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Farming & the land, 1884

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Wool-growing and Sheep-breeding

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1884 · page 7

Mr. J. Hermann Schmidt, of the Royal Friedrich Wilhelm College, Berlin, is about to commence a series of lectures, under the auspices of the Technical College, in the principal inland towns of New…

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Pastoral Districts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 163

The rain which fell at the close of last week unfortunately was confined almost entirely to the coast and Monaro. It did good service. On the 20th instant light rains fell in Albury, Bega, Cowra, Forbes, Goulburn,…

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Wool-Growing

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 163

Mr. Herman Schmidt lectured before the Technical College on the night of the 18th instant, on "Wool-growing." He observed: "As wool-growing is the special object of the sheep breeder, let us see which are the most important…

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Pastoral Progress in the South

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 163

The following particulars are extracted from statistics just compiled with regard to the numbers of stock in the Albury district for the year ending 31st December, 1883. Sheep have for some time past been more generally kept…

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The Weather—Agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 184

A change of weather has taken place. On the evening of Wednesday, 16th instant, there were signs of rain along the coast, and about 9 o'clock light showers commenced to fall. These continued throughout the night, but so light…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 13

Sale of 2571 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Monday, 26th November, 1833:— Ex Kost from [?] 14 combing at 19d; TL, Woodlands, 9 scoured at 18½d, 5 at 16½d, 2 at 12[?]d; PH over…

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Export of Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 14

SINCE the first of the month about 24,696 bales have been received for shipment, and the work of dumping and stowing has been carried on at the export, wharves with the greatest despatch. The wool despatched…

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Wool Sales.—thursday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 13

By Mr. F. L. Barker.—Wool: GC, 25 bales greasy at 13d, bellies and pieces at 7d, locks at 3d; JSP, 27 greasy at 10¾d; DM. 11 greasy at 10[?]d; TD, 7 greasy at 10[?]d; DMI, 6 greasy at 10½d; GV,8 greasy at 9¼d; JI over JI, 15 greasy at 9d; DIGHT,…

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Latest Pastoral News. by Electric Telegraph. Gunnedah

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 38

Messrs. F. Bacon and Co. report:—37 points of rian fell last Sunday. The downpour was heavier south-west from here. All signs of rain have again vanished. The weather is somewhat cooler. We have sold 4000 mixed…

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 13

WOOL.—At the wool sales this week there was good competition for medium descriptions of wool, of which the catalogues were chiefly composed. All good lots brought fully late rates, and for even the inferior descriptions there was a…

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Agriculture in America. No. Xxviii.—the Chicago Cattle Yards

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 19

THE importance of Chicago as the great stook receiving and distributing centre of America is shown by the fact that last year the receipts of cattle and hogs amounted to 1,493,550 and 6,527,679 respectively…

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Weather—Wool—Movements of Stock. News in Brief

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 21

RAIN was falling heavily in Sydney when our last issue was going to press, and telegrams were coming in from Guudagai, Albury, Orange, Yass, Wollon rong Carcoar, Camden, Bungendore, Bega, Bombala…

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Disastrous Fire on a Farm. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Nundle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 13

Yesterday afternoon while the steam-threshing machine was at work on the farm of Mrs. Swan, Duncan's Creek, about 7 miles below Bowling Alley Point, a spark from the engine set fire to the stable, and the flames spread so rapidly…

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Farm and Garden. Do Trees Increase Rainfall?

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1884 · page 3

AN old theory, that dies hard, and is constantly reappearing in our newspapers, is that “forests increase the rainfall,” and that felling forests has been attended with decrease of rain…

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London Wool and Produce Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1884 · page 9

Messrs. Relmu[?]h Schwartze and Co. report, under date London, 8th December:—The fourth series of London sales of colon[?]l wool, which commenced on the 2[?] ultimo, closed to-day the [?]t logues [?]aving comprised—[?]ydney, [?] bales, against…

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South Australian Wheat Statistics. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1884 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Statistics published show that from December 1 last year to January 6 of the present year, 983,048 bushels of wheat have been shipped from different parts of the colony, as…

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Wheat Exports From South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1884 · page 10

From the 21st to the 26th instant the colony of South Australia exported 882,000 bushels of wheat; and from December 1 to January 26, 983,000 bushels. These figures, show a large increase over…

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Resumption of Pastoral Leaseholds

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1884 · page 6

Mr A. G. Taylor drew the attention of the Minister for Lands, in the Assembly yesterday, to a paragraph in a recent issue of the Wentworth Guardian, containing a statement to the effect…

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Australian Mutton and Butter

Evening News · Friday 1 February 1884 · page 2

LONDON, January 31.—The shipment of butter by the Chimborazo realised 13d per lb. It was considered not sufficiently salt. The mutton by the Cuzco was sold at prices ranging…

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Pastoral Districts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1884 · page 211

From Brewarrina, January 26, we learn that water is beginning to get scarce everywhere; the Barwon is beginning to look in places a very paltry stream indeed. Although none too well situated we are still far better off…

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