The May-June Wool Sales in London. (Froh Stables, Straker, and Co.'s Circular.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 19
EXPLANATION of the Circular.—The various wools are quoted in full, with the exception of maries of two or three bags each. whioh are not noticed milers they are porti ns of noted flocks. When a cro[?]s (x) occurs in lieu of the price,…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 19
We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops, and stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this jonrn a…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 198
It is not without feelings of regret that we refer to the present condition of the principal agricultural districts. Dry weather, accompanied by severe frosts, has retarded the germination and growth of cereals to…
Continued on Trove, page 198 →Colonial and Farm Produce
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 37
THE FLOUR MARKET.—The flour trade is firm for first-class brands, although there is not much doing this week. Sydney superfine flour is selling at £12 household, at £11; seconds, £10; Now South Wales…
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Evening News · Monday 1 August 1881 · page 2
At the Darling Harbour railway terminus this morning there was only a short supply of forage and…
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 August 1881 · page 2
Messrs. Harrison, Jonos, and Devlin report:-- At our sale to-day we catalogued about 200 bales, principally crossbred wool, for which the demand is very limited, and prices offering rather low. In the good…
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Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 18
SLAUGHTERING cattle for domestic purposes on the farm is generally found awkward work as compared with the ease and neatness allowed by the appliances of a modern slaughtering house. When one man does it alone, as…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Farm & STATION Improved Car for the Transportation of Live Cattle
Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 15
IN America the improvements in the methods of cattle transportation promise to keep pace with the humanitarian spirit of the age. Humanity, in fact, is found to be a profitable virtue; for the better the condition in…
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Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 18
MR. J. W. GILLMAN mentions an arrangement of the halter for the easy leading of cattle which are inclined to hang back. He writes: "I learned the method from a young Dane in my employ. I had two cows, neither…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 264
The winter still proves dry, frosty, and unfavourable to agriculturist and graziers. A few light showers fell during the past week, but no district received sufficient moisture to bring about a pleasing change. Tamworth. was the most…
Continued on Trove, page 264 →The Cultivator. Pastoral and Agricultural Shows to Come
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 20
SECRETARIES of Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Shows to como will oblige by informing us of what fixtures hare been made for these exhibitions:— National Association of Queensland, August 10…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Grazier. Carriage of Wool
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 19
WE are not about to join in the howl against the Victorians for lowering the railway charges on wool. If they can afford to do it, let them by all means. Our railway department should be able to carry wool…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 19
There are reports again, that another effort will be made ore long in the Congress of the United States, in order to reduce, if not altogether withdraw the duty on Australian wool. The Americans feel…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Lachlan Pastoral Association. [By Electric Telegraph] Hilliston
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 13
THE first annual show of the Lachlan Pastoral Association was held at Hillston, yesterday, and was an unqualified success. The attendance was very good. The following prizes were obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By. Electric Telegraph] Wagga Wagga
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 38
Fat cattle continue scarce. Forty bullocks woro sold at auction at £55s. In fat sheep there is very little business doing outside the local supplies. Store sheep: Demand as good for sheep in wool, but the continued dry…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →The May-June Wool Sales in London. (From Stables, Straker, and Co.'s Circular.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 19
EXPLANATION of the Circular.—The various wools are quoted in full, with the exception of marks of two or three bags each.which are not noticed unless they are porti ns of noted flocks. When a cross (x) occurs in lieu of the price,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Woodman (S)pare That Tree! (Vide Cartoon.) (A delicious duet in A fiat, sung by a celebrated Ministerial Amateur Tenor and a Pastoral Lessee of musical proclivities.)
Sydney Punch · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 3
Encored three times nightly at the Legislative Opera House, Macquarie Street!!! 1st Tenore. Oh! woodman spare that tree,…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 18
We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions us 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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Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 18
EVERY tool upon the farm should have its place when not in use. A well arranged tool-house is not only gratifying to the eye, but it also tells a story of forethought, care, and thrift, that all enjoy. Often a…
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Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 15
AGRICULTURAL education is as essential in Australia as in any other part of the world, and it should not be overlooked that in the United States, where agricultural science has reached its highest stage of development,…
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