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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1882

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Commercial. Wool. Produce, and Stock'report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 November 1882 · page 12

Wool—The sales have been well attended this week, and, on the whole, competition has been active, prices equal to those, at the opening sales having been obtained. Out of 4200 bales castlogued, nearly 2300 were sold. [?]ost greasy…

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The Grazier. The Wool Sales Now On

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

IN both Sydney and Melbourne, the sales are going on briskly, and are so arranged as to afford buyers fair opportunity for inspecting the lots that may suit them. The attendance is very good; even the great…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 November 1882 · page 4

We shall be happy to receive from practica 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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Opening a Fine Area of Dairy Land Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 November 1882 · page 21

THE announcement that the great estate of Towamba is to be cut up and sold in farms is one of much importance. The estate comprises some of the finest dairying land in the south, and land of that kind is so…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 November 1882 · page 9

Sale of 1876 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by J. T. Simes and Co. on Thursday, August 31, 1882:- Ex William Duthie, from Sydney: AW over D, 20 at 27½d, 1[?] at 22[?]d, 1 damaged at 22d, 8 skirts and pieces at 20d, 4 bellies at…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 November 1882 · page 8

Sale of 1043 bales, from Sydney and [?] borough and Co., on Tuesday, 1st September, 1882:- Ex Loch Long, from Sydney: JB Googons, 32 at 19[?]d; HOL Weetawna, 38 gruase at 10[?]d, 3 belles mixed at 6[?]d…

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Farm Produce

Evening News · Tuesday 7 November 1882 · page 2

On the wharves today, prime income is selling at £4 to £4 5s, other samples £3 10s to £4. per ton. A good supply Of hay arriving, and business dull. Maize, 4s 9d oats (seed and feed),…

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Commercial. London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 November 1882 · page 11

Sale of 1493 bales, from Sydeney and Queensland, by Willans, Overbury, and Co., on Wednesday, 30th August, 1882:- Ex Lockslet Hall, Morthampton, and Cambrian Queen, from Sydney; D&M. 3 seoured at 21d, 8 pieces at 18d, 2 at 17½,1…

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Commercial. Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 November 1882 · page 8

By Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, LimitedL—Wool: GF, 5 greasy at 11[?]d; W. Cowley over Forest [?], 7 greasy at 12½d; Monks, 7 greasy at 12¼d; IVO 18 washed fleece at 15[?]d; D&Co. over Deepwater, 13 scour lambs at 17d, 7 scoured pieces at 18d;…

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Commercial. London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 November 1882 · page 3

Sale of 976 bates, from Sydney and Queensland, by Henry P. Hughes and Sons:- Ex Polunesian, Parramatta, La Hogue, Thessalus, and Hawesbury, from Sydney: OB over X, 20 clothing at 26d, 10 at 23[?]d,…

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Sale of Fat Sheep and Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 10

R. P. Simpson reports having sold by auction during the week at Homebush, 1826 shorn merino wethers, light weights, 48lb., on account of Messrs. G. A. and P. Mein, at from 8s. 8d. to 8s. 10d.; also, by private contract. 104…

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Stud Sheep for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 20

IT is surprising, says "An Old Colonist" in the "Hawke's Bay Courier," that our farming classes do not devote more attention to the raising of graded sheep. We do not in this paper refer morely to the…

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The Weather, Agricultural, and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 844

The reports from the pastoral districts taken as a whole must be regarded as satisfactory. In the majority of cases the late rains have been followed by mild weather, and the young grass is springing…

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"Manufacture" Of Polled Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 19

According to a correspondent of a gonorally reliable American agricultural paper, " The Albany Cultivator," it is the custom with some farmers in Georgia (and has been for years) to roar only hornless cattle…

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 8

WOOL.—At auction this week, the catalogues submitted included about 5000 bales, and the sales, publicly and privately, amounted to neatly the same number, several large lines from last week having been sold privately. The…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 4

We Shall be happy to receive from practica 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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Farm Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 842

The agents for the sale of agricultural implements and machinery are daily receiving evidence which tends unmistakably to prove that the cereal harvest season is close to hand. The demand for combined…

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Silkworm-farming in England and Australasia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 843

Those who have ever kept silkworms must know the difficulty which is sometimes found in obtaining the mulberry leaves on which they feed. Indeed, sometimes in consequence of bad weather the trees are so behindhand…

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Treating Farm Horses

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 20

WHEN the horses come off the dusty fields, it will do them a world of good, the Adelaide "Observer" says, to give them a real cleaning down. The dust stops up the pores in their skin, and makes them miserable,…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 November 1882 · page 8

Sale of 972 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by John Hoa[?] and Co., on Monday, 4th September, 1882:- Ex Tra[?]algar, from Sydney: Gordon and Flood, Cowr[?]e, l4 scoured combing at 22½d, 25 at 22d, 58 [?] at 22d, 47 pieces at…

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