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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1880

1,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 63

Late Agriculture. Approaching Sales of Valuable Pastoral Properties

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 376

Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe, the enterprising stock and station agents of Sydney and Maitland, announce several valuable and attractive pastoral properties as being in the market. They comprise Therribery, Billyeena, and Vale…

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Farms As Managed in General at Present, and the Result

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 19

THIS subject at first sight seems to be easy to deal with ; but it is not so easy us it appears to master the many obstacles that crop up from time to time in your path. Farmers at the…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 19

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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Facts for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 21

To keep sweat potatoes over winter, so as to use them for raising plants in the spring, it is esaential that they should be kept warm and dry; to this end pack them in a barrel of dry sand and keep them in a…

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Prospects of English Farming

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 20

MANY of our country friends will read the following remarks respecting British farming with interest; and will profit too if they will but try to apply the remarks to the conditions of our own farming. The…

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A Model Dairy Cow. the Jessey Belle, Oe Sgituate

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 32

THE following particulars of this remarkable dairy cow, together with her portrait, are taken from the AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. "We have decided upon publishing the account of this animal's [?]reading and…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 23 August 1880 · page 2

LONDON, August 21.—The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. have received a cablegram dated London, August 21, stating that the, competition in…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 August 1880 · page 5

The first show under the auspices of the Cowra Pastoral and Horticultural Association took place yesterday and reflected the highest credit upon the promoters. The weather was all that could be…

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CHINA as a MARKET for Australian Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1880 · page 7

The attention of manufacturers and producers of various commodities is constantly directed to China as a market for their goods. Though many foreign articles are now used or consumed there, their sale is…

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The Late Proposed Tax on Wool, Horses, and Cattle. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 August 1880 · page 6

Sir,—Within the last few days I have been reading the financial statement of the hon. the Colonial Treasurer on his proposal to submit additional taxation to Parliament, and more particularly to that part of his speech with…

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The Wool Market

Evening News · Thursday 26 August 1880 · page 2

LONDON, August 24.—The wool market is weaker, and prices show a tendency to decline…

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The Wool Sales. London. August 24

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 August 1880 · page 3

At the wool sales to-day 18,200 hales were offered. The market was steady, and prices firmly maintained. The following additional items are from the…

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The London Wool Sales. London, Aug. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 August 1880 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 8200 bales were offered. The market is steAdy, and prices are firmly maintained…

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Metropolitan District Court.—wednesday (Before Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) Chase V. CROPLEY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 August 1880 · page 3

Plaintiff claimed —30 due on a contract, which had been taken by the defendant and sublet to plaintiff. Mr. J. H. Want, Instructed by Messrs. Rolfe and Gibbes, appeared, for the plaintiff; and Mr. Foster instructed by Mr…

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Wheat Afloat. London, August 25

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 3

Since the beginning of the present month, when the quantity of wheat being sent to England from America was greatly in excess of the average shipments, the quantity has been…

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American Wheat Exports. London, Aug. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 5

Since the beginning of the present month, when the quantity of wheat being sent to England from America was greatly in excess of the average, shipments have been steadily…

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The Wool Sales. London, August 25

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 3

At the wool sales to-day 9400 bales were offered. A good demand prevails, but prices generally are unchanged…

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Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Show. (By Telegraph.) (From Our Special Correspondent.) Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 6

The attendance, to-day. is estimated to have been over 1000. The Burrangong Association has been in existence eleven years, and has spent about £12,000 in improvements. There were over 300 entries for this…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 August 1880 · page 20

The much-needed rain still holds off at Deniliquin, and there are (says the PASTORAL TIMES) no present indications of a chango. The week has not passed absolutely without rain, but the fall has been…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 28 August 1880 · page 4

LONDON, August 26.—At the wool sales, crossbreds are easier. The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company have received a cablegram, dated…

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