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Farming & the land, 1884

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London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 12

LONDON, September 12.—At the wool sales to-day about 8500 bales were offered. The market was firm. LONDON, September 13.—At the wool sales…

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The Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 4

To thousands of persons in the colony the most interesting portions of newspaper literature are the cablegrams from England containing particulars of the progress of the wool…

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Latest Pastoral News. [By Telegeaph.] Gunnedah

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 41

Messrs. F. Buconand Co. report a furthor fall of 20 points of rain-occurred on Monday. This made two inches for the grevions eight days. The pastares have been freshened considerably, and the grass is now making some headway…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Show. Yass, Sept. 12

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 577

The fourteenth annual show of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held yesterday, and considering the past bad seasons, it was fairly successful. There were about 600 persons on the show ground. In…

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Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 596

Perhaps no agricultural society in New South Wales or Victoria has made of late greater progress in every direction than that whose headquarters are in the Federal City of Australia. Three years ago the society was composed of…

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Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 600

Queen's weather prevailed to-day, and aa was anticipated the show resulted in a grand success. A special train from Wagga Wagga brought near 200 people, and another special from Wangaratta and Beechworth brought crowds…

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 15

WOOL.—There was very little business done at auction during the week, the total sales amounting to only 290 bales. Most of the wool was scoured of last season, but there were a few parcels of this season's fleece. Scoured…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 23

THE Darling country, including Brewarrina and Wilcannia, has had considerable rain during the In places fully an inch fell, but, as a rule, it was lighter. In the Sydney and southern districts there…

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The Best Sheep for the Castlereagh Country. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 577

Sir,—I enclose memo, of weight of rams' fleeces shorn, here last month. The sheep have all been here over 12 months, and were all treated alike; that is, they had to live on what they could get and the "smell of the black soil,"…

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The ALBURY and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 15

The trial of sheep dogs in connection with the Albury Show took place to-day on the show ground, and after a capital display of good working by a number of welltrained dogs it resulted in a victory for Mr. King, of…

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Should Farmers grow Celery?

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 1

FORMERLY the cultivation of celery was attended by so much useless labour in the way of making trenches, and then filling them again, that it was supposed to be a crop only…

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Farm and Garden. the Poultry Yard

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 8

Egg-destroying Hens.—There is probably nothing more annoying end more difficult to overcome than the habit B great many hens have of eating eggs. While there is no way of curing…

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Fish Farming

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 21

IN one of the letters by our own special commissioner to the United States, it will be remembered that the fish pond on the farm was described as a specialty of American, agriculture. Throughout the eastern and…

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Australasian Wheat

Evening News · Monday 22 September 1884 · page 4

LONDON, September 20.—The quotations for Australasian wheat are unchanged…

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London Wool and Produce Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 September 1884 · page 11

WOOL.—The European Mail of the 15th August writes:— "The third series of public sales of colonial wool for the current year opened on August 12. The available first hand stock is about 65,000 bales less than was catalogued in the corresponding series…

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Australasian Wheat

Evening News · Wednesday 24 September 1884 · page 4

LONDON, September 23.—The prices of Australasian wheat remain unchanged…

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The Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 September 1884 · page 5

London, September 23. -- The wheat market is unchanged at late quotations…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 September 1884 · page 10

It was expected that the whole of the sheep awards would have been made known this evening, but the judges only got through one class. The judges were Messrs. R. Cox, Merrer; Samnel Watson, Gerogery; J. Crisp,…

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News by Telegraph. Important Stud Sheep Sale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 September 1884 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Elder's Wool and Produce Company held a successful sale of stud sheep today. There was a large attendance, buyers from other colonies being well represented, and…

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Pastoral Districts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1884 · page 631

In Brewarrina, shearing is again in full swing. The recent rains have supplied Armidale with what moisture was required by both fanners and squatters. The Gunbar shearers struck work recently, but on being…

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