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Farming & the land, 1884

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A Canadian Rauche. (Dairy Telegraph, London.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 20

NOT long since British and colonial readers were treated to an almost daily infliction of large type articles on the sayings and doings of American farmers…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1884 · page 4

LONDON, February 12.—The colonial wool auctions opened to-day. There was a large attendance of home and foreign buyers, with fair competition for various lots. 9200 bales were…

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London Colonial Wool Report for the Year 1883. [Messrs. Willans, Overbury, and Co.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1884 · page 11

For the third year now, in succession, the colonial wool market, though fluctuating slightly from time to time in an upward or downward direction, has been altogether free from disturbances of a violent character. The value of a bale of wool,…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1884 · page 3

Messrs. Learmonth, Dick and Co., have received the following cable from their London friends Messrs. J. Morrison and Co.:-- The first series of colonial wool sales commenced this evening. The series has opened without…

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The Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1884 · page 5

London, February 12.--The Colonial wool auctions opened to-day. There was a large attendance of home and foreign buyers, with fair competition for various lots. 9200 bales…

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Cable Messages London Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 14 February 1884 · page 2

LONDON, February 13.—The first of the 1884 sales were opened yesterday. For the series it is expected that 312,000 bales will be catalogued, of which 280,000 are likely to be available for…

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The London Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 15 February 1884 · page 2

LONDON, February 13.—At the wool sales to-day 8960 bales were offered. There was a fair demand…

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Advisableness of Separating Queensland and New South Wales Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1884 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Wool Brokers Association, London, in reply to a communication from the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, in reference to the advisableness of separating…

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Cattle Disease

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 4

LONDON, February 15.—In the House of Lords, yesternight, Lord Carlingford, President of the Privy Council, introduced a bill for prohibiting the importation of cattle from countries…

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Butter-packing for Export

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 307

An industry, of the existence of which many residents of New South Wales are probably ignorant, but which is duly appreciated in very many of the colony's districts, and also in such hot climates as those of India, China, the Mauritius,…

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Prohibition of Cattle Importation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 5

London, February 15.--In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Carlingford, President of the Council, introduced a Bill for prohibiting the importation of cattle from countries where…

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London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 16

LONDON, February 13.—At the wool salea today 8900 bales were offered. There was a fair demand…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 318

Although showers have been reported of late from various parts of the colony, the rainfall has not been sufficient to make any appreciable difference, and the drought in the central and western parts of the colony is still…

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Latest Pastoral News. [By Electric Telegraph.] Gunnedah

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 39

Messrs, F. Bacon and Co. report:—The weather is stormy. 29 points of rain fell during the week. A copious downpour is anxiously awaited. We have Queensland buyers inquiring for large lots of young sheep, and other…

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Importation of Cattle Prohibition Bill. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 12

In the House of Lords yesternight, Lord Carlingford, President of the Privy Council, introduced a bill for prohibiting the importation of cattle from countries where disease is…

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 13

WOOL.—At the auction sales this week the catalogues submitted show a falling off in quantity as compared with those of the preceding week, and the activity noted earlier in the season is considerably diminished…

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The London Wool Sales, 1883. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 13

Sir,—I[?] the subject has not been already discussed in your columns, I would ask permission to invite the attention of Australian woolgrowers to a matter deerly affecting their interests…

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Ostrich-farming in South Australia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 306

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of Malcolm's Ostrich-farming Company was held recently in Adelaide. The chairman stated that the farms had been purchased for £12,000, while the land at Nickalpacke Flat and Gawler…

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Farm and Garden. the Apple-worm and Curculio

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 2

WE are daily receiving useful testimony regarding the damage that is being inflicted by these insects, and the importance of taking active steps to trap and destroy them. The…

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Scab in Sheep

Evening News · Monday 18 February 1884 · page 4

A very alarming outbreak of sheep scab has occurred on the Errowangbang station of Mr. H. G. Lomax, near Carcoar. About two months ago 205 sheep arrived from America, and after undergoing…

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