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Farming & the land, 1884

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 August 1884 · page 5

Mr. R. W. Emerson Maclyor, F.I.C., F.C.S., &c., the instructor in agriculture under the Board of Technical Education, delivered the concluding lectures of his present popular course in the Technical College Hall on Thursday…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 August 1884 · page 12

Ex Sydney, from Sydney: JM'K, London Bridge in triangle, 16 combing at 19½d; Lb in house, 14 at 17d; CJ over C, 10 at 14½; M over OY, Barraba, 7 Grease combing at 9½d. Ex Orontes and Smyrana, from Sydney: JCN, 4 combing at…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Thursday 7 August 1884 · page 2

LONDON, August 6.—Wheat: Off coast cargoes, 38s. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 1s lower, viz., 40s…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 August 1884 · page 8

Sale of 221 bales, from Sydney, by John Hoare and Co.:- Ex Port Juckson, from Sydney; WW over W. 9 scoured [?] ing at 17d, 5 15[?]d, 7 at 11[?]d, 4 crossbred at 12½d, 1 black at 12d, 1 lambs at 10½d, 1 damaged at 10d, 2 mixed at 10d, 1 crossbred…

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Riverina Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Jerilderie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 August 1884 · page 8

The annual show of the abovenamed society took place to-day. There was a numerous attendance of visitors from all the surrounding districts, and a fair number of exhibits came forward, although ha[?]dly so many as on previous…

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The Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 August 1884 · page 5
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London, August G. Wheat, off-coast cargoes, 38s; Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, is 1s lower, viz., 40a…

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Pastoral Districts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 268

Our Albury correspondent writes: "Land continues to improve in value in this district. Some large blocks of selected land sold a few months ago for 38s. per acre cannot now be purchased under £2 10s., and generally speaking…

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Over-churning Butter

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 3

Over-churning butter has the same effect as over-working; so when the pellets are about the size of No 12 shot, churn slowly for a few minutes,…

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The Wheat and Hop Crops in England. London, Aug. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 11

The latest accounts of the wheat crop are favourable. The hop crop accounts are also more satisfactory, the recent fine weather having effected a great improvement of the…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 283

Mild weather is favouring the pastures, and the grass in nearly all districts is gaining strength. The lambing, taken as a whole, is proving to be much better than was expected. Many localities return fair…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph. Brisbane

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 41

Mesars. B. D. Morehead and Co. report: About 186 cattle, 2600 sheap, and 200 I[?]s were yarded to-day. Cattle down &s, sheep up [?] 6d. [?] buil[?] from [?] 12s 6d to £6 2s 6d, cows from [?] 17s 6d to £4 7s 6d, best…

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Transit of Cattle by Railway, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 22

THE constant complainings we have of the damage to which cattle (and indeed other stockas well) are subjected in transit by railway calls loudly for some determined endeavour to manage the matter more…

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Riverina Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. Jerildrrie

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 283

The annual show of the abovenamed society took place to-day. There was a numerous attendance of visitors from all the surrounding districts, and a fair number of exhibits came forward, although hardly so many as on previous…

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Griffiths and Co.'s Wool Circular

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 285

The aggregate of the offerings at the auction sales of wool held here daring July only amounted to about 950 bales, and the sales effected, including those by private contract, foot up less than 600 bales; it therefore follows that, as…

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 13

WOOL.—At the auction sales of the past week, 730 bales and 50 bags were offered, consisting chiefly of country fellmongered lots, and a few greasy lines. Prices were maintained on about a parity with thoss lately ruling, except in…

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Messrs. Mort and Co.'s Annual Wool and Produce Circular

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 285

Another wool season is now close upon us and before its commencement we again address you with a brief review of the results of the past year and of the existing condition of the trade…

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Weather, Wool, Movements of Stock. the Week's News in Brief

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 23

ANOTHER week of the, for the time of year, favourable winter weather for which 1881 has been so far fortunate. Showers have again fallon in the coast districts, and away north into Queensland. The…

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Agriculture in America. No. 54.—Linseed As a Rotation with Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 21

THE growing of flax in America is carried on more extensively as a seed crop than for fibre, the reason being that only special districts are suited to the preduction of the flax, while any of the wheat growing…

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Mort and Co., Limited, Annual Wool and Produce Circular. Sydney, August 6, 1884

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 41

ANOTHER wool season is close upon us, and before its commencement we again address you with a brief review of the results of the past year and of the existing condition of the trade…

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