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Farming & the land, 1884

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Wheat Growing in Australia

Evening News · Monday 13 October 1884 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

LONDON, October 12.—The Economist declares that it is impossible that wheat growing can ever [?] made profitable in Australia. j…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1884 · page 5

By Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited.—Wool JS, 15 bales greasy at [?]d; TC moi Eglbra, 8 bellies at [?]d; TC over Eglbra over T. 10 at [?]d, EB over M, 21 at 6d; H[?]D over R, 15 greasy crossbred at 8½d;…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1884 · page 5

Sale of 405 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Edenborough and Co., on Friday, August 15, 1884:- Ex Dacca, from Sydney: Tambo. 4 scoured at 23½d, 1 grease combing at 11d; S in diamond, 6 half-bred at 10½d…

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Wool Season of 1884

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 October 1884 · page 2

Messrs Harrison, Jones, and Devlin commenced their annual series of wool sales, yesterday afternoon, by offering a catalogue of 1775 bales. In these were included two long lines of greasy TO…

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The Hop Crop

Evening News · Tuesday 14 October 1884 · page 2

LONDON, October 13.—The hop crop returns this year are satisfactory, the total yield having been 414,000cwt…

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The English Hop Crop. London, Oct. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1884 · page 7

The hop crop returns this year are satisfactory, the total yield being 414,000cwt…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 October 1884 · page 2

Messrs Mort and Co., Limited, report:--There was a very full attendance of buyers at our second sale of the season this afternoon; and a fair amount of business was done, although operations were considerably…

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Annual Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 October 1884 · page 2

Messrs Mort and Co. continued their series of wool sales yesterday, when they offered a catalogue of nearly 1500 bales. From the start the biddings were animated, especially for broken lots and…

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Wool Sales.—wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 October 1884 · page 11

By Mort and Co., Limited.—RW over Woodlands, 17 bales greasy fleece at 9[?]d; Jt over Y in circle, 9 grease at 9d; JSC over Tareelari, 17 grease at 8d; JS over H sideways over MDC, 21 grease at 9½d; DMC, 12 grease at 8[?]d; HAS over Borambil, 17…

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London Wool and Produce Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 October 1884 · page 11

Wool,—Under date. September 3, Messrs. Helmath Sehwarize and Co. write:—"During the past fortnight the sales have progreased with great steadiness, the home trade contiuing to take a very preponderating share in the purchases. Of new [?]mes…

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Farm and Dairy Produce

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 October 1884 · page 2

The principal departments of the produce market have been well supplied during the past week, fodder crops and dairy produce being rather in excess of requirements. The intercolonial shipments of wheat…

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The Bombala Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Sheep Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bombala

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 October 1884 · page 8

The sheep show in connection with the Bombala Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held yesterday. The weather was beautiful, and the attendance large, between 800 and 900 persons being present, amongst whom were a large number…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 October 1884 · page 5

Sale of 10,085 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Henry P. Hughes and Sons, on Thursday, August 14, 1884. Ex Western Monarch, from Sydney: R. Feeham, Tinapagee, 9 scoured combing at 20d, 2 damages at 19d, 10 clothing at 19d, 51…

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Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Show. [By Cable.]

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 October 1884 · page 5

HOBART, Wednesday.--The Southern Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society's show, held to-day, was a grand success. The weather was splendid, and the attendance large. The Governor…

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The Annual Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 October 1884 · page 2

Mr. F. L. Barker held his first sale of the season yesterday. The attendance of buyers was large, and competition for both greasy and scoured was brisk to within a fair margin of Home rates. No fleece was…

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Pastoral Districts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 785

Two inches and 22 potato of rain fell lost week at Nowra. Advices from Silverton state that 15 points of rain hare fallen there. On Saturday Mount Macquarie was covered with snow…

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Improved Cattle Cars

Evening News · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 4

Messrs. Carson, Woods, and Co., of Charlotte place, have recently built two "Humanity" sheep and cattle cars on an entirely new and improved design, intended to alleviate the misery suffered by…

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A Woolly Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 22

THE following is am exception to what usually happens when wool is left upon a sheep over the second summer, or somebody has been embellishing. It is given as an illustration of the quantity of wool…

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Wheat Crop of the United States

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 786

Concerning the wheat crop of the United States for 1884, one of the most authoritative of American journals on breadstuffs:—"The lowest estimate as to the probable outcome of harvesting is that made by the statistician of…

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