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Farming & the land, 1882

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The Late and Coming Wool Sales in London

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 December 1882 · page 20

CONCERNING the business features of the Augus[?] September sales, the circular for October of the N. Z[?] Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. says:—The seri[?] was characterised by two distinguishing features…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 December 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 useful. By writing for this journal…

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Harvesting and Dairy Appliances

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 December 1882 · page 20

MR. Thomas Corbett, the proprietor of the Perseverance Ironworks, Shrewsbury, England, one of the largest manufacturing establishments in Great Britain for the production of agricultural implements…

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Farm and Garden Memoranda for 1882

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 December 1882 · page 19

IN our monthly article for last December—this very month of the year—we congratulated the country on the satisfactory condition of the pastures, it being such generally, though there were exceptional…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 4 December 1882 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

LONDON. December 2.—Since the opening of the present series of wool sales, 89,000 bales have been catalogued, while 9300 bales were with-drawn from sale. Good bulky merinos and best…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1882 · page 10

Sale of 6201 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Wednesday, 20th September, 1882:- Ex Cotopaxi, from Sydney: FU in diamond, Bridgewater, 4 scoured combing at 22[?]d, 2 at [?]d, 20 clothing at [?]d, [?] at 2[?]d,…

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Commercial. Wool Sales.—monday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1882 · page 10

By Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited.—Wool: JA, 16 greasy at 9d; Mt. Adrah over OCS. 7[?] f[?] at [?]d, 5 be[?] at 11[?]d, 10 pieces at 12[?]d; [?] 17 grease at [?]d; [?] 35 fl[?] at 15[?], NB, 7 [?] at [?] FU in diamond over Bridgewater,…

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The Wool Sales. London. December 3

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 December 1882 · page 3

At the wool sales to-day 10,000 bales were offered. There was good competition, and prices were firmly maintained. The following telegrams are from other sources:…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 December 1882 · page 10

Sale of 6201 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Wednesday, 20th September, 1882:- EX Hawkesbury and Alexander Duthie, from Sydney: Kulki, 10 at 18½. 16 at 18d, 8 skirts and bellies at 17d, 2 belly pieces at…

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Commercial. Wool Sales.—wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 December 1882 · page 10

By Mort and Co.—WHT, 17 bales grease at 9¾; Saltram over R in diamond, 8 grease at 10d; Y under half diamon over Y.tree, 17 grease at 12d; S over C, 46 grease at l0½; WM over Cargo, 22 grease at 10¼d; TB over J, l8 grease at 10¼d;…

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Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 8 December 1882 · page 2

LONDON, December 6.—Ten. thousand one hundred bales were catalogued for to-day's sale. There was very fair demand for all descriptions…

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Commercial. Wool Sales.—thursday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 December 1882 · page 8

By Messrs. Hill, Clark, and Co.—JG over I, 6 bales greasy at 11d; Coombing Park, 109 crossbred at 12¼d; FB, 6 at 9¾d; JT over P. 6 at 9d; EE over C, 6 scoured at 18¾d; over A, 6 fleece at 15d; [?]B, 10 greasy at 9d; AE over C. 7…

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The Wool Sales London, December 6

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 December 1882 · page 3

At the wool sales to-day 10,100 bales were offered. There was an active demand for all descriptions…

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Sheep Manure

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1882 · page 1035

Sheep manure, from its coldness (says an American authority), does not ferment like horse dung, and therefore retains its value much longer than the excrement of most animals. It ranks among the very best manures produced…

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Tasmanian Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1882 · page 1034

The sheep-breeders of Tasmania have, by careful attention to their business and fair dealing, succeeded in securing steady and reliable markets in three great centres of Australasia. For many years the only…

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Agricultural Pastoral Forthcoming Shows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1882 · page 1034

Kiama Agricultural Society, February 7 and 8, 1883. P. and A. Association of Southern New England, at Uraila, on the first Wednesday in March…

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Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 December 1882 · page 16

LONDON, December 6.—Ten thousand one hundred bales were catalogued for to-day's sale. There was very fair demand for all descriptions…

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Self-Feeding Cattle Rack

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 December 1882 · page 20

MR. Wm. E. Bower, Clark Co., Ind., sends " for the benefit of the farming community," a drawing of a straw shed which he has used for the past winter, and finds it to be very useful, convenient, and…

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London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 December 1882 · page 10

LONDON, December 1.—The quantity of wheat afloat is calculated at 2,150,000 quarters. New Zealand wheat, lowest 43s 6d, highest 46s 6d. The stock of tallow is 1,350,000 casks. At the wool…

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