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Farming & the land, 1884

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 13

WOOL.—No business has been transacted in wool this week. The deliveries from the country have become very small, and until the close of the season but little of interest can be looked for in the colonial markets. Prices of such…

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Letters to the Editor. Dr. Murray's Pastoral on This Public Schools. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 17

SIR,— In a recent issue of the FREEMAN I noticed one paragraph in particular in Dr. Murray's Pastoral, which you pave in exiense, revealing an amount of deceitful meanness on the…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 23

FOR very nearly the whole of New South Wales, and spreading far into Queensland and South Australia, it may now with safety be stated that the disastrous drought of 1884 is broken. Could we add that warm…

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South Australian Wheat Harvest. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 13

IT is estimated that two million acres will be under wheat this year, much of this being in scruh country, where there is a tolerably good rainfall. The Government statistics of the late…

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Grapes for a Sure Crop. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 980

Sir,—I am about planting two acres of vines of the sorts recommended by you in your issue of the 10th instant. Would yon kindly inform me whether they are most suitable for training to stakes or should be ran along vires, and…

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Co-operative Farming

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 978

The latest instance of the good effects of co-operation in agricultural matters is the report of the Italian-Swiss agricultural scheme which is at present being conducted in California. At the third annual…

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Farm and Garden. Seasonable Hints

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 2

KITCHEN GARDEN.—The conditions having been totally changed by the occurrence of heavy rains, there need be no delay in sowing and planting. Sandy…

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Important to Farmers. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 22

SIR,—I have been thinking that there could be a three-furrow plough mado light enough and also strong enough to plough stubble Gin or 7in. I saw Mr. W. Eiche, late of Parramatta, in Sydney, and…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Monday 26 May 1884 · page 4

LONDON, May 24.—The quotations for cargoes of Australian wheat remain unchanged. Recent sales have involved losses to importers…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 May 1884 · page 3
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Sale of 6936 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on friday, March 7, 1884:- Ex Sus[?]ex, Ghazee, and Woollahra, from Sydney: HC in circle, [?]1 scoured combing at 21d; Edghill, 5 scoured pieces at…

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Wool Sales.—monday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1884 · page 8

By Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and bevling himited.—Wool: H over C, [?] greasy at 6¾d; H over Roongara, 5 pieces at 4¼d; P Tully over Ray,; 2 [?]ambs at 5¼d; TA, 39 pieces at 14u; Preston over W. Horsestree[?] B, [?] scoured at 7¾d; We over B, 11 scoured at,…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1884 · page 8

Ex Nuddea. Bulimba, and Dorudia, from Brisbane: Nive Downs, 4 second combing at 22d, 18 at 20d, [?] at 19½d, 56 at 19d, 35 at 18½d, 18 pieces at 18d, 11 at 17½d, 5 bellies at 15½d, 8 locks at 13d, 1 mixed at 10d, 3 grense pieces at 7½d, 1 beli[?]es at 6d…

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The Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1884 · page 11

The weather experienced during the last fortnight has not brought about any material change in the pastoral prospects of the colony. Heavy rains have fallen since the 23rd instant in the coast districts, but only…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1884 · page 10

Sale of 890 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by John Hoare and Co.:- Ex Sussex and Anglo-Norman, from Sydney: Waddell Bros, 4 scoured combing at 20[?]d. 1 at 20d; W W over W, 2 at 20d. 27 at…

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London Wool and Produce Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1884 · page 10

Wool.—Under date London, 16th April, Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co report:£"Since the close of public sales here there has been a moderately active inquiry for colonial wool, of a somewhat retail character; this has, however, slackened off since the fixture…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 2

LONDON, May 28.—The colonial wool auctions finally close on 13th prox…

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Pastoral Dams

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 May 1884 · page 6

The hill to legalise and protest the construction of pastoral dams, was brought before the Legislative Council yesterday by Mr Brodribb for its second reading. That hon. gentleman was very…

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Does Wool-browing in the Dry Country Pay? to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 May 1884 · page 3

Sir,—As your travelling correspondent and all other writers on the settlement of the interior have ignored the very important point of whether wool-growing will pay for the remedies they suggest, I will feel obliged by your…

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Pastoral Districts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 1027

Our Denfliguin correspondent writes on the 24th instant: "Since last writing there baa been another satisfactory downfall of rain, and the total now since the beginning of the year is 4.68 inches. Stock prospects have decidedly…

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