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Farming & the land, 1885

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 94

The Grazier. Annual Sales of Stud Sheep. August 13-Griffiths and Weaver, at Havilah. Warmth Necessary for Pigs

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 22

There is much force in the comments on pig feeding by Professor Shelton, of the Kansas Agricultural College. Experiments of the kind are not new; nor are they confined to pig raising. At the present…

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Bathurst Farmers' Union. BATHURST

Evening News · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 4

At a meeting of the Bathurst Farmers' Union held on Thursday, Mr. Jacob Knight, president, and Mr. Croaker were appointed delegates to attend the forthcoming conference of the Land and Industrial Alliance…

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Bathurst Farmers' Union. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 14

At a meeting of the Bathurst Farmers' Union held here yesterday, Mr. Jacob Knight, president, and Mr. F. Croaker were appointed as delegates to attend the forthcoming conference of the Land and Industrial Alliance in…

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Steam on the Farm or Station

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 29

The boiler ia the most important part of the farm engine. The power is made and maintained in the boiler. When that part is attended to properly, the engine is as safe, for ordinary purposes, as a…

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Irrigation on a Ten Acre Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 21

In my series of letters upon irrigation in America, concluded last week, frequent mention has been made of the results obtained from limited areas of land by means of irrigation, especially in the production of…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 6

DUBBO, Saturday.—Mr. W. B. Wilkinson reports the sale of 4000 wethers on account of Mr. Fetherstonhaugh, of Goorianawa, for Bramble. There have been several lots of sheep passing through Dubbo…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 5

BREWARRINA, Monday.—Stock movements:—940 store cattle reported as passing here yesterday have been sold to Lane Youie Station, near Coonamble…

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Annual Sheep Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 7

By the unfortunate omission of one word in our leader of Saturday, quite a wrong impression may be formed from that which we intended to convey. Referring to the Mudgee sheep, the passage runs,…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 4

LONDON, July 26.—Off coast cargoes of wheat are in better demand, and sales have been effected at 34s 6d and 34s 3d. No forward business has been reported. The weather is favorable…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 8

The local stock movements are as under:—940 store cattle reported as passing here yesterday have been sold to Lane Youie Station, near Coonamble…

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The Hop Crop

Evening News · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 4

LONDON, July 24.—The accounts concerning the hop crop are very unfavorable…

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Hawkesbury Farmers' Union. WINDSOR

Evening News · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 5

At a meeting of the Hawkesbury Farmers' Union on Saturday, the first three proposals of the Bathurst farmers' Union platform were adopted. Messrs. Johnston and C. W. May were appointed delegates…

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The Hop Crop. London, July 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 7

The accounts concerning the hop crop are very unfavourable…

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Hawkesbury Farmers' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 5

WINDSOR, Saturday. -- A meeting of the Hawkesbury Farmers' Union was held this afternoon, Mr James Bligh Johnston, president, was in the chair. The first three…

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Proposed Farmers' Union at Grafton. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 July 1885 · page 8

GRAFTON, Saturday. -- The public meeting convened by a requisition to the Mayor, signed by about 450 residents, for the purpose of forming a Farmers' Union for this district, was held this…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 6

ADELONG, Monday.—Stock movements: 250 head of store cattle, from Goulburn, pasted through on Saturday en route for Mr. Pierce's Greg station, on the Murray…

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London Wool, and Produce Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 8

WOOL.—The European Mail, of June 19, says:—This market continues generally flat and prices uneven. At the sales held just after the despatch of our last for the liner qualities of merine greasy the demand was very keen, both on the part of the French…

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Farmers and Protection. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 8

Sir,—It must be gratifying to all who wish to see the fiscal policy under which New South Wales is steadily and surely faking the first place of all the Australian colonies, that the few farmers who have been disposed to follow the…

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Manning Farmers' Association. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 5

Wingham, Monday. -- The half-yearly meeting of the Manning Farmers' Association was held on Saturday afternoon in the School of Arts, Cundle, it was one of the district…

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Wednesday 29 July 1885 · page 4

HAY, Wednesday.—The show on Thursday promises to be a great Success. The entries are more numerous than at any previous show—139 entries for sheep, 117 horses. 41 doss. 65 poultry, 11 cattle. 14…

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