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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1882

1,140 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 57

Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association Show. Young, Sept. 11

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 463

As reported by me in your last issue, the judging of the sheep took place on Tuesday, the day previous to the show, and the result of the awards was then enumerated. As this is principally a sheep-breeding district, as far as the…

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The Wool Sales. London, September 12

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 10,200 bales were offered. There is a steady but not active demand…

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 13

WOOL.—No wool sales have been held this week, and there is, therefore, nothing to report under this head. The new clip is now beginning to come to hand from the northern parts of the colony…

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Farm Produce

Evening News · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 4

At the Railway Station, Darling Harbour, during the week, there has been a moderate supply of forage and produce forward from the various country districts. The market was fairly attended, and in the…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 7

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 far this journal…

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Western Farmers and Eastern Produce Dealers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 463

Our Bathurst correspondent writes on the 12th instant:— The Bathurst Farmers' Union had a meeting on Thursday, at which there was a discussion as to the advisableness of establishing a co-operative agency. The chair was occupied…

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The Dairyman and his Cow. "IL ne faut pas dire toutcequc I'on sait."

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 462

In some recent articles upon cheese factories, I have described the Bega district as stretching along the eastern base of the Dividing Range, as hilly, fertile, and well watered, warmed by the heat of a…

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London Wool Sales. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

Evening News · Monday 18 September 1882 · page 2

LONDON, September 16.—The number of bales catalogued to date is 223,000. Of this quantity 20,000 were withdrawn Good combing Borts were firmer. Short, faulty samples ruled a…

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The Wool Sales. London, September 16

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 September 1882 · page 3

At the wool sales to-day, 7,800 bales were offered. There was a fair demand…

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Fat Cattle from Grafton

Evening News · Wednesday 20 September 1882 · page 3

We learn that Mr. S. G. Davison, of Sussex-street, is making arrangements for a regular supply of fat cattle from the Clarence River, the first shipment to arrive per s.s. City of Grafton…

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The Wool Trade

Evening News · Wednesday 20 September 1882 · page 2

With a view of meeting the expected large increase in their business this year, Messrs. Mort and Co. have found it advisable to again secure the use of the brilliantly-lighted Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred…

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Latest Commercial. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday. Wheat is to 6s 10d. Flour, to £14. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 September 1882 · page 2

Business in the import market is quiet. There is no inquiry for special lines. Sugar stocks are out of first bands. Four hundred newly-imported packages of tea have been disposed of at considerable loss to…

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Farmers Conference at Bathurst

Evening News · Thursday 21 September 1882 · page 2

BATHURST, Thursday. A conference of delegates of Fanners' Unions was held at Bathurst yesterday to initiate steps for the formation of…

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Meeting of Farmers' Delegates at Bathurst. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 September 1882 · page 8

A meeting of delegates from farmers' unions was held at Sherman's Hotel, to-day, in reference to forming a co-operative agency. The representatives present were Messrs. Greenhalgh (chairman), R. D. Thompson, and Ainsworth,…

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Conference of Farmers' Unions at Bathurst. [By Telegraph.] Bathurst

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 September 1882 · page 3

A conference of delegates of Farmers' Unions was held to-day, to form a co-operative agency company for the sale of farm produce in Sydney. The Unions of Spring Hill. Mount Macquarie,…

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The Weather, Agricultural, and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 September 1882 · page 10

The first week of spring is almost reached, but the weather is much more like that of midsummer. The days are warm and the nights not in the slightest degree cool, except in some high parts of the colony, and in these there…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 22 September 1882 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.-At the sales to-day 8600 bales were offered. The demand was steady, but not active…

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(From the "Age.") The Egyptian Cotton Crop

Evening News · Friday 22 September 1882 · page 2

LONDON, September 19.-The yield or cotton during the present season is estimated to show a decrease of at least 40 per cent, on the average of previous years. This is partly attributable to…

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High Price for Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 19

America is to be creditod with the sensational cattle sale of the present year. The Hon. H. M. Cochrane, of Hillhurst, Canada, the well-known breeder of the famous Duchesses, this year held his Bale at Chicago…

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The Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 16

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the sales to-day 8600 bales were offered. The demand was steady, but not active…

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