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Farming & the land, 1880

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The Wool Sales. London, September 15

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 September 1880 · page 3

are wool sales to-day, 8300 bales were [?]red. The market was firm. The following items are from an evening LONDON, September 15…

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Farm Produce

Evening News · Friday 17 September 1880 · page 2

At the Darling Harbour railway terminal, this morning, there was sot a large supply of produce or Forage forward from the various country districts along the western and southern lines. The…

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The Mudgee Farmers and Free Selectors' Association Show. [By Electric Telegraph.] Mudgee

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 September 1880 · page 3

The Stallion Show, under the auspices of the Farmers and Free Selectors' Association, was held yesterday. There was a very fair attendance, although the weather was cold and windy. The…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 19

A bale of wool crossing the border into Victoria will now have to pay 4d as wharfage rates. For the week ending September 1, 1531 bales of wool were sent by rail from Wellington to Darling…

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London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 16
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LONDON, September 15.—At the wool sales, competition by both, home and foreign buyers continues to be actiye…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather, Agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 557

On the night of Thursday last week, a very agreeable change in the weather took place, and the first heavy shower experienced for many months in the metropolis fell. The wind, which had been blowing from the north-east during…

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India a Market for Australian Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 546

When we speak of India, the ideas most commonly suggested by the word are that it is the land of a burning sun, a torrid unhealthy country, the land of tigers, crocodiles, sepoys, jugglers, nautch girls, curries, and nabobs. And…

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Latest Commercial. the London Wool Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 9

LONDON, September 10.—The wool sales progress satisfactorily, and there is spirited competition for most descriptions. LONDON, September 13.—The…

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The London Wool Sales. London, September 16

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day 8700 bales were offered. The market was firm, with an active demand…

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The Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Show, (From Our Special Reporter.) Yass, September 14

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 12

AFTER a cold and bleak, ride from Wagga, I arrived at YASS close on midnight. Judge of my surprise, on seeking quarters at Dodd's Commercial Hotel, to f[?] every, available nook, and…

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The Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Show. YASS, September 14. (From Our Own Correspondent.) [By Electric Telegraph.] Mudgee

Evening News · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 7

AFTER a cold and bleak ride from Wagga, I arrived at Yass close on midnight. Judge of my surprise, on seeking quarters at Dodd's Commercial Hotel, to find every available nook and…

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The London Lords and the Irish Farmers. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 17

SIR,—The First Session of the new English Parliament has closed like many of its predecessors without any useful legislation for Ireland. The hereditary hatred of the House of Lords to…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 19

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

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The Victorian Farmers and Protection

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 19

The farmers of Victoria are complaining of the effects of partial protection on their calling. They Bay that while farming machinery is protected, so that a reaping machine which without…

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Homes for English Farmers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 546

High rents, hard weather, poor crops, and unsatisfactory terms from landholders are compelling many of the sturdy tenant-farmers of old England to seek new homes. Canada has long been regarded as the new…

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The Hop Crop

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 9

LONDON, September 14.—The hoppicking has been successful, and the yield large. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency…

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Farm Notes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 20

TRANSPLANTING boots is nothing now; in fact, if they are taken up when about an inch through, the very best crops can be produced by that means, and far better than in the spot they were first sown. The…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 20 September 1880 · page 2

LONDON. September 18.—At the wool sales to-day there was a moderate demand for all kinds…

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Farm Produce

Evening News · Monday 20 September 1880 · page 2

At the Darling Harbour railway terminus, his morning, there was but a small supply of forage and produce to hand from the western and southern district. The market was excessively dull, and…

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