Wheat Harvesting in South Australia. Ii. Adelaide, Nov. 5
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1879 · page 891
By the time this appears in print the wheat harvest of South Australia will be fairly commenced. The appearances are that it will be one of the largest, if not the largest, ever reaped in this country. The area under wheat is…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 November 1879 · page 8
The Boston Pilot, of the 6th September, publishes the following article :— There is woeful destitution, indeed fear of a famine, in the wrest of Ireland before the coming…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Devons. Their Size and Dairy Properties
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1879 · page 891
The great objections raised against the Devons are said to be their diminutive size and bad dairy properties. Let us consider if all Devons are the little pigmy things some persons would represent them…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1879 · page 890
Last Saturday a small party of ladies and gentlemen visited Dr. Tucker's model farm, Forest Grove, which is situated near Canterbury, and is about nine miles distant from the city, with the…
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The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1879 · page 2
BLUESTONE FOR GRAPE MILDEW.—Dr. A. W. Saxe, of Santa Clara, California, recently reported to the California Academy of Sciences the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cultivator. Experimental Farming in Victoria
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 November 1879 · page 19
IN view of the action of our own Govornmont in reserving 20,000 acres of land in the neighbourhood of Port Hacking, and the hope entertained that other large reserves will be made for recreation and (more…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Exporting Stud Sheep
Evening News · Monday 24 November 1879 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Monday.-The stud merino sheep, purchased by Messrs. W.M'Culloch, at the annual sale of the Erceldoune stud, were shipped for London on Saturday by the steamship…
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Evening News · Monday 24 November 1879 · page 2
LONDON, November 20.-A considerable business is doing in wool at full rates. The catalogue to-day comprised 7962 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Joint Pastoral and the Public Schools Act
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 November 1879 · page 3
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 November 1879 · page 3
At the wool sales to-day, 8000 miles were offered. The market was active, and all descriptions of scoured were [?]d. per lb. higher. The attendance of foreigners continues limited…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 7
The very favourable season we hare had hitherto still continues, giving promise of an abundant harvest. Dry weather had prevailed for some time lately, which occasioned a little uneasiness…
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Evening News · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 2
WILCANNIA, Monday.-Forty-one head of cattle, the property of Messrs. Christian, of Bradirgabla Station, were drowned yesterday while crossing the Tally walker…
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Evening News · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 2
LONDON, November 21 9 a.m.-Australian wheat has been sold at 59s per 4S01b…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 7
Spring, of which the greater part has passed, has proved very favourable to the farmers and graziers of the colony. The weather has been variable. The first half of the past fortnight was remarkable for storms and heavy showers of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Corporation Cattle Sale Yards
Evening News · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 2
At a meeting of the City Council, held to-day, the subject of obtaining land for cattle saleyards was down for consideration, but it was decided to await the result of the bill given notice of by the Premier…
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Evening News · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 2
LONDON, November 21,9 a.m.-In the wool market prices are well sustained, and to-day 8648 bales were catalogued. LONDON, November 22.-A…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 5
Owing to a dense fog it was impossible to proceed with the wool sales to-day…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 5
Owing to a dense fog, it was impossible to proceed with the wool sales to-day…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 5
As the wool sales progress competition is maintained with wonderful vivacity. There is a preponderance of home over foreign buyers. The opening rates are fully…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairymen's Annual Picnic
Evening News · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 3
The dairymen of the city and suburbs hold their annual picnic at Frank Smith's Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany, on Thursday, and notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, a very large…
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