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Farming & the land, 1863

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Rust in Wheat: Its Nature and Supposed Cause. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 December 1863 · page 3

SIR,—As a large portion of the wheat crops on the east coast of this colony, embracing a tract of country from Shoalhaven on the south, and extending as far as the Clarence or Grafton district in the north, have recently fallen a sacrifice to a blight commonly…

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London Wool Report

Empire · Tuesday 15 December 1863 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The next sales are announced for 5 h November. The total number of bales catalogued, are 61.870. During the last fortnight the market's shew up…

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Cattle and Sheep Inspectors

Sydney Mail · Saturday 19 December 1863 · page 5

THE following is a list of cattle and sheep inspectors, 8th December, 1863:— Alexander Bruce—salary as cattle inspector, £100 per annum; salary as sheep inspector, £200 per annum; stationed at Ten Mile…

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London Wool Report

Sydney Mail · Saturday 19 December 1863 · page 5

The next sales are announced for 5th November. The total number of bales catalogued is 61,870. During the last fortnight the markets shew an…

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London Wool Report— October 24,1863

Empire · Saturday 19 December 1863 · page 4

During the last fortnight the accounts from the North have Imparted considerable firmness to our market and prices have had a hardening tondonoy; indeed, during the last few days the inquiries have been on an extensive scale, and although but…

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The Indebted Farmers

Sydney Mail · Saturday 19 December 1863 · page 3

ON the motion of Mr. MACPHERSON, a return has been printed shewing the number of farmers who received relief in the shape of seed wheat and oats last year, and specifying the quantity…

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Exports of Wool, Tallow. Hides, &c. From 1St July

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 December 1863 · page 9

Per Strathdon: 1379 bales wool, 11,806 hides, 8706 horns. Per Centurion: 841 bales wool, 8740 hides, 414 casks cocoanut oil, 139 packages 1208 bags gum. Per Transatlantic: 1417 bales wool, 86 casks tallow, 6631 hides,…

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