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Farming & the land, 1885

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Pastoral Intelligence

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 130

Our Walgett correspondent writes on the 11th instant:—Station matters are exceedingly dull in the district. No tank work or improvements are going an. This is said to be due to the unsettled state of the new land law, squatters…

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Annual Sheep Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 8

The annual series of sheep, sales was commenced yesterday, Messrs Wilkinson, Graves and Lavender and Messrs Fisken and Gibson, conjointly with Baleigh, Aitken. and Co, opening the…

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The Sheep Fair

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 128

If any evidence were necessary to prove that this city is now regarded by all Australasia as a good centre wherein to establish markets, we should refer to the large stock of stud sheep which are at present…

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Wool Market

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

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

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Sheep Sales at Mudgee

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 128

Our Mudgee correspondent writes on the 11th instant:—The annual ram sale has just come off, the officiating auctioneers being Griffiths and Weaver, of Sydney, in conjunction with Crossing and Cox, the local business men…

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The Wool Market

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 149

The wool trade is very quiet, the sales of the week having been of an unimportant character. The chief lines sold included two lots of the Sydney Meat-preserving Company's wool making 103 bales in all,…

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The Wool Sales

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

LONDON, July 10.—The colonial wool auctions will close to-morrow. About 250,000 bales have been sold, and about 70,000 held over for the next series. The general tone of the market has been…

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Brewarrina Pastoral Association Show. Brewarrina, July 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 130

Last week has proved one of the most memorable and pleasant periods in the annals of Brewarrina, the show, races, and ball having proved eminently successful. Visitors and exhibits commenced to arrive a few days…

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The Annual Sales of Stud Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 128

Mr. Abbott, of Messrs. Mort and Co., who, without the slightest tinge of flattery, may be hailed as the father of this city's annual stud sheep sales, has, in his arrangements for the present fair, excelled all his previous efforts…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 14

The following are the local stock passings:—400 mixed cattle, Mr. A. Gardiner owner, from Bando to Wellington; 330 fat cattle, from Bando to Wellington, Mr. J. A. Gardiner owner…

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Mr. Henry Austin's Annual Wool and Produce Circular

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 150

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

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Weather, Wool, Movements of Stock the Week's News by Telegram and Mail

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 23

The Southern districts have now been very [?] supplied with winter rains, and the reports are generally of more encouraging character. From the North-west the reports are not so good. Feed is very…

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Colonial and Farm Produce

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 July 1885 · page 40

WOOL AND TALLOW.—At the various wool and tallow sales duiing the week, scoured wool sold at from 14d to 16d per lb; handwashed, 14d to 16d; fleece, washed, none offering: locks, washed, from…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Monday 20 July 1885 · page 4

DENILIQUIN, Monday.—The stud sheep sales, which will take place at the local pastoral and agricultural show on Thursday, are creating much interest. Messrs. Braim, Tompson, and Davidson…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Monday 20 July 1885 · page 6

BOURKE, Saturday.—Following were the local stock movements during the past week —9500 store wethers (Booth, Oakden, and Brown), from Dumbrail to Cultowa, W. H. Cassidy in charge; 728 rams (L…

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A New Pastoral Company

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 July 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A prospectus has been issued of a limited liability company for the purpose of purchasing the extensive pastoral property of Messrs Fisher and Co, in the northern part of…

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The Annual Sheep Sales

Evening News · Monday 20 July 1885 · page 5

Messrs. Mort and Co. are the next firm to submit drafts of stud sheep for public competition. The Bale will begin in their wool stores, Circular Quay, to-morrow (Tuesday). at 10.30 a.m. and will in all…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Monday 20 July 1885 · page 4

LONDON, July 18.—The wheat market is inactive. Seven, off coast cargos were sold at 34s 7d. A number of vessels are off the coast awaiting orders. Ex warehouse wheat is quoted at…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1885 · page 7

The local stock movements are as under:—5560 store wethers, from Bullamon to Lednapper, Messrs. Forster and Hill owners, have just started; 9000 wethers, from Bulcarrol to Cultower, Messrs. Booth, Oakden, and Co…

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Farming and Protection. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1885 · page 4

Sir,—In a sub-leader of the 6th, as also in a previous issue, you fail to see why the farmers of Bathurst or those of Ulmarra, and in fact those of the whole colony—not only the fanners but also those tradesmen of every other calling—…

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