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Farming & the land, 1864

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 November 1864 · page 8

SALE of 73[?] bales by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Friday, the 19th of August. Ex Celæno: PB&Co, 15 bales at 21d, 13 at 20[?]d, 4 at 20[?]; WT, 78 at 23d, 32 at 22[?]d, 14 at 22d, 6 at 21[?]d, 5 at 20[?]d, 6 at 17[?]d, 4 at 16d,…

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Trade Circulars. Wool. [J. T. Simes and Co, August 31.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 November 1864 · page 5

ALTHOUGH the third series of public sales of colonial wool, which commenced on the 21st July and terminate this evening, comprised a larger quantity than has ever before been offered, it has not been marked by many other peculiar features, the…

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The Crops. No. 2. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 16 November 1864 · page 2

SIR,—In toporgraphy when describing a district, and the part unnamed, is a repetition of the old joke of the play of "Hamlet" with the character of Hamlet omitted. Such was the tate…

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Iv.—agricultural and Pastoral Operations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 November 1864 · page 6

THE usual vote for the collection of agricultural statistics was for economical reasons dispensed with last year, and the information was collected by the police. A very minute accuracy,…

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Exports of Colonial Products. Wool Tallow and Hides

Empire · Monday 21 November 1864 · page 3

Dundonald, for London:—925 hates, 1 pocket wool,2 bale[?] skins, 778 caaks tallow. 8600 hides. 385 cwt. bones. 14.873 horns. 53I bags gum. 130 packages tea, 10 cases tortoise shell, 1 bale cotton, 2 packages…

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Export of Wool, Tallow, Hides, &c, From July 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 November 1864 · page 10

Per Edith Byrne: 1513 bales wool, 589 casks tallow, 7102 hides, 711 packages gum. Per Jason: 1368 bales wool, 8114 hides, 179 casks oil, 814 casks tallow, 256 bags gum, 38 tons bones, 994 packages tea…

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Fat Cattle Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 November 1864 · page 8

DO[?]S AND Co.—Fat Cattle: There is a good demand for first-class fat cattle suitable for shipment or for Sydney, and for which good prices are obtainable. The trade here bought more freely, seeing that the Sydney buyers were out purchasing on this…

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Cattle-hunting on the Murray

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 30 November 1864 · page 5

The following is from a private letter written at station near Overland Corner:—"There are a number of wild built on this run, and the shooting of them is rather exciting sport. Many of them are…

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Wool-growing in the Tropics. to the Editor of the Brisbane Courier

Empire · Thursday 1 December 1864 · page 2

SIR,—Your readers may have observed that, at the last meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society a letter was read from the Hon. F. P. Barlee, Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, in which that gentleman…

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Cultivation of the Furze: a Food for Cattle

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 December 1864 · page 6

THE following paper was read at a recent meeting of the New South Wales Acclimatisation Society, it is from a pamph[?] Mr. Townsend, county Cork, Ireland, on "Furze or gors[?] food for cows and horses." The following are his directions…

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Wool Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 December 1864 · page 5

The arrivals for next sales are very large. In consequence of high rates for money, and numerous failures, great caution is exercised by manufacturers and merchants, and last sales'…

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Wheat Flour and Flour From Maize. To the Editer of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 December 1864 · page 3

SIR,—My attention has lately been drawn to Mr. Mort's valuable correspondence in your journal, dated 25th November, on the use and value of the flour of maize corn, a subject upon which too much cannot be written, or its claims upon the public too forcibly…

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Mr. Rouse's Farm Near Mudgee

Empire · Monday 12 December 1864 · page 3

ON Tuesday I had the ouriosity to pay a visit to Mr Rouse's establishment at Biraganbil, for the purpose abi[?]fly of seeing his Hallett's pedigree and Egyption wheat [?]rope, and was lueky enough to find the governal…

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Wool Reports

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 14 December 1864 · page 6

The arrivals for next sales are very large. In consequence of high rates for money, and numerous failures, great caution is exercised by manufacturers and merchant, and last sales'…

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London Wool Report.—october 25, 1864

Empire · Wednesday 14 December 1864 · page 4

Since the close of the last sales the inquiries have been very limited; the continued high rates for money and th serious failures in the North have led to great caution on th part of both manufacturers and murchants, and there has been a general…

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The Crops in America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1864 · page 5

A MASS of information as to the crops of the Northern and Western States and the Canadas has been collected. On the whole, there are good crops the country through. The dry season has had its effect,…

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The Pastoral Leases. (From the South Australian Advertiser.)

Empire · Thursday 15 December 1864 · page 5

THE first batch of valuations has been gaxotted at [?] Goyder's valuations in what is known as "colu[?] THis of course gives a large additional revenus to [?] public, who are fairly entitled to its The Register [?]…

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The Prize Fight—pastoral Letter of His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 December 1864 · page 3

The following letter was read in all the churches of the diocese on Sunday last :— Dublin, Feast of the Angel Guardians, 1864. VERY REV. BRETHREN—My attention has…

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The Pitt Water Cattle Stealing Case. Water Police Office—tuesday

Sydney Mail · Saturday 17 December 1864 · page 7

John Farrell and Mary Ann Farrell, his wife, were charged by James Therry with stealing ten head of cattle. The alleged felony took place at the latter end of August, 1863, and at a time when, according to the evidence of…

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Central Criminial Court.—monday. Before his Honor Mr. Justies, Wise. Cattle Stealing

Empire · Tuesday 20 December 1864 · page 2

Mr. Isaacs applied, on behalf of John and Mary Ann Ferrell, for a postponement of their trial for estilestealing, on the ground of the absence of a mastrial witness. Affidavits had been fl[?]ed in support of the…

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