lb…

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Weekly Sales. Cattle

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 16 July 1853 · page 3

M'Intyre, 199 head at £4, Merritt and Argent. Hale 80 head at £3 10s., Neale and Davis. Doyle, 84 head £3 10s., Neale and Davis…

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The Future Supply of Wool

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 16 July 1853 · page 5

A recent number of the London DAILY NEWS informs us that the manufacturers of Yorkshire are again becoming alarmed at the prospect of a dea[?]th of wool consequent upon a falling off in its production in Australia. Their fears are grounded upon the…

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WHEAT. (From a Correspondent.)

Empire · Friday 29 July 1853 · page 3

Triticum L. is by far the most important of the cereal grasses. The flour made from wheat is adapted to make bread, in a degree superior to any other grains or seeds, from the larger…

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Weekly Sales. Cattle and Sheep. No sales reported. HORSES

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 13 August 1853 · page 3

MR. BURT of Stewart's Horse Bazaar, reports the week's sales to have been very limited in consequence of the extreme wet weather. Stout colts, heavy draught, and carnage pairs are still…

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Weekly Sales. Cattle

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 27 August 1853 · page 3

Eaton, 190 head at £2 15s. [?] Hassall, 75 head at £[?] Sullivan. Doyle, 63 head at £5. Pitt and Ryan. An extraordinary fat [?]fer, grass fed, the…

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The Sale of the Siloe Wheat

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 27 August 1853 · page 8

IT was only the other day that we had leisure to give an attentive perusal to the returns moved for by Mr. Robert Campbell, in the Legislative Council relative to the quantity of grain disposed of from…

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Wool Circular. London, June 8th

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1853 · page 3

THE second series of sales for 1853, being the first of which the greater portion was of the clip of 1852, commenced on the 19th ultimo, and closed on the 7th instant, comprising—…

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Wool Circular. London, June 8th

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 5 September 1853 · page 268

THE second series of sales for 1853, being the first of which the greater portion was of the clip of 1852, commenced on the 19th ultimo, and closed on the 7th instant, comprising—…

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Cultivation of Wheat

Empire · Tuesday 13 September 1853 · page 3

Bread being the staff of life, and wheat the fari[?]accous grain from which flour, to make bread, is manufactured, the cultivation of this indispensable ought to be considered a study of primary…

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Wool Circular. Liverpool, July 6, 1853

Empire · Thursday 15 September 1853 · page 1

Since our last monthly circular was issued, the wool market has undergone a change, and a falling off in the demand has been apparent, caused by the unsettled position of affairs between Turkey and Russia, and the…

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Wool, Tallow, and Hide Markets. Liverpool, July 6, 1853

Empire · Friday 16 September 1853 · page 8

Since our last monthly circular was issued, the wool market has undergone a change, and a falling off in the demand has been apparent, caused by the unsettled position of affairs between Turkey and Russia, and the…

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The Empire. Monday, September 19, 1853. the English Wool Sales

Empire · Monday 19 September 1853 · page 2

WITH regard to the public Wool Sales for July, we find the following paragraph in the last number of the Economist:— "The next series of colonial wool sales…

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W E E K L Y Sal Es. Cattle

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 24 September 1853 · page 3

Rouse, 200 head at £5, 900 [?]bs., Piesley and Neale. [?]Miller, 100 head at £4 4s., 750 [?]bs Ryan. [?]Flanagan, 100 head at £4,750 [?]bs., Neal[?]…

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Cattle Stealing. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 30 September 1853 · page 3

SIR—In your newspaper of the 12th of September, you have given a brief account of the trial of a man, named Nixon, for cattle stealing, near Bathurst. In this case, his Honor, the Judge…

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Australian Wool and English Manufactures

Empire · Tuesday 4 October 1853 · page 2

WE have recently read in an English provincial journal, an article suggesting to such of the cloth-manufacturers as are working their way with slow progress and…

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Small Farms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 October 1853 · page 6

One of the most satisfactory features in the progress of society in Australia is the gradual, though still very slow, growth of agricultural settlements. As a means of…

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