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Farming & the land, 1881

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London Wool Sales. Per Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 June 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartz, and Co., under date London, June 21, report : -- " Since our last telegram there is no change in the bulk of wools. Sales continue animated. Next sales…

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The Proposed Sale of the Model Farm. Site at Parramatta. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 June 1881 · page 6

Sir,—I must crave your permission to insert just this short and last letter in reply to Mr. Moser's of this morning. First, I must disclam any intention whatever to "insult" Mr. Moser, whom I really esteem very highly, or…

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Pure-bred Cattle. WAGGA

Evening News · Friday 24 June 1881 · page 2

A number of gentlemen interested in pure-bred cattle met at the Pastoral Hotel to-day, aad interviewed Mr. F. Chisholm'a pure-bred bull Oxford Red Duke the 5th, just purchased by him…

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Farming and Pastoral Notes

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 7

In several districts of the colony selectors are having a hard time of it just now, and from the system adopted by them in tho management of their holdings they can barely make two ends…

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Agricultural Pastoral Forthcoming Shows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 1021

Murrurundi Agricultural and Horticulture Society, at Murrurundi, 20th and 21st July. Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society, 21st July. Jerilderie Agricultural Society, 28th July…

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Classifying Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 19

BEFORE classing, the fleeces are rolled and tied, then placed on a table or bench so that the classer can examine the fleeces before they are put into the different compartments set apart for the several classes;…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather, Agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 1034

According to almanacs, winter of this year did not commence until the 21st instant; but, despite this hard and fast rule, the residents of this colony know that the past six weeks have been quite wintry enough to satisfy…

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The Veterinarian. Red Water in Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 19

I SEE that the complaint called red watter has been receiving attention in your columns. The affliction takes its name from the high colour of the urine. It is not strictly speaking a disease, but…

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The London Wool Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 9

LONDON, June 22— The next series of wool sales will commence on the 23rd of August, and will close about the 22nd November…

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The Cultivator. Pastoral and Agricultural Shows to Come

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 20

SECRETARIES of Pastoral, Agricultural, nnd Horticultural Shows to come will oblige by informing us of what fixtures have been made for these exhibitions:Show at Brewarrina, Darling River, July 5…

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Experiments in Dressing Seed Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 1021

One of the principal services which the managers of a well-conducted model farm can render agriculturists is that of occasionally making experiments in a careful manner with seeds and manures…

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The February-March Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 19

EXPLANATION of the Circular— The various wools are quoted in full, with the exception of marks of two or three bags, which are not noticed unless they are portions of noted flocks; When a cross (x) occurs in lieu of the price,…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wagga Wagga

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 37

The[?] stock market is quiet, and there is nothing doing beyond Sales [?] local supply. The demand for store cattle is improving. but confined to inquiries for well-grown bullocks, which are worth [?]. The sale…

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London Wool Sales. London, June 16

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 1035

At the wool sales to-day, 11,500 bales were catalogued. Prices were firm. JUNE 17. Wool: At the sales to-day, 7800 bales were offered…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Annual Intercolonial Sheep Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 1021

On Wednesday and Thursday, 3rd and 4th August, 1881…

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Preparation of Wool for Market. a Few Practical Hints by a Man in the Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 19

MANY a sheep-farmer is puzzled to understand why his neighbour with similar sheep, similar country, and similar conditions to his own in every way gets a better price in the market for his wool. In three…

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Public Meeting to Express Sympathy with the Irish Farmers. Speech by Mr. J. W. Walshk

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 18

THE Advocate reports that a public meeting was held on Monday evening, 13th inst., in the Town Hall, Hotham, Vic, to express sympathy with the tenant farmers of Ireland in the struggle in which…

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The Farmer and Crazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 19

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

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Money, Banks, and Farmers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 1031

The banking returns disclose the fact of an unusual abundance of capital, and in that respect indicate a remarkable and unexpected reaction on the state of things existing less…

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Colonial and Farm Produce

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 36

WHEAT MABKET— There have been no large are rivals of wheat, either by [?] or train, during the week. There are yet fair stocks hold by millers and speculators, and prices are steady. Our quotations…

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