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Farming & the land, 1880

1,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 63

Central Butter Market

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 March 1880 · page 2

A deputation waited upon His Worship the Mayor of Sydney yestefday st 11 a.m., to urge the necessity for a central butter market in the city. The following members of the Municipal Council. were present…

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Deputation. Central Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1880 · page 8

An important deputation from the South Coast districts of the colony waited upon the Mayor (Mr. R. Fowler), and Alderman Davies, John Young, Meeks, Carter, Roberts, Chapman, Hardie, Palmer, Hordern, Taylor, and O'Connor,…

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The London Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 11 March 1880 · page 2

LONDON, March 9.—The quantity offered to-day was 7200 bales. Competition continues active on the part of both home and foreign buyers…

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Accidents. Cable Messages. London Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 12 March 1880 · page 2

Mr. Henry Stephens, chief officer of the Union Company's steamship Waketipn, met with a serious accident on board that ship about a quarter before 1 o'clock this morning. It appears that a skid of LONDON, March 10.—The quantity offered to-day was 6100 bales. The sales progress firmly…

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Tumut Agricultural and Pastoral Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1880 · page 5

The Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Show took place yesterday, and was a fair success considering the general depression. 600 persons were present. The cattle exhibited were good. Petersen and Sargood, of…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 19

At Booligal nice steady rain has fallen, and the grass already beginning to spring abundantly. The river is rising fast. From Albury we learn that in the weather there…

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Agricultural Pastoral Forthcoming Shows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 498

Inverell Agricultural Society, at Inverell, 17th and 18th March. Liverpool Plains Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Association, at Tamworth, March 30 and 31…

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Central Butter Market

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 511

An important deputation from the South Coast districts of the colony waited upon the Mayor (Mr. R. Fowler), and Aldermen Davies, John Young, Meeks, Carter, Roberts, Chapman, Hardie, Palmer, Hordern, Taylor, and O'Connor…

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American Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 499

At the annual meeting recently held in Philadelphia, of the United States Wool Growers' and Manufacturers' Association, the secretary, Mr. John L. Hayes, of Boston, presented a report, in which it was stated that the wool…

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A Central Butter Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 8

A DEPUTATION of dairy farmers residing in the southern coast districts waited upon the Mayor and Aldermen last Wednesday, at the Town Hall, for the purpose of urging the establishment of a Central Butter Market in Sydney. In…

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The Central Butter Market

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 498

The movement to provide a proper market for dairy produce in this city, which has been underway for over twelve months, has advanced another stage, and, we are happy to state, promises eventually to be…

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Rust in Wheat

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 9

We, (Queenslander) have been favoured with a communication upon the above subject written in German, of which the following is a translation; " As I am only two years in…

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Crookwell Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 499

The second exhibition under the auspices of the Crookwell association took place on Thursday last, and it was crowned with success in every respect. The ground chosen and laid out by the association was a portion of Mr. H…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 4

LONDON, March 11.—The number of bales offered to-day was 4800. The sales progress firmly…

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New Discovery in Butter-making

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 19

A DISCOVERY has been lately made which brings a new element into the calculation of the future of the trade in butter. From the high position which the Aylesbury Dairy Company occupies…

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A Hint on Butter Making

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 20

BUTTER making begins with the cow; one cannot make the best butter from a poor cow. There are cows from which the best dairymen and dairywomon will fail to got good butter, especially in the winter…

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The London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 9

LONDON, March 4.—The quantity offered to-day was 9900 bales. Competition by both home and foreign buyers is active. The demand for greasy wool is increasing,…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Tamworth

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 40

Messrs. Nathan Cohen and Co. report that in fat cattle there is slight improvement in price. We sold—Doyle's bullocks, £4 4s; Allnutt's bullocks, light, £3 3s to £3 18s: Single's bullocks, light, £2 10s to £3 2s. Fat Sheep: Full…

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The Weather—Agricultural and Pastoral. (Continued from page 499.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 520

A week remarkable for low ranges of temperature, yet disagreeable moist heat, has passed, and residents of the coast anxiously await thunderstorms or heavy rains, so that some change may be effected. As indicated by our…

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Meat and Butter Market. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 3

Sir,—It is impossible to overestimate the importance of the subject brought under the consideration of his Worship the Mayor and aldermen of tho city of Sydney hy the deputation which waited upon them on Wednesday relative…

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