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Farming & the land, 1881

1,222 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 62

The Australian Sheep-breeders AssociatiOn

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 455

The fourth annual exhibition of stud sheep by this asso-ciation was opened last Saturday. We abridge the com-ments of the Argus' reporter :— The show is held, as hitherto, in the upper floor of…

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The Cultivator. Pastoral and Agricultural Shows to Come

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 20

SEORETARIES of Pastoral, Agricultural, and HorticulturaShows to come will ob ige by informing us of what fixtures have been mad or these exhibitions:— Wagga Agricultural Soc ty, Sprigg Show, September…

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Important Sheep Sale in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 472

The sale of rams exhibited at the annual sheepbreeders show commenced to-day, the prices in general being very high. The average obtained by several breeders was the most satisfactory ever known in Victoria. W. Cumming's…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 37

Business in stock matters generally is very dull, operations in fat stock being confined to unimportant local transactions, while store cattle are entirely neglected. In store sheep the market is also quiet, the demand…

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An Intercolonial Wool Show in Brisbane

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 454

The National Agricultural Association of Queensland has issued a prize schedule of an Intercolonial Wool Show, to be held in Brisbane during the first week of January. In a circular, issued with the prize…

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The Grazier. the Wool Coming Forward

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 19

THE sales of wool in Sydney, so far, offer no criterion of the prices the regular clip will bring. As yet, the quantities of first or even second grades to hand are small, and persons at a distance are likely…

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POSTSCRIPT. Cable Messages. the September Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 16

LONDON, September 8. —Foreign buyers are operating in larger numbers at the wool sales. There is a more active demand for good combing qualities, both…

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Government Railways. Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association Annual Exhibition of Stock, 13th and 14th September

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 8

TICKETS at EXCURSION RATES will be issued at Sydney and all stations on the Southern Line to Wagga Wagga from the 9th till the 13th instant inclusive, available for return until the 21st instant…

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British and Foreign Intelligence. [By Cable.] International Wool Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 10

LONDON, September 1.—At the International wool show at the Crystal Palace, Mr. Pitts, of Maidstone, South Australia, has been awarded a silver medal for a…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 6

The sale of stud sheep exhibited at the annual sheepbreeders' show was continued to-day:—It was well attended, and highly satisfactory prices were obtained, the leading feature being the high average realized by 23 rams from…

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Hints to Farmers and Graziers. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 456

Sir,—The pursuit of agriculture in New South Wales is not of the most attractive character. The term "farming," in its proper acceptation, indicates something more than the mere growing grain or the erecting here and there a slab…

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Farm Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 454

The rains which fell during the past three weeks have been rather too light to remove apprehensions regarding the prospects of spring. A few districts in the south are in fair condition, but many localities yet…

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Colonial and Farm Produce

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 36

THE WHEAT MARKET.—The market is bare, and good wheat in demand. The millers have fair stocks on hand. We notice, per cablegram from home, that wheat is 2s per quarter lower, which causes an easier…

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Cattle Sale-yards Bill

Evening News · Monday 12 September 1881 · page 3

The Bill introduced by Mr. Watson on Friday night "to enable the Municipal Council of Sydney to raise by debentures the sum of £55,000 in addition to the sum of £25,000 authorised to be borrowed by the…

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Wool Sales. London, September 10

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 September 1881 · page 3

At the wool sales today 8600 bales were offered. The tone of the market is unchanged. The following telegrams are from an evening contemporary:--…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association Annual Exhibition of Stock, 13th and 14th September

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 September 1881 · page 2

TICKETS at EXCURSION RATES will be issued at Sydney and all stations on the Southern Line to Wagga Wagga from the 9th till the 13th instant inclusive, available for return until the 21st instant…

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The Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Wagga Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1881 · page 6

The 17th annual show of the Murrurabidge Pastoral Association opens to-morrow, but the judging was proceeded with to-day. The weather was fine, and the country looks well after the late rains. The town is remarkably lively,…

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The Farmers' Alliance

Evening News · Wednesday 14 September 1881 · page 2

LONDON, September 18.—The Alliance started by the farmers of England and Scotland, with the object of obtaining a reform. of the land laws of Great Britain, has…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral Show. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wagga Wagga

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 September 1881 · page 3

The Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association's Annual Show was held to-day. The weather was fine and the attendance very large. The exhibits were exceedingly good. The sheep, on the whole,…

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The Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Wagga Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 September 1881 · page 6

The judges of sheep did not finish their work until 1 o'clock. Rain fell during the night, but the day was fine The attendance was not large. The following awards have been made:—…

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