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Farming & the land, 1885

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 94

Br[?]warrina Pastoral Association. BREWARRINA

Evening News · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 6

About one hundred and twenty persons were present at the meeting of the Pastoral Association held on Friday night. The balance-sheet shows a surplus of £100 over and above expenses…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Wiseman's Ferry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 8

The following were the local stock crossings yesterday:— 200 head of fat cattle from Tareelari, near Moree, for Homebush, Mr. T. H. Cullen owner; 135 mixed cuttle from Killarney, near Narrabri, for Homebush, Mr. Buchanan owner…

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Mr. Henry Austin's Annual Wool and Produce Circular

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 8

Twelve months of drooping prices and of disappointment close to-day. Consequent upon the severe droughts with which Now South Wales and Queensland had been visited, the most exaggerated notions touching future immediate supply found credence in…

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A Farmer's Platform

Evening News · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 7

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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A Plea for the Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 6

This communication is not the result of a sudden impulse induced by the pressure of the alarming depression in agricultural pursuits, but rather the long considered conviction of the truth of the…

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Open Column. Farming in New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 July 1885 · page 6

In your loader of the 6th instant, "A Farmer's Grievance," you have slightly failed, I think, in properly grasping the true situation of, and difficulties under which the agriculturists as a…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Wednesday 15 July 1885 · page 5

Young, Wednesday.—Stock movements 13th: 2000 fat sheep, F. GibBon, from Caragabal to Young, to be tracked thence to Sydney. DENILIQUIN, Wednesday.—The entries closed on…

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The Annual Stud Sheep Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 July 1885 · page 5

Many of the pens provided in Messrs Mort and Co,'s wool steres, st Circular Quay, for their approaching sheep fair, are already occupied, and some very fine animals are being placed for public…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1885 · page 10

The weather during the past few days has been warm and pleasant, and the grass is growing well throughout the district. The following are the local stock movements:—750 [?]…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Thursday 16 July 1885 · page 6

DENILIQUIN, Tuesday.—The sales of merino sheep at the Pastoral and Agricultural Show will be very large. Already a large number from different parts of the colonies have been catalogued for sale. £600…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Thursday 16 July 1885 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Messrs. King and Co. report:—Cattle: About 2000 yarded. Quality good on the whole. Not so many country buyers present, and prices down from 10s to 15s. Quotations—…

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Annual Sheep Sales

Evening News · Thursday 16 July 1885 · page 5

The annual sales of stud sheep mil begin to-morrow (Friday). The Victorian lots intrusted to the care ot Messrs. Fisken, Gibson, and Co., conjointly with Messrs. Raleigh, Aitken, and Co., will be offered…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 July 1885 · page 8

The following are the local stock movements:—10,000 Mixed wethers from Wirrah to Quantambone, Messrs. Baird and Henderson, owners. The weather is fine and warm…

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Our Masters—wool and Wharves. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 16 July 1885 · page 5

Sir,—Mr. Heydon in his lecture on the above question pointed out very forcibly the evils of land monoply in this colony, where the land has been allowed to pass into the possession of squatters and…

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Our Masters—wool and Wharves. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 16 July 1885 · page 3

Sir,—Your report of the address delivered under this title on last Friday night, by Mr. L. F. Heydon, furnishes an example of a new way in which politicians should explain their course of action as persued…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Friday 17 July 1885 · page 6

NYNGAN, Thursday.—Stock passings: 279 fat cattle (Tyson's), consigned to Messrs. Sullivan and Son, passed here on Wednesday, to be trucked at Dubbo…

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The Annual Sheep Sales

Evening News · Friday 17 July 1885 · page 5

The annual sales of stud sheep for 1885 were begun this morning by Messrs. Wilkinson, Graves, and Lavender, in the wool stores of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co…

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The Wool Market

Evening News · Friday 17 July 1885 · page 4

LONDON, July 15.—The wool market is quiet. The new arrivals to date amount to about 22,000 bales…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 July 1885 · page 6

The local stock movements are as under:—160 fat cattle (Messrs. Colless and Leo, owners), from Beechall to Dubbo, passed yesterday. A mob of Messrs. Cobb and Co.'s cattle also passed, and a lot of Fairleagh cattle is approaching…

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The Bathurst Farmers' Union. To the Editor

Evening News · Friday 17 July 1885 · page 8

Sir,—On behalf of the Bathurst Farmers' Union, [?] beg to thank you for reproducing in the EVENING NEWS of Tuesday the excellent article "A Farmers' Platform" from the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL…

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