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Farming & the land, 1877

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The Cultivator. On the Usna Model of Preparing Manure on Farms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 October 1877 · page 20

THE present mode of preparing manure is to take the dung and litter from the original place of deposit, and throw these promiscuously into the general mass in the dung-court, repeatedly during…

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Wool, Tallow, and Hide Report. Goldsbourgh and Co.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 October 1877 · page 6

WOOL.—The opening sale of the season was held at our ware-houses this day, and there was a crowded attendance of the trade, English, Continental, and American firms being largely represented in addition to the local buyers. The hiddings…

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The Melbourne Wool and Stock Market. Melbourne, Wednesday, 9.30 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 1 November 1877 · page 3

Messrs. R. Goldsborough and Co. report:—We offered [?]600 bales of wool at our warehouse this week, and sold 7800 at advanced prices, greasy ranging from 7d to 14½d; 1900 bales of greasy…

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The Wool Sales. London, October 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 November 1877 · page 5

There is a good private inquiry for wool at firm rates. The next sales will commence on the 13th November. The quantity expected to be offered is 180,000 bales…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1877 · page 552

THE sharing is now over in the Hay district. The quantity of wool to be sent from the Murrumbidgee this year will be only about one-half the dip of last year. This if partly owing to sales of stock, but in a great degree to…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1877 · page 551

A meeting of the Bathurst Agricultural Association (the Times reports) was held at the Royal Hotel on October 25, Mr. Thomas Lee (vice-president) in the chair. Amongst other business the following resolution was…

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Antwerp Wool Report

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 November 1877 · page 19

MESSRS. RENARD BROTHERS and Co., Antwerp, report:— "Antwerp, August 31, Wool.—Since our last advices the third series of public sales has closed (4th instant), with prices about equal to the highest rates of May; 88,809 bales…

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The Wool Sales. London, October 27

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1877 · page 561

There is a good private inquiry for wool at firm rates. The next sales will commence on the 13th November. The quantity expected to be offered is 180,000 bales…

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Messrs. Goldsbrough and Co.'s New Wool Warehouses, Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 November 1877 · page 19

A VISITOR to Melbourne strolling to the western end of Bourke-Btreet can hardly fail to have his attention attracted to the palatial wool stores of the above firm which form a promient feature in the street…

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Mort and Co.'s Annual Wool and Produce Circular

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 November 1877 · page 36

THE period to which our annual returns are usually made up having closed on the 30th ult., we propose as heretofore making a few comments upon the year's operations with respect to pastoral matters generally…

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The New Wool Warehouses of Messrs. Goldsbrough and Co

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1877 · page 552

THE new wool warehouses of Messrs. Goldsbrough and Co., which occupy a position between Great and Little Bourke streets, are now about completed. The massive warehouses of the firm are unrivalled out of London for that…

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MORE & C[?] Annual Wool and Produce Circular. S[?] October 27, 1877

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 November 1877 · page 10

WOOL—The year just closed has been marked by a good [?] in the value of this st. pl[?] in the [?] market, which has caused much anxisty to shippers. The unsettled [?]…

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The Cultivator Farm and Garden Memoranda for November

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 November 1877 · page 20

THE weather of the current spring has been, and continues to be, all that could be wished for by the greediest of the husbandmen of New South Wales, whether he be grazier, farmer, or gardener. All…

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Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 582

MANY parts of the country are beginning to cry out for more rain, which is chiefly required for the back lands. At Bourke a good widespread rainfall is necessary not only for the grass, but to give the river a rise. The week has been…

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Cattle Market

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 589

At Homebush at Thursday week's cattle sale, there was, it will be remembered, a fall of prices; but this fall was not maintained, for at the auctions of the subsequent Monday prices showed a decided rise. The fluctuating state of the live stock market will…

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The South Australian Wheat Crop

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 21

IN the Northern areas of South Australia this year the question as to the probable yield has in effect resolved itself into whether the red rust will or will not seriously interfere with the ripening of the grain…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 582

FROM the Uralla and Walcha Times we learn that the new washpool at Gostwyck, Messrs. Dangar, Brothers' station, was opened on Monday, October 29. Mrs. Rogerson, the wife of Mr. John Rogerson, the general manager, in…

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The First Pastoral. No. Xiv

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 3

PASSING over the twelve years' reign of Alexander II. and his miserable contests with the Anti-pope Honorius II. and the Emperor, in which worldly intrigue and…

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Devon and Hereford Cattle Sale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 19

MESSRS. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, announce in our advertising columns that on Wednesday, the 14th instant, they will hold a sale at Woodstock, near Rooty Hill, the estate and stud larm of Mr…

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Travelling Sheep Across the Border

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 583

As the action of this Government with respect to sheep introduced borderwise from New South Wales has recently received somewhat severe criticism from a portion of the Sydney Press, we have inquired into the matter, and have…

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