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Farming & the land, 1885

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 94

Agitation Among the Farmers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 9

Two important meetings were held last week to discuss the question of Free Trade or Protection in agricultural interests. The farmers on the Clarence River decided almost unanimously to…

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The Australasian Farmer

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 73

According to its preface, this work is in tended to Supply the occupiers of land in the colonies with that class of practical information which cannot be obtained in existing works upon agriculture. After a careful…

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A Farmer's Platform

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 18

A QUAINT old "West Country " saying sets forth that "The doctor physics all, the lawyer pleads for all, the soldier bleeds for all the parson prays for all, but the farmer pays for…

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Farmers and Protection. BATHURST, July 3

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 13

An important meeting of the Bathurst Farmers' Union was held last evening, and a platform of union was adopted, to which the candidates at the next general election must pledge themselves…

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" The Australasian Farmer."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 21

This is the title of a volume of Borne 350 pages, just issued from the AUSTRALASIAN office, and pubished by Geo. Robertson, Melbourne and Sydney. The title expresses the design of the work; it gives a…

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The Farmers Moving

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 21

Tho Darling Downs Farmers' Mutual Association sends us a pamphlet containing the rules and regulations and a statement of its objects. The pamphlet states that the association has been formed for the…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 5

BRAIDWOOD, Saturday.—Messrs. Chapman and Smith report having sold privately, on account of Mr. Robert Maddrell, 50 head of fat bullocks at £8 per head…

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American Wheat Crop

Evening News · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 4

NEW YORK, July 11.—The Agricultural Bureau's monthly report estimates the wheat crop for the present year at about 363,000,000 bushels…

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Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 5

New York, July 11.--The Agricultural Bureau in its monthly report estimates the wheat crop at 363 million bushels…

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Division of Pastoral Holdings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 9

The following supplement to the New South Wales Government Gazette was published on Saturday:— It is hereby notified, for general information, that the division of the pastoral holdings hereinafter mentioned has…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 4

LONDON, July 11.—The wheat market is unchanged, and no business is reported. Forward shipments and off-coast cargos sold at from 34s 9d to 35s 3d. The prospects of the home and…

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The American Wheat Crop. New York, July 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 7

The Agricultural Bureau's monthly report estimates the wheat crop for the present year at 363,000,000 bushels…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 4

LONDON, July 11.—The wool sales concluded yesterday, at from, a half-penny to one penny per pound below the April closing rates, except for greasy and crossbreds, which recovered. About…

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The Annual Sales of Stud Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 9

The Ovines are again in possession of the capital. That colossal stone structure, Fort Goldsbrough, at Darling Harbour, has struck its flag, and is at their mercy, the attacking party, numbering about 300, having come overland…

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The Wheat Market. London, July 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 7

The wheat market is unchanged, and no business is reported. Forward shipments and off-coast cargoes sold at 84s. 9d. to 35s. 3d. The prospects of the home and Continental…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Barringun

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 8

The following stock movements are reported:—200 cows and bullocks, fats, from Davenport Downs, Queensland, to Bathurst, owners Messrs. Cobb ana Co.; 600 store bullocks, from Davenport Downs for Goulburn, owners Messrs. Cobb…

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The Colonial Wool Sales. London, July 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 July 1885 · page 7

The wool sales concluded yesterday, at from a half-penny to one penny per pound below the April closing rates, except for greasy and crossbreds, which recovered…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 6

JERILDERIE, Monday.—Mr. P. Cahill, Yanko, sold 500 fat wethers on Wednesday, the 8th instant, to Mr. Samuel M'Caughey, Coonong; Mr. S. Wilson, Carrah, sold 100 fat wethers for local consumption…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 4

QUIRINDI, Tuesday.—Great interest is manifested in the Murrurundi show, which mil begin to-day. It is expected to be the most successful ever held in the north. There are upward of 3000 sheep exhibits and…

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Division of Pastoral Holdings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 9

The following is a continuation of the list of pastoral holdings which have been divided in accordance with the Crown Lands Act of 1884:— CENTRAL DIVISION…

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