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Farming & the land, 1883

1,140 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 57

Sheep Importation

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 5

A number of proclamations under the Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866, and the Amendment Act of 1878, appear in yesterday's Government Sazette. In them the provisions relating to the coastwise…

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Mudgee Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 10

LONDON, August 22.—-Mr. F. White, of Mudgee,has been awarded a silver medal for his wool exhibits…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. GUNNEDAH

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 38

Messrs. P. Bacon and Co. report:—There has been a grand fall of rain this week. Seventy-five points fell, and from our telegraphic correspondents we learn that it has been heavier down the Namoi, and also on the Hunter…

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London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 10

LONDON, August 21.—The August-September series of wool sales opened to-day. Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. commenced the proceedings by submitting a miscellaneous catalogue of…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 367

Os Monday last a most agreeable change occurred in the weather, which before that had been much more like that of rammer than winter. A steady rainfall set in along the coast from the south-east, and it was soon known that…

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Narandera Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Second Annual Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 354

The second annual exhibition of this association opened at the showyards on the 16th instant. The occasion attracted a large gathering of those interested in stock in various parts of the colony. In thoroughbred horses, Messrs. Angus…

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Weather—Stock—Wool. Notes in Brief

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 21

THE August-September wool sales in London commenced on Tuesday, and we hope to submit cable reports of the opening prices in our telegraphic columns of this issue…

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The Wool Sales. London, August 24

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 12,100 bales were offered. There was a better demand for most descriptions…

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The Treasury, Queensland, 13th July, 1883. Annual Pastoral Rent List for 1883

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 3

The attention of Crown Lesees and others is directed to the Queensland Government Gazette of 13th July, 1883, containing a List of all Pastoral Rents due and payable at the Treasury on or before the 30th September, 1883…

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Dairy Farming

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 354

In accordance with instructions from the Government of New Zealand, Mr. W. Bowron, inspector of dairy produce factories in that colony, has published a took upon the manufacture of cheese, butter, and…

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Postscript. Cable Messages. Latest European News. the Wool Sales. London, August 22.—At the wool sales today, 11,700 bales were offered, but no

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 16

PARIS, August 22.—Later news from Anam says that the French attacked and captured Phunu, which they subsequently evacuated, for reasons which have not yet transpired. The…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 August 1883 · 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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Farmers' Co-operative Associations

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 354

It is a healthy sign when farmers evince more than ordinary interest in the matter of selling their produce. It indicates clearly that progress is meant and an increase in production, and as there is much room in this…

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Farm and Garden. Blight-proof Apples

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 2

EXPERIENCE has demonstrated the fact that a few kind of apples are possessed of certain but slightly-understood properties that enable them to resist the attacks of the American or…

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Why Some Farmers Fail

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 3

They are not active and industrious. They are slothful in everything. They do not keep up with improvements. They are wedded to old methods…

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Co-operation Amongst Farmers, Planters, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 August 1883 · page 21

CO-OPERATION is extending. Farmers in the Clarence, Richmond, and other districts are devising schemes for obtaining the best returns available for their maize and other produce. Sugar manufacturers…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 27 August 1883 · page 2

LONDON, August 25,—At the wool sales to-day 11,200 bales were offered. The market was rather firmer…

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Farm Produce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 August 1883 · page 4

Although there are some very goods entries in the above section, there are far too many "no entires. " The most satisfactory exhibits are those of wheat but even here four classe and not represented by a single exhibit. In class…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 28 August 1883 · page 2

LONDON, August 25,—At the wool sales to-day 11,200 bales were offered. The market was rather firmer…

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The Wool Sales. London, Aug. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 August 1883 · page 7

At the wool sales to-day, 11,200 bales were offered. The market is rather firmer…

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