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Farming & the land, 1881

1,222 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 62

Pastoral Leases Act of 1869. Sale of the Unexpired Terms of Leases of Forfeited Runs of Crown Lands in the Unsettled Districts. Department of Public Lands, Pastoral Occupation Branch, Brisbane, 14th. November, 1881

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 November 1881 · page 3

THE Attention of Stockowners and others is drawn to the notices in the Supplement to the Government Gazette of the 5th instant, having reference to the undermentioned Forferted Runs, situated in the unsettled Districts, the unexpired terms of…

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New Zealand. Sale of Pastoral Leases of Crown Lands. Preliminary Notice. General Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 7th November, 1881

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 November 1881 · page 3

Three million acres of Crown Lands will shortly be open for sale and lease in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand. Ths country is at present held under lease in large runs until 1st March, 1883…

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The London Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 24 November 1881 · page 2

LONDON. November 22.—The November series of wool sales opened to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers, and there were rattling biddings. The…

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Wool and Frozen Meat

Evening News · Thursday 24 November 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgetty, Blackwood, and Co. have received a saulegram from London this morning, stating that the wool sales opened with great spirit, and prices very firm, showing an advance of from halfpenny to…

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Improvement in the London Wool Market. London, Nov. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 November 1881 · page 6

London brokers express themselves hopefully to-day in regard to the wool market, which they are confident will improve…

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The London Wool Market

Evening News · Friday 25 November 1881 · page 2

LONDON, November 24.—The tone of the wool market ia animated. The attendance of buyers is large, and biddings spirited, Large purchase are being made…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Excited Tone in the Wool Market. London, Nov. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 November 1881 · page 5

An animated tone pervades the wool market, and English and Scotch manufacturers ave buying up large quantities of the staple…

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Agricultural Pastoral Forthcoming Shows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 894

Queensland National Association Wool Show, January 2, 1882. Inverell P. and A. Association, March 1 and 2,1882. Kiama Agricultural Association, March 8 and 9…

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[?] Wool [?] Produce

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 7

Messrs. Harrison, Junes, and Devlin report:-- Wool: By cablegram we are in receipt of news of the opening of the London November sales on the 22nd instant. The market, as was expected, opened…

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The Land of Butter

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 7

(See page 16). ON the eastern coast of Australia, at the most southerly extremity of New South Wales, lie the Eden and Bega districts, included within the counties of Auckland and…

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Goldsbrough's Monthly Wool

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 10

We make the following extract:—The season is now in full operation, and large shies have been held during, the mouth, the quantity catalogued being 75,550 bales, of which 56,738 bales have been sold, making total of…

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Self-feeding Rack for Cattle

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 21

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Self-feeding Rack for Cattle

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 21

WHERE cattle are kept in yards, or where the amount of herbage is limited and the use of fodder has to be resorted to, the self-feeding rack represented in our illustration will be found extremely useful. Mr. W. E…

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The Wheat Season—rust

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 20

It is many years since we first suggested that steps ought to be taken whereby the results of precuring seed wheat from the North American colonies, from Scotland. and other cold regions…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather, Agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 912

Another week of variable weather has closed, Brisk showers and a fall of hail on the coast were followed by hot winds and unpleasant duststorms. Thursday was such a day as usually falls to the lot of midsummer, but vegetation…

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The London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 11

LONDON, November 22.—The November series of wool sales opened to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers, and there were rattling biddings. The…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 37

Messrs, King and C[?]ningam report:—2500 cattle were yarded, about half being from the north.A large proportion of the supply is medium,and prices are down 15s to 20s Best bullocks made £8 to £9 10s, good £8 to £,7; best cows,…

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Visitors to the Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 19

Amongst those who have been attending the sales in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide was Mr. E. H. Consens, of Goooh and Cousens, of London Wall wool-warehouses. Mr. Consens…

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Butter-dish Contests. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 899

Sir,—I see by reference to your paper that the Snail's Bay Regatta has been fixed for the same date that had been previously fixed for the annual regatta of the Glebe Rowing Club; now I think the committee of the former have been guilty of gross…

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Indian Wheat. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 895

Sir,—I send you a very hurried report of the Indian rust-proof wheat. It continues to do well, and I never saw any crop looking healthier. I shall send you exact particulars of extent of ground occupied and weight of grain…

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