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Farming & the land, 1871

875 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 44

Wool Market

Empire · Friday 22 December 1871 · page 3

At a meeting of wool import[?]rs in London the Wool Importers' Association was reconstituted. The wool sales opened at one penny a pound better…

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Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. News to 27Th November Queen's health Improved. Prince of Wales ill. Wool Higher. A Republic advocated by Sir C. Dilke. Ministerial Position Retrieved. Earl Belmore to be Governor of Bombay. Recovery of part of Rangoon's Mails. [From Our Adelaide Correspondent.] Adelaide, December 21—9 a.m

Empire · Friday 22 December 1871 · page 3

The branch mail steamer Rangatira arrived here with the English mails about 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The P. and O. Company's steamer Nubia arrived…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 1350

IN the pastoral districts the weather has been fine, with some occasional showers. Bush fires are prevalent owing to the rankness of the feed, and many warnings are given to travellers to be careful with…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 10

FROM the extreme heat experienced at Hay last week, the weather has now turned to the cold of winter. The change is most agreeable, and the heavy fall of rain and hail provided a fresh supply of surface drinking…

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Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 1350

THE weather in the metropolitan district has been fine and seasonable, with the exception of a few thunderstorms at the beginning of the week. The heat is very great, though tempered by strong…

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John Bede's Pastoral

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 4

WE have often thought that the Church of Rome shows considerable skill in making her claim to be the divinely appointed interpreter of Scripture, and yet in refusing…

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Dubbo Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 1349

A meeting relative to establishing a Pastoral and Agricultural Association for the North-western Districts, holding annual shows at Dubbo, was held at the Royal Hotel, on the 12th instant, and although only a very short…

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Wool Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 5

At a meeting of wool importers in London the Wool Importers' Association was reconstituted. The wool sales opened at one penny a pound better…

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Wool-Washing. The Collingwood Establishment

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 1353

The application of machinery to supersede manual labour has now become bo general that there is little of absolute labour, and even of neat handicraft, that is not performed by means of the steam. In a colony like New South…

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The Catholic Church: PaSTORAL Visit of Dr. Croke

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 11

On the occasion of the arrival of the Right Rev. Dr. Croke, Bishop of Auckland, at Drury, on Tuesday last, en route for the Waikato, the Very Rev. Dr. M'Donald assembled a number…

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The Grazier. Disease of the Bones of Horned Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 10

IN many parts of this colony the horned stock are very liable to bone disease. In simple language, it is an eating away of the bones, more generally about the head, jaw, or hips. This disease is hereditary; that is, the…

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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 12

A CORRESPONDENT of the Australasian, in answer to inquirios as to the best and cheapest mode of preventing the encroachment of river banks, offers the following plan, which he has adopted with success. Get…

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Wool Market. 30, Coleman-street, London, E.C. November 2nd, 1871

Evening News · Tuesday 26 December 1871 · page 3

Since our last report of the llth ultimo, the trade in the manufacturing districts has been steadily progresing, [?] market giving evidence of increasing strength, canned do doubt by the absolute scarcity of…

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Wool Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 December 1871 · page 4

THE following correspondence has been handed to us for publication:— "10, Basinghall-street, London, 13th October, 1871. "Dear Sir,—Your letter of 2nd instant, enclosing certain…

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The Wool Trade in England

Empire · Wednesday 27 December 1871 · page 3

THE movement for better securing in England the rights and interests of Colonial wool-growers still continues vigorously.. The Secretary of the New South Wales and Van…

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Trade Circulars. Wool. [Windeler and Bowes.] November 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 December 1871 · page 3

VALUE of Sydney and Cope wool in London, November, 1871:— Sydney: Scoured—superior 25d to 26d, average 23d to 24d; handwashed and skin, 16d to 18d; washed fleece—superior 22d to 24d, average 21d to 22d, inferior 17d to 18d, unwashed fleece—superior…

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Pastoral Intelligence

Empire · Thursday 28 December 1871 · page 3

THE weather at Wagga Wagga during the past week has been suffocatingly hot, and the country is, in consequence, beginning to dry up fast, and the water, in some instances, to run very low. Some little feed,…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 December 1871 · page 2

THE following document, which speaks for itself, has been going the round of the wool trade:— "33, Moorgate-street, London, "October 23, 1871…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 December 1871 · page 6

THE news from the pastoral districts is encouraging upon the whole. There have been bush fires doing some damage to fences and grass, and giving some trouble to occupants of runs; but their effects have been much mitigated by…

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Pastoral and Agrigultural

Empire · Friday 29 December 1871 · page 3

THE weather during the past month has been very warm, and, according to accounts, it has had the effect of parching vegetation, and lessening the water supply on many stations. Besides this, large and destructive…

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