Season and Crops
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1876 · page 806
SOME terribly hot days in the metropolitan district brought fact week to a close. On Saturday a change took place-During the night a southerly wind arose and blew with force all Sunday, bringing an almost wintry…
Continued on Trove, page 806 →Telegrams This Day. Cable Messages. Prosperous State of the London Money Market. the Wheat and Metal Markets. Wreck of the City of [?] the New Constitution of Turkey, &c., &c., &c. London, December 23
Evening News · Wednesday 27 December 1876 · page 2
Money is abundant. The rate of discount is unaltered. The Bank reserve is over £16,000,000. Consols are at 94…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 838
THE burden of the news from the squatting districts has reference to the great heat that has prevailed during the past fortnight, some of the reports speaking of the temperature as ranging higher than had been previously…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 15
Exceeding hot weather (says the Hay Standard) has been experienced throughout this district since the date of our last report, and evidences of distress amongst stock caused by great heat, scarcity of feed and…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 837
OUR readers who scan indices of forthcoming shows and racing chronicles must be aware that rare attractions are offered by the Northern Agricultural Societies and Jockey Clubs during the first quarter of the coming year, and it…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 839
THE following is from an article on this subject in the Medical Record of 20th December:—Messrs. Graham, Mitchell, and Park have undertaken a very unthankful task in attempting to prove that the disease which has…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 839
ACCORDING to official statistics, translated from the Journal d' Agriculture Pratique, there are in Italy nearly nine millions of sheep, the larger proportion being found in the southern provinces, where the traditional system of…
Continued on Trove, page 839 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Homebush
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 33
Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report— 1299 fat cattle were yarded for the week. Owing to the Christmas holidays only one sale was held, and as there was a large number forward, and the quality only fair, the closing sales…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 32
Wool— The demand has been well svtitniued throughout the month, and prices are still Him. Well-conditioned gieasy and fairly washed fleece have been in most request, but all sorts have mot very good values. All opportunity for…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Land. Proposer Experimental Farms in Victoria
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 837
Mr. A. R. Wallis, the Secretary for Agriculture in Victoria, has presented a report on the subject of experimental farms to the Legislative Assembly of that colony. In former reports noticed by us our readers will remember…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 837
IN all our late reports from the Wheat-growiug district's the news has been of a cheerful nature. Nearly all the crops were said to be heavy, and the averages unusually good From some place we have had complaints regarding the…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 838
AT the end of last week the weather in the metropolitan district was very hot, even as compared with what may be expected in the Australian Decembers. On Sunday strong gusty winds greatly disturbed the atmosphere and gave…
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