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Farming & the land, 1882

1,140 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 57

Commercial. Wool Sales.—

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

By Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited.—Wool: W over [?]W, 7 greasy at 9¼d; DB, 12 greasy at 10½d; MoM over [?]C conjoined, 10 greasy at 9¼d; IWREN, 5 greasy at 12d; Garangala, 40 greasy at 12½d; [?] Gordon over B[?]ndy, 67 greasy…

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London Wool and Produce Sales

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

WOOL.—Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartz[?], and Co., under date London, 20th September, report—The following are the totals availabel for sale in this series, and the quantities catalogued and withdrawn up to yesterday:—Port Phillip, 79,000 bales available,…

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Silkwork—farming in England and Australasia. (From Chambers' Journal.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 November 1882 · page 5

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

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Stealing Wool

Evening News · Wednesday 15 November 1882 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court, yesterday afternoon, George Hall, Joseph Hall, and John Mealey were found guilty on a charge of stealing wool, the property of Mr. Body, of Bundemar Station, and were…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 November 1882 · page 8

Sale of 5160 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Tuesday, September 5, 1882:- Ex Trafalgar, from Sydney: DR over G. 2 scoured combing at 27½d, 23 at 27d, 6 at 26d, 9 at 25d, 6 at 24d, 20 clothing at 26d, 21…

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Commercial. Wool Sales.—wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 November 1882 · page 8

By Mort and Co.: TW over BY, 23 grease at 5½d; Cungera, 50 grease at 12½d; Hall over Dragon. 18 grease at 9½d; JJW over TH, 9 grease at 12d; ATX over Booyamurra, 9 grease at 10½d; DMCG over G. 5 grases at 11½d; JF, 29 grease at 12½d;…

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Commercial. Wool Sales.—thursday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 November 1882 · page 8

By Messrs. Hil, Clark, and Co.—Wool: 8 over A, 10 bales greasy at 10d; JXM, 5 at 10½d; AM over Good Hope, 12 at 11[?]d, 5 at 10¾d; GQ, 5 greasy at 10[?]d; HWS, 39 at 12¼d. 5 bellies at 6[?]d; Moonagee, 5 [?]ellies at 7¾d; C&Co., 201 at 8[?]d, 53…

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London Wool and Produce Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 November 1882 · page 8

Wool.—Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze and Co., under date London, 3rd October, report the third series of London sales of colonial wool, which commenced on the 22nd August, closed yesterday, the catalogues having comprised—Sydney, 103,970…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 15

Sale of 5160 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Tuesday, September 5, 1882:- Ex Lusitania, from Sydney: PGN, New England, 1 scoured at 20d, 4 at 18½d. 2 skins at 16d, 6 mixed at 15½d, 1 black at 13½d, 1…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather, Agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 902

The colony is passing through a warm spring, which, censor, as a whole, be considered unpropitious. There hap been a fair share of rain, and cultivated spots and pastures are in a fair condition. The rains of the past four weeks…

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A Paper on Wheat Harvesting

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 20

BEFORE harvest the first thing to be considered is the wheat shed. If the roof is of bark it should be examined, and any leaky parts secured. If the farmer has no shed, it is probably because his farm is a…

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 15

WOOL.—The course of business this week has shown a continued firm market. Buyers have operated with great freedom at prices fully equal to those ruling at the earlier sales. Over 6000 bales have been catalogued, a very large…

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Stealing Wool From a Run. Tuesday, November 14

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 887

The hearing of the charge preferred against George Hall Joseph Hall John Meally, and John Healey, of having on the 8th September stolen 3000lb. of wool, the property of Mr. Frederick Edmund Body, from…

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Charge of Stealing Wool From a Run. Monday, November 13

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 887

George Hall, Joseph Hall, John Meally and John Healy were charged with having on the 8th September, stolen 3000lb, of wool from the Bundymar run, and the property of Mr. Frederick Edmund Body. On a second count the…

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Dairymen's Picnic

Evening News · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 4

The annual picnic of the Dairyman's Protection Society was held at Botany on Wednesday, at half-past 10. Several Well-filled omnibuses and a large number of private vehicles left the Burrangong Hotel…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 4

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 usefl. By writing for this journal…

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Dairy Lectures in Ireland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 20

It is refreshing to read of the journeys and lectures of a Travelling Educational Dairy through parts of Ireland, including districts from which we have had horrifying accounts of boycotting and butchory…

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Farming in Scotland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 21

IN giving evidence before the Royal Commission into the state of farming in Great Britain, Mr. Thos. Mylne, a tenant farmer at Nidbrie Mains, near Edinburgh, gave the following very valuable practical…

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Commercial. Wool Sales—monday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 November 1882 · page 8

By Messrs, Harrison, Jones, and Devlin.—Wool: RM in circle 5 greasy at 10[?]d; W over CW, 6 greasy at 8½d; TK over Bank side, 11 greasy at 10[?]d; HS, 6 greasy at 8[?]d; Gerong, 11 greasy at 12d; — over N. 7 greasy at 10[?]d; Co, 8 greasy at 10d;…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 22 November 1882 · page 4

LONDON, November 21.-The London and colonial wool sales opened to-day. 6000 bales were catalogued. There was a good attendance of home and foreign buyers, but the…

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