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Farming & the land, 1880

1,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 63

The Weather, Agricultural, and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 7

The weather since the 19th instant has been extremely variable. There have been changes from heat to cold, and dryness has been replaced by moisture. The most sudden of these changes ans on the 24th instant, when heavy…

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Accommodation for Wool. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 3

SIR,—The inadequate accommodation afforded in the city of Sydney wool stores, for the storage and disposal of our 79 wool clips, has very justly evoked loud complaints and general dissatisfaction from all…

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[?]Roposed Cattle Sale Yards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 6

The difficulty of obtaining a piece of land suitable for the City Council to have cattle sale yards erected on has not been solved yet. It has exercised the minds of the Council lately to a considerable degree, because the necessity for the…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 18

In the Bourke district the CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN says that grass and water are plentiful, and stock in splendid condition. Around Gunning the weather has been fearfully…

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Farmers and the English Wheat Market

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 9

Sixty shillings per ton is now the current quotation for freight of wheat and flour to England, and in consequence the highest price obtainable for wheat at Horsham is 4s. per bushel. This…

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The Agricultural Pastoral Forthcoming Shows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 210

Ulladulla Agricultural Society, at Milton, 12th and 13th February. Kiama Agricultural Association, at Kiama, 4th and 5th February…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 6

Sale of 1081 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by H. Schwarize and Co., on Friday, 21st November, 1879. Ex Smyrna, from Sydney: RF, 9 at 20½d; ABC, 45 part crossbred at 20d, 2 damaged at 19d, 2 crossbred at 18½d; U over T,…

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Commercial. Wool Sales.—wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 6

By Messrs. Mort and Co.—JM over Gowan, 1 clips at 3d; JW over T, 17 grease at 7[?]d; ADEN over B, 1 grease and locks at 7d, 2 bellies at 6¼d; JM, 4 grease at 9d; FY, 6 grease at 9d; MT, 4 grease at 9¼d; HF, 1 pieces at 7¼d, 1 bellies at 6¼d, 2 clips at…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Tamwohth

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 40

Messrs. Nathan Cohen and Co. report the fat cattle market quiet. We sold Rogers's bullocks at £3 10s to £3 15s; Jackson's, £3. Fat Sheep: The same remarks apply as to cattle. We sold Leard's ewes…

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The Weather—Agricultural and Pastoral. (Continued from page 212.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 232

A warm and rather dry week has in this instance to be recorded. Saturday brought to the metropolis a slight change from moist heat in the shape of a couple of hours of drenching showers, which cooled the air considerably, and…

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Sheep Blindness. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 212

Sir,—The particular case of ophthalmia brought under your notice by "A Subscriber" is, unfortunately, but too common during the summer months. I have had some experience with the peculiar phase of the disease diagnosed…

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Ophthalmia in Sheep. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 212

Sir,—A subscriber wishes to know how to cure ophthalmia in sheep. He can do so by blowing finely-powdered loaf-sugar into the eye twice a week, and bathing the eye with a solution of one part pain-killer and four…

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Worms in Sheep. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 232

Sir,—Will you kindly inform me what will be the hest treatment for worms in sheep ? The country is mountainous, and on the west side of the Snowy River. GRAZIER…

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A Farm Cart

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 212

While there are different kinds of farm carte (writes a farmer to the American Agriculturist), we have not yet hit upon the cart—i.e., one that meets with general approbation. The writer, having much work for a cart, has…

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Farming on the Southern Coast. Concluding Paper

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 211

The subject of my last paper brought me to the neighbourhood of Gerringong, a small airy-looking township about ten miles from Kiama, and situated at the northern extremity of Mr. D. Berry's estate, which occupies a strip…

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Farm Notes for February

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 210

The time has arrived when the farmers should look to their ploughs, and all agriculturists should remember that when the hay and grain harvests are secured, and the holiday pleasures over, no tune should be lost…

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Deficiency in the Russian Grain Crops. St. Petersburg, Jan. 25

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 222

The deficiency in the crops in Russia last year is more serious than previously known. The exports of corn have considerably decreased, and the expediency of importing…

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The Cultivator. Farm and Garden Memoranda for February

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 19

IN the Metropolitan as well as in some other districts, January has been a hot and dry month. Bush fires have also been rather prevalent, but have not been, with us, attended by such serious consequences…

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Farms and Factories. No. II

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 20

IN my last, I promised to tell of the cheese factories working on the estates of Mr. R. L. Tooth, at Kameruka and Wolumla, under the generalmanagement of Mr. Henry Wron; and I now proceed to the task,…

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The Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 6

Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze and Co. reported on Decembers 8, 1879, as follows:—The fourth series of London sales of colonia wool commenced on November 18, and closed on the 6th instant the following quantities having been catalogued:—…

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