Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 486
Winter is closing with the temperature of summer. Hot westerly winds are parching the pastures, and grave fears are entertained concerning the spring. Another drought seems impending. If such should be…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 18
Mr. S. Smith held the annual cattle sale at Braidwood to-day. It was numerously attended, amongst the visitors being buyers from Sydney and the coast. Upwards of 1100…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 472
The sales of Tasmanian sheep to-day resulted very successfully. As anticipated, the recent rains had a beneficial effect on the bidding, prices ruling fully 50 per cent, higher than at the Sydney sales: in fact, it appeared as if there…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 11
The following are the principal portions of the report of the Royal Commission appointed on the 29th April last to inquire into the quarantine regulations for stock, and also into the circumstances connected with the recent outbreak…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 15
WOOL.—The wool catalogues this week were of an unimportant character. The sales publicly and privately comprised about 270 bales and bugs, chiefly of mixed and inferior wool. S[?]ourcd sold to 18[?]d. for first combing, and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cootamundra Pastoral Show [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Cootamundra
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 14
The Pastoral Show, which was held yesterday, was very great success. The day was beautifully fine, and the attendancw was large, over 1200 being present. The sheep exhibits were very good, horse stock equally so. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Postscript. Latest European News. [By Cable.] London Wool Sales
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 18
LONDON, September 3.—At the sales to-day 12,100 bales were catalogued. Prices firm, except for interior lots of scoured, which were easier, as were commons and medium, crossbreds,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Weather, Wool, Movements of Stock. the Week's News in Brief
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 23
THE summer weather reported in our last fror nearly all parts of the colony continues. The dry spell also continues in Riverina, and from the Lachlan country, from Corowa, Forbes, Grenfell, and…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Scab Commission Report. the Chief Inspector of Sheep Censured. the Government Veterinarian Suspended. Two Other Officers Dismissed
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 5
The following is the full text of the report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the stock regulations and the recent out break of scab:--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Select Poetry. the Bonny Dairy Maid
The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 2
Oh, she might not suit some fi[?]es, For she’s but a dairy [?] Cheeks like roses eyes like [?] Golden hair in one soft braid,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Form and Garden. Hints for Farmers. (From the “ Melbourne Weekly Times.”)
The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 3
Remove all suckers from budded or grafted stock. Darken the horse and cow stables to keep out the flies…
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Evening News · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 4
LONDON, September 6.—Australian wheat on the passage is quoted at 35s per 496lb, and off coast cargoes at 34s 6d per 496lb. The demand is inactive…
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Evening News · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 4
LONDON, September 6.—At the wool sales to-day soft small-haired greasy sorts shewed an advance of from ½d to 1d on the June closing rates. Crossbreds of superfine quality from New…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 9
Wool.—The European Mail of August 1, reports:—The wool maket is without any fresh feature. So far as we can gather colonial descriptions are well held, and it is expected that the forthcoming sales will go off tolerably well. A quiet by steady…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 5
London, September 7.--The wheat market is further depressed. June wheat is quoted as low at 33s 6d, Off coast cargoes are quoted at 34s 1d at port of call…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Sales
Evening News · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 2
LONDON, September 8.—At the wool sales to-day, about 10,300 bales were offered. The market is firm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral Settlement in the Northern Territory. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 7
The stationmaster at Katharine, in the Northern Territory, telegraphs to Mr. C. Todd of his arrival there. The survey party in charge of Johnson speak highly of the country about the River Ord for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fanners and Pastoral Lessees
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 5
Adelaide, Monday.--The central committee of the South Australia Farmers' Association have carried a resolution condemning certain clauses of the Pastoral Leases Bill, as not being calculates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wagga Pastoral and Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Wagga Wagga
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 10
The above show opens to-morrow, and gives promise, owing to the recent amalgamation of the Pastoral and Agricultural Societies, to be the best over held in Wagga Wagga; No finer weather could be wished for, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Hume Farmers and the Land Bill
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 5
ALBURY, Tuesday.--At the annual meeting of the Hume Farmers Union, the following resolution was carried :--" That the Hume Farmers' Union pledges itself to support the Land and…
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