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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1856

99 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 5

Wool,[?]tallow, Sheepskins, and Hides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 August 1856 · page 4

RECEIVED in Sydney coastwise, from 4th July to 8th August:— HUNTER.—445 bales wool, 36 casks, 344 paunches tallow, 1604 hides, 239 bundies sheepskins. MORETON BAY.—538 bales wool, 78 tons and 1095 casks tallow,…

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Camperdown Cattle Sale Yards. Near Sydney

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 16 August 1856 · page 3

There is little alteration in the stock market since our last. Good beef is still very scarce, and looking higher. Mutton is a shade lower, several lots having arrived, but still good quality is sought for. Slaugnter-house price--Beef, 2d. to 4d., according to quality…

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Camper Down Cattle Sale Yards Near Sydney

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 30 August 1856 · page 3

The market has been well supplied both with beef and mutton during the week, particularly the latter, of which there has been a great quantity of inferior quality; in fact the town in quite full of them, and no buyers for that class. But it is our opinion in the…

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Scab in Sheep: Its Mode of Treatment and Cure

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 September 1856 · page 3

THE following letter on this important subject, by Mr. John R. Graham, appeared lately in the Argus:— In a country (says Mr. Graham) whose chief wealth has been drawn from a great number of years from its…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1856 · page 10

LIVERPOOL.—Since the date of our last report at the close of the public sales here, ending on the 26th of April, our market continued very active, the accounts from the manufacturing districts being very favourable…

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Camperdown Cattle Sale Yards, Near Sydney

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 September 1856 · page 3

There is little alteration in the market this week. Several mobs of inferior quality have arrived. Good beef is much wanted. The mutton market is barely supplied; a good flock of heavy wethers would now sell well, Slaughter-house prices--beef, 1½d. to 2¾d…

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Local News. the Lost Sheep. a Very Very Simple Ballad

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 September 1856 · page 2

Air--"Little Bo-Peep." Little Duigan, the Doctor man, Went out to head an election; Little Duigan, the Doctor man…

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American Farmers: Their Business and Character. (From the New York Tribune.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 September 1856 · page 8

THE question, "Who was the first farmer?" is very frequently asked, and almost always answered, "Adam:" but I have failed to find the proof either in sacred or profane history that Adam was a farmer…

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Camperdown Cattle Sale Yards. Near Sydney

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 13 September 1856 · page 3

The supply of cattle during the week has been quite equal to the demand. Prices remain about the same as last week. Good mutton scarce an: fetching a high figure. Slanghter-house prices -- Beef, 1½d. to 2¼d Mutton, 3d. to 4d. September 12th…

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Abstract of Sales by Auction This Day. Messrs. Burgis and BOWES.—At their Rooms, at 11 o'clock Butter, Cheese, Pickles, Drapery, Cutlery, Ironmongery, Crockery, Fancy Clocks, Watches, Jewellery, &c

Empire · Saturday 13 September 1856 · page 4

—At their Rooms, at 11 o'clock Butter, Cheese, Pickles, Drapery, Cutlery, Ironmongery, Crockery, Fancy Clocks, Watches, Jewellery, &c. Mr. A. ALLAN.—At his Romms, 51, King-street, at 11 o'clock…

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Mercantile Wool and Tallow Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 September 1856 · page 10

WOOL.—By the arrival of the Golden Era, with advices to the close of the London May sales, confirming those received per Montmorency, as given in our last week's report, this market has undergone a decline in price, and until within the last two days the…

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Camperdown Cattle Sale Yards, Near Sydney

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 September 1856 · page 3

Report that the market this week has been well supplied with cattle of first-rate quality, which has caused the market to rule low; but we think cattle is rather more inquired for. Mutton still very scarce and command a high figure. Slaughter-house prices--Beef,…

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Poet's Corner. the Tenant Farmers Lament. "Sic vos non vobis."—VIRG

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 September 1856 · page 4

My doom is sealed, my lot is cast, My landlord called to day; Ho looked around—he frowned and passed—And darkly went away…

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Tuesday, 23Rd. Cattle Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 September 1856 · page 3

Gabriel Izzard and Edward Izzard were indicted for stealing an ox, the property of Thomas Fardy, from the Red Ground, on the 1st of May, 1856. Gabriel Izzard pleaded guilty, Edward Izzard not…

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Goulburn Assizes. Criminal Court.— TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Justice Thorry.) Cattle Stealing

Empire · Friday 26 September 1856 · page 3

Gabriel Izzard, aged about 20, and Edward Izxard, aged about 14, brothers, were indicted for stealing one bullock, the property of a person named Fardy, The elder prisoner pleaded guilty, and the younger…

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Bathurst Circuit Court. Tuesday September 16Th. (From the Buthural Free Press, September 20.) Cattle Stealing

Empire · Friday 26 September 1856 · page 6

James Jenkins, whose acquittal on a similar charge appeared in our last publication, was placed in the dock on a second charge of having stolen 50 head of cattle, the property of James Smith, at Solitary Creek, in…

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The Cotton Crop and Its Movements. (From the New York Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 September 1856 · page 3

THE receipts since the 1st of September at seaports have already reached about 3,300,000 bales, and it is barely possible that in the neighbourhood about 200,000 more will be received before the close of the…

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Wool Fairs in England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 October 1856 · page 3

DOUBTLESS, many of our readers have heard or read of the wool fairs held in England, from time to time; but few, we daresay, understand how these are conducted. In a late issue of the Mark Lane Express,…

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Wheat and Flour Export. (From the Adelaide Weekly Dispatch, September 20.)

Empire · Thursday 2 October 1856 · page 2

The late stir in the wheat and flour market is already bringing up our export of these articles to a fair average with that of the three preceding quarters. For the quarter ended December the 25th, 1855, we…

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Camperdown Cattle Sale Yards. Near Sydney

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 4 October 1856 · page 3

The cattle still maintain last weeks prices; although several mobs have arrived during the week. The sheep market has been bolter supplied this week; but good mutton is still scarce and fetching high prices. Slaughter-house prices -- Beef, from 3d. to 4d. Mutton, 2½d…

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