Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1873

881 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 45

The Wool Market. London, January 6

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 50

The stock of wool at the February sales will probably be 120,000 bales. An increased supply has been received from all places except the River Plate…

Continued on Trove, page 50 →

Wool and Breadstuffs. San Francisco, December 6

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 50

There is a fair demand for wool. The prices are not advanced, but a firmer tone prevails; 20 to 22 cents for choice. Wheat, 1 dollar 65 cents; flour, 5 dollars to 5…

Continued on Trove, page 50 →

Favourable Report on Australian Wool. London, January 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 7

The Bradford Chamber of Commerce have reported favourably upon samples of Australian wool consigned to Messrs. Fisher and Murray. The committee, however, recommend that…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Lambing and Clip for 1872. Report by the Chief Inspector of Sheep on the Lambing and Clip for 1872

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 8

I HAVE the honour to submit, as under, a statement of the lambing and clip returned by the Sheep Inspector for 1872. From the figures here given it will be seen that the…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Lambing and Clip for 1872. Report by the Chief Inspector of Sheep on the Lambing and Cup for 1872

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 2
Also in Empire

I HAVE the honour to submit, as under, a statement of the lambing and clip returned by the Sheep Inspector for 1872. From the figures here given it trill be seen that the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 10

Several Canada Agricultural Societies offer premiums for collections of native insects, including those injurious and those beneficial to the husbandman, a movoment which must have the effect of…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Cricket at Bathurst. Proposal to Kidnap Dr. Murray Latest Betting—sydney Gold Cup. Melbourne Wool Sales. Bank Manager Committed for Embezzlement the South Australian Loan. Quartz Crushing at Mudgee. Meeting at Newcastle. Latest Commercial, &c., &c., &c. BATHURST. Saturday, 12.31 p.m

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 2

Raining hard, but the cricket match between Goulburn and Bathurst is proceeding. The state of the game now is: Goulburn, eight out for 17 runs; Bathurst scored 48 in their…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Telegrams This Day. Cable News from England to January 11. Steam Tug Ashore at Newcastle. Continuance of the Colliers' Strike. Presentation to Peebles. the New Tasmanian Wheat. Serious Charge Against Four Lads at Melbourne. Bathurst and Goulburn Cricket Match. Gold in the Streets of Gulgong. the Deniliquin Railway Council. a Railway Station-master Killed. Extreme Extravagance. Alleged Mock Marriage in Victoria. Latest Mining Intelligence. Conviction for Libel.—£100 Damages. the Brisbane and Ipswich Railway. George Town Crushings. the Trans-continental Railway Scheme. the Wheat Market. &c., &c., &c. BATHURST. Saturday, 8.50 p.m

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1873 · page 2

The Bathurst team won by 40 runs. It rained hard all day. The Goulburn cricketers are now being entertained at supper. Part of a cornice, weighing about 4 cwt, fell…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Town Talk. There was a farmer had two sons, And these two sons were brothers

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1873 · page 2

was went to sing Mr. Honey in that charming record of brotherly affection "Tobias and Biancas." Messrs. Hussey and Cooper are not exactly brothers after the Tobias and Biancas fashion; indeed after their…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Murderous Fight at the Junction of the Ovens and Murray Rivers. Dr. Dunn and the Davenport Trick. the Newcastle Strike. Floods at Mudgee, Gunnedah, West Kempsey, and Brisbane. Sentences on Mount and Morris Again Postponed. Incumbency of All Saint's Bathurst. Formation of Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. Mr. Butters and the Melbourne Corporation. Victorian Diseases in Stock Regulations. Dynamite Explosion at Moonta. Adelaide Wheat Market Hardening, Special Meeting South Australian Wesleyans. Latest Commercial. Newcastle. Monday, 4.30 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1873 · page 2

Forty men were sent from Newcastle to load waggons at Waratah colliery. The miners there refused to let them work. A body of police were sent up, but no…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Telegrams This Day. Anticipated Riot at Lambton. Elopement at Melbourne. Large Arrivals of New Victorian Wheat. Queensland Sugars at Melbourne. the South Australian Synod and the Sydney Conference. the Melbourne Regatta. Woollier, the Melbourne Bookmaker. Discontent with Awards at Exhibition. Slate Quarries in Tasmania. Inspecting Stations for Stock in Victoria. National Agricultural Show. Breaking Up of the Banking Combination. Proposed World's Exhibition at Melbourne in 1875. a Defunct Epaulter. Latest Commercial, &c, &c., &c. NEWCASTLE. Wednesday, 12.2 p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1873 · page 2

The miners out on strike have gone to the Lambton colliery to take the miners who are working out of the pits. All the police have gone up to the colliery…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The New Act on Baby Farming

Empire · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 4

ON the lst November the now Act on baby farming cams, into force in the United Kingdom. Not more than one infant under one year old is to be nursed for hire unless the name of the person, as well as the house,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Telegrams This Day. cable News from England to January 14. Affairs at Newcastle. Latest Betting on the Sydney Cup. Melbourne Wool and Cattle Sales. Ocean Steam Communication. Victorian Musical Society. the Charge Against J. S. Wallis, the Bookmaker. Chinaman Committed for Embezzlement. First Steamer for the Goulbujrn. Death of Henry Gritten, the Artist. Concealment of Birth. Sudden Death at Armidale. Deaths by Drowning in Queensland. Latest Turf News. &c., &c., &c. NEWCASTLE. Wednesday, 12.2 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 2

The miners out on strike have gone to the Lambton colliery to take the miners who are working out of the pits. All the police have gone up to the colliery…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Representative to the London and Vienna Exhibitions. Swagsman Killed Near Bathurst. the Rumoured Elopement From Melbourne. J. L. Heavily Backed for Sydney Cup. the Recent Mock Marriage by an Auctioneer. the Victorian Flour Market. the Newcastle Miners. Four Men Picked of the Glennies. Reduced Rate of Bank Discount. the Steamship Parana. the Ocean Mail Service. South Australian Wheat Market. Bathurst. Friday, 12.31 p.m

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1873 · page 2

A swagsman, name unknown, was run over and killed on Macquarie Plains-road, last night…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 71

ADVICES from the pastoral districts speak of water in plenty everywhere; heavy rains have fallen over the whole of the northern, western, and southern country, so that rivers and tanks are overflowing. The season, as a whole,…

Continued on Trove, page 71 →

Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 15

The former part of the past week, says the Hay Standard, was somewhat sultry, the thermometer reaching 93 deg. in the shade, where the sun's direct rays never come. On Monday some heavy rain tell, adding another to…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Agriculture, Pastoral. The Weather and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 71

ANOTHER period of wet weather occurred at the close of last week extending to Monday, and in the Metropolitan district the rainfall was very heavy. It was accompanied at times by a strong wind that has relieved the orchards of…

Continued on Trove, page 71 →

The Prevention of the Cattle Plague. (From the "Farmer.")

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 18

DR. BOULEY, an emiment physiologist and veterinarian, who has given special attention to the cattle plague, has lateiy made a very important report to the Academy of Sciences of Paris of the proceedings of the International Sanitary…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

Alpaca and Goat's Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 70

THE following letter and date may prove interesting to our readers:— 30, Coleman-street, London, E.C., October 24, 1872. John Currie, Esq., Bunk of New South Wales, London…

Continued on Trove, page 70 →