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Farming & the land, 1877

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 June 1877 · page 6

SALE of 1890 bales, by Schwartze and Co., on Monday, March 9. Ex Ben Cruachan: NSL over Mudgee, 16 super at 31d, 2 at 30d, 8 at 29½d, 1 mixed, at 21d, 14 pieces at 22d, 15 at 20½d, 14 locks at 16d, 1 at 15d: GX, in diamond over Mudgee, 4 combing…

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Queensland Pastoral News

Evening News · Friday 8 June 1877 · page 3

EAST MORETON, May 24.—It was raining generally all over the district this day week, and the weather seems unsettled, but it cleared up, and there has been no rain since. The seasons have been good in this…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 710

THE reports from the pastoral districts have little more in them than an expression of hope for something better than the immediate past and the present. In the North-West the weather has been unsettled, rain, cold winds, and frost…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 16

About 7000 sheep belonging to A. G. Jones, of Wagga, and in search of a market, passed through Mudgee last week, travelling towards Dubbo. The Coolah passings have been—May 22, 3000 fat…

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Queensland Pastoral News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 16

EAST MORETON.—May 31. There has been no rain since the 17th of this month. The rain before that date was only sufficient to penetrate an inch or two beneath the surface of the ground. Mr. H. Barker…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 709

IT may not be generally known, although stated in previous reports, that several of the buildings erected for the purpose of holding the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition have been purchased by a company styled the International…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence HOMEBUSH

Evening News · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 5

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—1518 is cattle were yarded. This was a heavy supply, and generally of good qualify. Prices wore a good deal easier, especially for medium cattle. Beef is worth 22s 6d per 100[?]b, and…

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Sydney Markets. Cattle Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 6

AN improvement was visible in the quality of the animals for sale at Homebush on Thursday, indicating a better condition of pasture after the recent rains. About 170 of the A. A. Company's [?]ttle sold briskly, and averaged about £ 10s; the others went…

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Pickling Seed Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 711

THE following interesting letter appears in the last Australasian:—"Sir,—I suppose it will be generally conceded by most wheat-sowers that dressing seed wheat with bluestone solution, although effectual as a preventive against…

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On the Management of Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 14

IN offering my remarles upon the management of sheep from lambing to shearing, for the consideration of those interested, I give my own experience, which has been acquired by hard work and careful observation of…

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Outbreak of Cattle Plague Near London

Evening News · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 5

By far the most serious outbreak of cattle plague that has occurred iu Middlesex for some time was discovered at Willesden on Saturday, when more than a dozen valuable cows belonging to Mr…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence [By Electric Telegraph.] Homebush

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 32

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—1519 fat cattle were yarded. This was a heavy supply, and generally of good quality. Prices were a good deal easier, especially for medium cattle. Beef is worth 22s 6d per 1001b, and…

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The Land. the Travelling of Horses and Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 709

ON the 1st instant Mr. T. G. Dangnr, M.L.A., presented to the Legislative Assembly a short bill of ten clauses for the regulation of travelling stock. It was read for the first time, and its second reading fixed for the 15th instant. We…

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The London Wool Market. London, April 12

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 14

MESSRS. J. T, Simes and Co. report:—"The market here has been very quiet since our last, especially as regards Australian wools—the transactions which have taken place in these descriptions being limited to a few hundred bales of…

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Cattle Sale Yards and Abattoirs to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 8

SIR,—There has been busy work of late amongst those interested in the above subject, and newspaper correspondence and leaders have had their full share of room in the daily prints. May I, as one having given much thought to the…

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Farm Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 20

[We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops or stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this…

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Hints and Helps for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 17

SELF-CLOSING DOORS.—A self opening, rolling door is shown at Fig. 1. A half-inch rope, attached to a staple driven into the upper edge of the door, passes parallel with the track, and beyond the boundary of…

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The Melbourne Wheat Ring

Evening News · Monday 11 June 1877 · page 2

The Melbourne Herald states that the "ring," which has been playing such havoc with the pockets of the working and other classes during the last two or three months, is "burst up;" but we are unable to…

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Wool, Tallow, and Hide Report. [R. Goldsbrough and Co.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 June 1877 · page 6

WOOL.—We held a small auction sale to-day, and catalogued 395 bales, all of which were sold at very sati[?]tory prices. The wool offered consisted principally of greasy [?] from the Lachian and Darling Rivers, delayed in transit: and nearly every parcel was…

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Messages. Repulse of the Montenegrin Troops. Active Operations on the Danube. Further Advance of the Russians. the Wool Market. the Latest War News. London, Saturday, June 9

Evening News · Monday 11 June 1877 · page 2

The Montenegrin troops have been attacked and defeated by Turkish division. The Emperor of Russia has arrived at Ployesti, near Bucharest, the head-quarter of the army, and…

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