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812 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 41
SOME of our readers may remember the ancedete of Sir Joseph Banks, who, in 1805, received from some friend a packet of grass-seed marked "hill wheat." All he knew of the gift was simply that the seeds came from the East…
Continued on Trove, page 199 →from Melbourne report a, most unsettled market for Maize and other feeding grains, and the regular auction sales recently established there have put a stop to anything like speculation. We quote sales of Maize at 4s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE peculiar disadvantage under which we have been labouring, as already stated, has been that, our land was not ploughed up before the winter, and exposed to the influence of the weather. A…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A fatal accident occurred in the harbour on Sunday last about 6 o'clock. Three young men, named Henry Brown, Thomas Williams, and William Taylor, were in a boat at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AT Coggeshall Mr. Mecbi said: As compared with last year the present year had been a very calamitous one for the British farmer. He believed, taking the most moderate estimate, that the fanner would receive a pound an acre…
Continued on Trove, page 199 →IN the county of Cumberland the week up to Wednesday last was sultry and dry. The threatening of rain which was referred to in our previous note as promising a liberal downpour at the end of last week, resulted in some light…
Continued on Trove, page 197 →We have to report the arrival of two more lots of imported sheep from Victoria, the Barrabool, on Friday, having brought up 120 superior Lincoln rams, and the [?] 204 Lincoln ewes, all, we believe,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE third annual show of the above society took place [?] Tuesday and Wednesday, the 8th and 9th instant, w[?] the sanguine expectations of the committee of [?] seemed to be fairly realised. About 1500 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WE abridge from the correspondent of the Post[?]rol Times:- On January 26, [?] inquiry into causes which led to the destruction of the property of Mr. Henry Tarlton Whitty,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swillit: IN THE DUMPS, SALTBUSH, THAT YOU DON'T EAT? WHAT'S UP? Saltbush: ENOUGH TO PUT A MAN IN THE DUMPS, THIS CONFOUNDED DROUGHT! YOU'D SAY SO IF YOUR SHEEP WERE DYING BEFORE YOUR EYES, AND YOU THREE HUNDRED MILES AWAY, TOO…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under date 16th February, Messrs. Leanmonth. Dickinson, and Co., are advised by their London agents as follows:—"Wool sales opened without much change in prices."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London colonial wool sales opened yesterday. The total arrivals, up to date, amount to over 100,000 bales; upwards of 5500 bales were offered, of which Cape wools…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The London Colonial Wool sales opened yesterday, 15th February. The total arrivals were upwards of 100,000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE is so such change in the character of the season in the interior as to relieve the country from the effects of the damaging; dryness which it has be long endured. There are however, indications of an early break up of what is…
Continued on Trove, page 229 →A flock of sheep, numbering 7000, the property of Messrs. Gibson Brothers, of Blanu, on route fog Kiandra, in charge of Mr. Voss, crossed the Alfred. Bridge on Tuesday last. On the same day a mob of 52…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →At the Metropolitan Christmas Cattle Market, this year, 7600 beasts were sold as against 6500 last year. Of the number sold, 2000 were Aberdeen cattle. Lincolns also were…
Continued on Trove, page 234 →THE third annual show of the above society took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 8th and 9th instant, when the sanguine expectations of the committee of management seemed to be fairly realised. About 1500 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 231 →FORTUNATELY we are yet a little behind European nations is commercial smartness, trade tricks, and adulteration. What can be done in the way of producing artificial butter from rubbish is most amusingly illustrated in the following…
Continued on Trove, page 230 →The Queen's annual sale of fat stock took place at her Majesty's model farm, Windsor Pads. The animals sold comprised forty-two Shorthorn and Scotch oxen and heifers and…
Continued on Trove, page 234 →THIS gigantic wild sheep is properly a Thibetan animal, but specimens are stated to have been Been on the Indian side; and, as it affords to the Indian hunter magnificent sport, we must give it a place here. It is said to attain a…
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