The Late Melbourne Wool Show. (To the Editor of the Australasian.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 19
Sir— I have road with much interest the various letters in the AUSTRALASIAN on the recent wool show, and having had over 20 years experience in sheep-breeding, desire to say a few words on the…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 19
We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions in 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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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 20
FARMERS largely of late prepreponderate among the Victorian list of insolvents. FOOT and mouth disease is rapidly spreading in Britain…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 39
THE WHEAT MARKET— The market at present is fully supplied with Victorian, a large quantity of which recently arrived ia very inferior. New South Wales wheats are coming more freely to hand;…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1881 · page 7
Seldom has Sydney been visited by a succession of such storms as those which raged on March 8. Early in the morning a heavy thunderstorm came up from the southwest. The lighning was very vivid, but the rainfall was…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1881 · page 6
Sale of 850 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Charles, Balme and Co., on Wednesday, 8th December, 1880:- Ex Min-y-don, from Sydney: CWD in block, Collingwood, 4 scoured at 24d, 7 at 23½d, 2 at 18d; TL in diamond, ditto, 3 at…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1881 · page 2
The Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co. (Limited), have received the following telegram from Helmuth, Schwartze and Co., dated London, 12th instant:--"There is an increase in the animation,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1881 · page 6
By Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin.—Wool: [?] M'Namara, 20 bales [?]red at 16¾d; F&K, 6 pieces at 5[?]d; RIPS over Glengarry. 10 greasy at 10½d; JH over Mount View, 6 at 7d; EK, 6 at 3d; EW over M, 7 at 7½d; RM, 7 [?] 16[?]d; I in diamond…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1881 · page 6
Sale of 848 bales, from Sydney, by Ronald and Taylor:- Ex Ann Duthie, chimborazo, John Elder, Abegeldic, Potosi and Clyde, from Sydney: JH, 13 scoured ar 22[?] 21 at 22d 10 at 21[?] 7 damaged at 21d; JW, 10 scoured at 22[?] 28 at 22d 11 at…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1881 · page 6
Messrs. Mort and Co.—Wool: Hover G, 10 grease at [?]; SN, 7 at 8d; XL over EN over diamond, 7 at 8d; ED over New England, 9 ficece at [?] WO over B, 21 at 15d; Ashantee, [?] scoured at 20d, 7 at 13d; WcDover New England, 8 grease at…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 19
In the Mudgee district there have been some thunderstorms, though the showers were very partial. At Wiloannia the weather has been hot and dry; some showers however are reported to have fallen on…
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Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 15
OF late years many old beliefs respecting the origin of different breeds of cattle have become rudely disturbed. It has hitherto been the prevailing opinion amongst cattle breeders that, whereas the shorthorns are an…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 455
The third annual show took place on Thursday last on the paddock opposite Roberts's hotel. A two-days' show war advertised; but in reality only one took place, the second day being devoted to sale. There were about seven…
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Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 18
THE question of improving the breeds of sheep has of late years acquired increased importance in the United States, in view of the annually augmenting exports of wool and mutton to Europe, but principally in…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 454
On the 12th instant 119 head of cattle, the property of Dr. Jenkins, of Nepean Towers, arrived at Wellington by special train from Douglass Park. They are all highly bred, and will be a most valuable…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 470
Summer closes on the 19th instant, and taking the weather of the past four days as a guide, we may say that autumn will be ushered in by warm days and clear, cool nights. The vintage has commenced in the south, and will…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 20
A CORRESPONDENT of the ALBANY CULTIVATOR says—I hand the completion of the season's test of Mr. A. B. Darling's Jersey cow Eurotas 2454. Referring to your issue of September 2,1880, page 572,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 6
WOOL.âThe quantity of good fleece now coming forward is only email, the auctioneers' catalogues, for the most part, being largely composed of what would be regarded as odd lots in the busiest part of the season. At their…
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Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 1
Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 19
OF all the affections incident to neat stock when grazing (especially sheep) there is scarcely another that proves so suddenly fatal. The symptoms are most painfully distressing, and unless relief is…
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