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Farming & the land, 1884

1,460 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 73

Pastoral Districts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 19

Our Hay correspondent writes on the 1st instant:—We have recently had some light showers, which have greatly improved the herbage. The weather has been cold; but as the frosts have been light, only the weak sheep have died…

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A Funny Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 17

The term "pastoral," applied to a bishop's charge, is generally to be token only in a metaphorical sense; but the one issued by the Bishop of Lincoln is an exception, for it deals with "the depressed state of agriculture, and eapeci-…

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The Pastoral Rents

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 32

On Tuesday night the Assembly, in committee, dealt with the question of pastoral rents under the new Land Bill. The principle of the bill, as introduced, was that the rents…

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Sheep Regulations

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 20

A deputation, consisting bf Messrs. Wilkinson, Quin, Wilson, sad Badgery, Ms.L.A.; and Mr. W. A. Cottey, manager of the Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company, waited upon the Minister for Mines on June 27,…

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Northern Territory Pastoral Company

Evening News · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 6

LONDON, July 3.—It is probable that the attempt to float the new Northern Territory Land Company (the capital of which is to be £1,000,000) will be postponed for the present…

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The Sheep Sales

Evening News · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 4

The "Scone" merinos, and other Tasmanian sheep to be offered at auction by Brunker and Wolfe, at Australasian wool stores, on Thursday and Friday next, arrived yesterday by the steamer Esk, and…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 9

Sale of 5879 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Charles Balme and Do., on Tuesday, 6th May, 1884:- Ex Carthage, from Sydney: NAG in diamond, 31 scoured fleece combing at 22[?]d, 2 scoured at 13d, 1 at 10½d, 1 locks at 11d;…

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This Year's Stud Sheep Fair

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 18

On Thursday next, the 10th instant, the Stud Sheep Fair of 1884 will be opened by Messrs, Brunker and Wolfe in the commodious stores on the Central Wharf. On the 14th instant (Monday) Messrs. Mort…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 35

The table of rainfall for this week has but few blank spaces. All the principal centres have received rain, and the totals of the fall registered since January are gradually reaching a fair average. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and…

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The Corming Sales of Stud Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 14

CONSIDERABLE preparations are being made at the various wool stores to receive the annual drafts of stud sheep. which are commencing to arrive, and which will be submitted to auction commencing on…

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Latest Pastoral News. [By Electric Tekegraph.] Gunnedah

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 41

Messrs. F. Bacon, and Co. report.—The weather is mild Sixty, points of. rain, fell last Thursday, The country looks well. Stock are.recovering. rapidly. The demand for sheep has much improved. Sales are difficult to effect as…

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The Wool Industry in America

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 4

Amongst the items of American news published in yesterday's issue was a paragraph stating that a mass meeting of woolgrowers was held in Chicago on May 19,…

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Sheep Regulations. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 6

Sir, —In your issue, of the 28th June last you report the result of a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Wil[?]inson, Quin, Willson, and others to the Minister for Mines re the treatment of sheep sent to Sydney for [?]ale. The hon. the…

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 9

WOOL.—In the obsence of sales there is nothing to report under this head. The usual fortnightly catalogues will be submitted next week. SHEEPSKINS.—There was no business done at auction…

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Weather, Wool, Movements of stock. the News in Brief

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 22

MORE rain this week, of which the. western districts bave had a liberal share From Bourke, Cobar, Dubbo, Coonamble, and other points we have telegrams reporting rain, less or more heavy. These…

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Travelling Sheep Six Miles in Twenty-four Hours. to the Editor of the H[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 6

Sir,—In last Friday's'issue you have a sub-leader on this subject. A man at Gundagai was [?] fined £33 for not travelling six miles in the 24 hours. You say "the case seems hard, and argues the [?] of an oppressive…

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Farm and Garden Reminders for July

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 18

FIELD.— Prepare the land for tobacco, maize, and potatoes. Clover, lucerne, and grass seeds may be sown for pasture. Choose a fine day far ploughing, as it in very injurious in many ways to…

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The Medicine-chest for the Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 20

In the paper "On the Domestic Veterinary Treatment of the Animals of the Farm," in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, Professor Brown gives the following list of remedies for the domestic veterinary treatment of…

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Profitable Fruit Farming

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 3

Mr. Charles Whitehead’s essay on “Profitable Fruit Fanning,” published by Messrs. Longmans, Green, and Co., contains matter of great interest to…

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Farm and Garden. Curing Hams and Bacon

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 3

WE find in the “ National Live Stock Journal” some information on the subject of curing hams and bacon, which we present as follows:—The curing of…

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