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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1881

1,222 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 62

A Farmer Murdered

Evening News · Wednesday 1 June 1881 · page 2

LONDON. May 31.—A farmer in Galway has been shot dead for refusing to comply with a mandate of the Land League respecting his obligations to his landlord…

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Exhibition Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 2 June 1881 · page 2

LONDON. June 1,—In consequence of representations from the New Zealand Government, it has been decided to hold exhibitions of Australian wool at the…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1881 · page 2

The Australian Mortgage liana and Finance company, limited, have received the following telegram from Messrs. Helmuth, Schwarize, and Co., London:-- "The sales continue very animated; prices for all…

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London Wool Sales. London, June 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1881 · page 5

At the wool sales, to-day, 8400 bales were catalogued. There was a good demand…

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Mudgee Sheep Sale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Corresondent.) Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1881 · page 5

The great sheep sale took place to-day. The attendance was verylarge, und the bidding was spirited. About 0000 stud flock sheep weie quitted at an average of above £4 all round. Buyers were present from all parts of the colony,…

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The Weather, Agricultural, and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 7

The dry autumnal weather which was experience during the greater part of the past month was broken on the 28th ultimo, when strong southerly winds brought heavy clouds and drenching showers. Tge district cast of the coast…

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Great Sheep Sale at Mudgee. MUDGEE

Evening News · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 3

THE second day's sales of the Mudgee stud, sheep closed to-day, when there was a large concourse of buyers, who were spirited in their bids. Some of the best sheep fetched over £100 each…

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The Wool Sales. London, June 1

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 3

The wool sales have been adjourned to the 6th, owing to Whitsun holidays intervening…

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Cable Messages. Advance in the Price of Wool

Evening News · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 2

LONDON, June 1.—A cable message to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company states that competition is increasing, and quotations are on average…

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Mudgee Sheep Sale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 6

The great sheep Sale was continued to-day, when the pedigree stud sheep were sold. There was again a large attendance of buyers, and a large catalogue was cleared at prices from considerably over £100 downwards. The total…

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Farm Produce

Evening News · Friday 3 June 1881 · page 2

At the Darling Harbour railway terminus, this morning, there was a good supply of forage and produce from the various country districts along the western and southern lines. There was a fair…

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Agricultural Pastoral Forthcoming Shows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 902

Murrurandi Agricultural and Horticulture Society, at Murrurundi, 20th and 21st July. Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society, 21st July. Dubbo North-Western Pastoral and Agricultural…

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Classifying Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 18

UNDER the above hoading you have begun writing on a subject about which you invite correspondence. If I might be allowed a few lines in your valuable paper, I should be glad to Bay a word or two on a…

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Inoculation for Cattle Diseases

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 19

AT the half-yearly meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society hold at its offices, Hanovor-square, on the 8th December last, the council's roport, which was read by the secretary, Mr. H. M. Jenkins, contained…

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Drafting Yards for Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 903

"Old Stick to Him" writes:—"I send you a plan of a drafting and branding yard, I think it is preferable to that by "Fides Australia;" it is twenty panels square, it can of course be enlarged to any size required without altering the…

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Another Enemy to Sheep

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 19

Sheep are known to have numerous enemies, and the Ararat Advertiser is informed by a farmer resident on the plains that one of the meet implacable at the presant time— when they…

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Exhibition Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 16

LONDON, June 1— In consequence or representations from the New Zealand Government, it has been decided to hold exhibitions of Australian wool at the…

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London Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 3

Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co. reported on April 21 as follows:— The market for colonial wool has been very inactive now for some weeks past, as might naturally have been expected immediately after the sales of 277,161 [?]les which closed on March 25, and…

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Mudgee Sheep Sale. Mudgee

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 909

The great sheep sale took place to-day. The attendance was very large, and the bidding was spirited. About 5000 stud flock sheep were quitted at an average of above £4 all round. Buyers were present from all parts of the colony,…

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A Fine Breed of Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 19

WE take the following paragrapha from the LIVE STOCK JOURNAL'S report of the sheep at the late show of the Smithfield Club — The Shropshire Downs are a comparatively modern…

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