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Farming & the land, 1884

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Weather—Wool—Movements of Stock. the News in Brief

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 21

TEEMING rain has fallen in the metropolitan district, and along the coast from Gabo Island southward, to Port Macquarie. Over this extensive tract and extending inland to the Blue Mountains, from four to…

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The Easter Encampment. (From Our Own Reporters.) Head-quarters Camp, Windsor Farm, Friday Afternoon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 9

The bright warm morning which broke over Windsor to-day brought with it the stir of rumbling trains, of marching regiments, of bugle calls, and sharp words of command, and bright red uniform[?] began to move about…

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Farm and Garden. Scale Insects

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 2

DR. RILEY, in his annual reports to the American Department of Agriculture, gives the result of numerous farther experiments with paraffin oil emulsions for the destruction…

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Garrotting a Farmer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 39

THOMAS Flanagan was charged at the Central court on. the 4th with having, in company with others, garroted one Francis Owen, and robbed him of £14. It appeared that the prosecutor is a farmer, residing at…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Monday 14 April 1884 · page 2

LONDON, April 11.—The prospects of both the English and Foreign harvests are splendid. Wheat is 2s layer, and is not likely to improve. The stocks in .hand are double those held at…

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The Easter Encampment. (From Our Own Reporters.) Head-quarters Camp, Windsor Farm, Saturday Night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1884 · page 6

The initiation of the continuous training has been effected with a smoothness and despatch which must be very satisfactory to all concerned, and esppcially to the officers on whom the executive reeponsibility rested…

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Wheat in England

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 April 1884 · page 4

In last week's commercial news from England we were informed that the price of wheat there was from 40s 6d to 41s 6d per quarter, and that the stocks are double those of the…

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The Easter Encampment. (From Our Won Reporters.) Head Quarters Camp, Windsor Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1884 · page 5

A dense fog hung round the camp this morning when we turned out—so thick that one could not distinguish objects clearly over 100 yards distant. The ground was white, and the breath turned to vapour as it met…

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The Hop Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 April 1884 · page 5

London, April 14.--The report that blight had appeared in the hop fields in Kent proves to be unfounded…

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The Easter Enoampment. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporters.] Head-quarters Camp, Windsor Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1884 · page 5

To-day's events afford but little subastancs for the war correspondents, although of some interest to the specrators, visitors, the camp, and to the volunteers themselves. The morning was again very foggy, and…

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The Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 April 1884 · page 11

On Saturday, April 5, heavy clouds came from the southeast, and as ruin began to fail in the city hopes were entertained that the drought throughout the entire colony was about to be broken. These hopes became stronger when…

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The Easter Encampment. (From Our Own Reporters.) Head-quarters Camp, Windsor Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 April 1884 · page 5

Taking up again the chain of events cut short yesterday afternoon by the rain, I will return to the military sports meeting, which was commenced in the afternoon. This meeting was held by the N. S. W…

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London Wool and Produce Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 April 1884 · page 5

WOOL.—Under date March 14 the New Zealand [?] title Agency Company report:—Wool: The [?] year, which began on the 12th ultimo, will colse [?] ing, and will thus have occupied 29 [?]…

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Farm and Dairy Produce

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 April 1884 · page 2

Hay.--Business yesterday was confined to the Hunter River wharves, where lucerne was forward in much better supply, farmers evidently [?] putting forward every effort to get consignments…

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Pastoral Districts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1884 · page 738

Our Parkes correspondent writes on the 14th instant:—The weather still remains dreadfully dry; nothing to give any hopes of rain, clear cloudless skies and the nights beautifully clear. An excellent opportunity for observing…

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Australian Wheat

Evening News · Saturday 19 April 1884 · page 4

LONDON, April 17.—Eight thousand quarters of Australian wheat are due to arrive this month, and will probably be sold by order at the ports of call. The lowest sale known to have been…

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Cable Messages New Pastoral Venture

Evening News · Saturday 19 April 1884 · page 4

LONDON, April 17.—Mr. Maurice Lyons, solicitor, of Brisbane and Sydney, is privately arranging to float in London, a new pastoral company to carry on operations in the Northern…

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Balonne Pastoral and Agricultural Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1884 · page 19

THE first exhibition of this association came off Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5, and considering the difficulties attending its initiation from protracted drought, with its concomitant evils, was in every…

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Shearing the Sheep-owner

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 April 1884 · page 19

WE take the following extract from an article in the Narrabri ARGUS, which has just been brought under our notice. Can it be true ?— A well-known and respected selector in this…

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Wheat and Money Market

Evening News · Saturday 19 April 1884 · page 4

LONDON, April 18.—Sir Robert Torrens, in presiding at a meeting of the Bank of Adelaide shareholders, considered that the monetary pressure in the colony of South Australia would…

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