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Farming & the land, 1880

1,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 63

Garden Palace and Future Wool Clips. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1880 · page 7

Sir,—In your issue of to-day we notice a letter from Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, seeking to account for the delays in the delivery of wool—in the first place, endeavouring to throw the onus upon the stevedores…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1880 · page 6

Sale of 847 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Willams, Overbury, and Co., on Monday. 25th August, 1879. Ex Parramatta, from Sydney: A. and J. Pearce, 21 at 17[?]d; J. M'Ewan, 11 at 16d; EH over W. 15 greasy at 9½d; WD over B,…

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Wool at Dalling Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1880 · page 2

During the past week several letters have appeared in the Herald upon the subject of the railway wool traffic, and the delay in the removal of the wool from the station at Darling Harbour. Yesterday a reporter from this office paid a visit…

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Commercial. Wool Sales.—wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1880 · page 6

By Messrs. Mort and Co.,—Ungaree, 5 locks and pieces at 4[?]d; ROS, 6 grease at 8½d; IR over —, 4 fleece at 15½d; WR over Uriarra, 4 fleece at 15¾d; Wover Uriarra, 7 grease at 10d; C in circle over Queensland, 8 grease at 8[?]d; JHY,…

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The Garden Palace and Our Future Wool Clips. To the Editor

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1880 · page 3

SIR,—In my previous letter I endeavoured to point out a few of the difficulties at present existing in connection with wool receiving in Sydney. As these difficulties will be greatly increased in future…

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The Garden Palace and our Future Wool Clips. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1880 · page 2

Sir,—In my previous letter I endeavoured to point out a few of the difficulties at present existing in connection with wool receiving in Sydney. As these difficulties will be greatly increased in futurs…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 20

A correspondent at Enrolie, New England says:— We have had some splendid rain storms; no scarcity of grass and water. There are a good number of fat cattle in the district, but the squatters appear to be…

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The Wheat Crops at Bathurst

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 4

BATHURST, Saturday.—The threshing of this season's wheat crop has commenced, and both the sample and wield promise to be above the average. A large number of threshing machines are now…

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Agricultural Pastoral Forthcoming Shows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 114

Kiama Agricultural Association, at Kiama, 4th and 5th February, 1880. Parkes Agricultural Society, at Parkes, 19th February, 1880…

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Japanese Wheat

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 21

A curious fact is recorded in connection with some experiments lately made by direction of the Paris Acclimatization Society with some grains of wheat received from Japan. Very little spring…

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The Weather—Agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 136

The hot, oppressive weather which ushered in the new year was, to some extent, broken on the 8th instant by heavy thunderstorms, accompanied by showers, which were most acceptable. The rainfall was almost general, and…

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Melbourne Wool Market

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Messrs. Hastings, Cuningham, and Co. report:—We sold to-day 100 bales of wool from a catalogue of 7000 bales. The market was firm, and full values were…

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Wool at Darling Harbour

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 136

During the past week several letters have appeared in the Herald upon the subject of the railway wool traffic, and the delay in the removal of the wool from the station at Darling Harbour. On Thursday a reporter from this office paid a visit…

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Delay in Shipping Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 114

Mr. Heaton, of the well-known carrying firm, Messrs. Wright, Heaton, and Co, has, through our morning contemporary, the Herald, drawn attention to the delay which takes place in forwarding wool to…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Deniliquin

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 37

The crossings of fat stock for the Victorian markets were:—On Friday, 3010 (Matthews Brothers') sheep, 90 (Christian's) cattle; Sunday, 270 (Pearse's) sheep; Monday, 154 (P. and O. Tyson's) cattle, 16 (Nicholson's) cattle, 337…

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The Butter Question. (From Our Special Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 20

ILLAWARRA, as one of the grandest districts in the southern hemisphere, is entitled to the notice of every one. To show the prosperity of the colony is a matter of importance. But, in connection with the butter…

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Wool at Darli[?]g Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 6

With regard to correspondence and paragraphs that have recently appeared in these columns in reference to tho accumulation of wool at Darling Harbour, the following is in effect the explanation of the officers of the department with…

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The Garden Palace and Future Wool Clips

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 9

AN important letter under this heading appeared in the Herald of Saturday, from which we make the following contruct:— "Our firm have made great efforts during the…

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Ophthalmia ia Sheep. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 136

Sir,—Can you inform me through the columns of your paper how to cure blindness in sheep? A great many sheep in this district are affected; sometimes as many as 40 or more in one flock. A white scum covers the whole eye, causing…

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Farm Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 21

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

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