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Farming & the land, 1882

1,140 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 57

Butter Exportation

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 142

Recent telegrams have informed us that Australian butter of fair quality shipped in the Europa, proved worth 11d. per lb. in the wholesale markets of London. It was classed as equal to second quality Cork, and this…

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Wool Sales.—friday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 3

By Mr. John Bridge.—TPD. 11 bales greasy at 8½d, 7 fleece at 13¼d; GAF over New England, 7 fleece at 15d; R over IG over Baan over Baa. 23 [?] at [?] JRC over Dundec, 26 [?] [?]…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather, Agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 160

A droughty and an extremely warm week has been experienced since our last issue. The heat has been intense On the 24th instant, 27 principal districts registered a maximum of over 100 in the shade, and in some of these…

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Wool and Station Produce

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 3

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, report:--Wood: The market has been much brisker this week, and the greater portion of the catalogues offered have teen disposed of, 3688 bales being sold out of 5253…

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The Grazier. Australian Wool in Belgium

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 19

Joh. Dan. Fuhrmon reports from Antwerp, by mail up to November 19:—Since the close of our July sales a steady demand prevailed on this market which, favourably influenced by higher rates from London,…

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Messrs. Griffiths and Co.'s Wool Market Report

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 157

The sales were resumed on the 2nd instant, after a break of 10 days caused by the holidays, and our market bas been very active in the meantime. The catalogues, however, though large, offered a poorer choice on each succeeding day, and the offerings now…

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Ensilage on Dairy Farms

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 142

Among many other useful works which are engaging the attention of farmers in New Zealand is the French system of ensilage, by which fodder may be preserved for years in a green state. The advantages derived…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 18

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 journal…

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The Biggest Farm in the World

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 9

We hear a great deal respecting the immense tracts of land held by our leading squatters, and which are frequently cited as showing the inefficiency of our land laws in preventing…

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Why Farmers Cannot Pay Their Rents

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 10

The Scotch farmers, remarks spectator in The Press, continue to prosecute their agitation for a reorganization of the Land Laws, and an immediate and universal lowering of…

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Farm and Garden Memoranda for February, 1882

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 20

ALTHOUGH the spring has been favourable, with abundant moisture up to, or nearly up to, its termination, and a better one than we are likely to experience again for some time, the country generally…

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The Poultry Yard. Poultry Farms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 21

A SUBJECT much-discussed in the papers, is whether poultry farming would pay in N. S. W. There are many persons well versed in such matters, who are sanguine that it would if properly managed; aye,…

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Farming Notes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 21

IRRIGATION is attracting attention amongst farmors in New South Wales. We require some system to make crops grow in such a season as this. The total outlay inonrred to 31st October for…

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Meeting Oe Ulster Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 8

LONDON, January 21.—At Belfast, 2000 delegates, representing farmers of Ulster, met to discuss the Irish, land question. They recommended an extension of the present…

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The Premier in America. The Wool Duties. San Francisco, January 30. Sir Henry Parkes is Still in San Francisco

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1882 · page 2

He has had interviews, with the leading officials of the city, aud has been courteously received by all. He has been shown over several of the public institutions and…

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The Sheep for Australian Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 19
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IN an article dealing with the best sorts of sheep for farmers, the "Narrabri Herald" says:—"While averse to saying a single word that could be considered as opposing the introduction of other breeds…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 200

The intensely hot weather, which formed a subject for grievous complaints last week, fortunately was displaced by heavy thunderstorms, and many parts of the colony were thus cooled. Several places received showers, the Coast and…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 39

Essrs. King and Cuningham reoport:—2100 cattle were yarded, including two drafts from N.S.W. and one from Queensland, much wasted. Very few were prime, in which class there was an exceedingly good demand. Prime…

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Thc Next London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 19

The arrivals of vessels in London from colonial ports hare been numerous, and we expect to hear good accounts from the sales, which commence on Tuesday week. The London salesmen, with the keen…

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