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251 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 13
SIR,—Allow me again to trespass through the medium of your columns in reference to the orops of 1863. It cannot be denied that the farmers in many parts have suffered severely by the loss of their crops, and what are the farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALL previous attempts to acclimatise this celebrated wheat in the Melbourne district, and, as far as we have yet ascertained, in the colony, having failed, it is with no ordinary pleasure that we chronicle the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR E. B. Lytton, in a speech, delivered at Hitchin before the members of the Herifordshire Agricultural Association, drew attention to the great prevalence of discase amongst all kinds of stook, but more…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ALL previous attempts to acclimatise this celebrated wheat in the Melbourne district, and, as far as we have yet ascertained, in the colony, having failed, it is with to ordinary pleasure that we chronicle the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lucerne hay, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d; oat hay 5s to 6s 0d; grass hay 5s; stra 2s 9d to 3s 6d; wheat, 5s 0d to 6s 0d per bushel; oats 5s 0d to 6s 0d; barley, 4s 6d to 5s 0d; bark, 4s 6d to 5s 6d, maize 3s 9d to 4s 0d; green stuff, 10d to 1s per dozen bundles; milch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE ninth monthly meeting of the council was held on Tuesday, the 5th instant. The Vice-President, Mr. George Peppin, J.P., occupied the chair. The other members present were Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shackamsxon, for London: [?] 02 b[?] wool. half ton old rope 152 casks sperm oil, 890 [?]s [?] oil, [?]82 bags 8 [?]aks 10 cases gum, 586 bags bark, 2267 spokes, 170 caks (allow, 4 bags cotton, 6 packages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FROM 1ST JANUARY, 1864. [?] La Hegue: 2630 bales wool, 16 casks tallow. [?] Alfred: 1789 bales wool, 322 casks cocoanut oil, 13,900 [?], 12,400 bones, 109 casks tallow, 22,113 treenails…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—In your issue of Friday last, and in the second column, under heading " Victoria," I therein see particular mention is made of the great fertility of the soil at Mount Rowan, Ballarat, and that the cats growing on un[?]ured…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The last wool sales of the year commenced on the 5th, the arrivals being 60,000 bales, and the remainder from last sales 9000 more. The sales began with an advance of a halfpenny to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The last wool sales commenced on the 5th November. Total catalogued, 69,000 bales. The sales commenced with an advance of one penny to three half-pence per lb.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The last Wool sales commenced on the 5th November. Total catalogued, 69,000 bales. The sales commenced with an advance of one penny to three half-pence per lb., chiefly on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FEW commodities are more ha[?]ardous than domestic live stock when carried by ships at sea. We find in ono week's newspapers that the Adelaide Bell lost 120 cattle from cut of her cargo of 180 between Newcastle and Auckland; and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How few of our citizens who may see the nice bales of wool lying upon the wharves, as it comes from Sacramento, Stockton, or from other sources, or as it is awaiting shipment by our…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE colonial wool sales, which opened on the 5th instant, ha[?] continued their course with much steadiness throughout (especially considering that so soon after the commencement the Bank rate of interest was raised from 5 per cent., to which it had only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—Pray allow me again, through your columns, to say a few words concerning the crops of 1863. The beginning is of[?]en brighter than the ending, so was the season of 1863. The season began so bright all nature seemed to rejoice,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—A letter appeared in the Herald of to-day from Mr. John Lawson, of Luddenham, drawing attention to the distressed state of the small farmers. I had been meditating a letter to you on the same subject, influenced by what I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THERE was a meeting of the farmers of this district, hell in the Court-have on Saturday. for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken in refernce to the sead wheat which was distributed by the Government last your…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THOUGH opinions differ as to the actual extent of mischief done to the wheat crop this season by the visitation of rust, there can be no question that it has been very great. While some localities have escaped…
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