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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1885

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 94

Pastoral News

Evening News · Friday 4 September 1885 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Messrs King and Co. report:—1780 cattle yarded, 400 being Queenslanders —viz., 150 cows from Mount Margarat at Alt+0163615s 6d, and 244 bullocks from Kyabra at Alt+01638 13s. The market…

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The Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 September 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--July wheat is quoted at 34s. ; coast, 33s. 6d. to 34s. 3d…

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The Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 September 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--At the wool sales to-day, 12,200 bales were offered. The market is fiat…

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Alleged Baby Farming

Evening News · Friday 4 September 1885 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Ann Baker again appeared in the Ryde Police Court on Wednesday, on a charge of having given a false certificate of the death of an infant named wells. Mr. Roberts, sen., appealed for…

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Commercial News. Stocks, Wheat, and Wool

Evening News · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 4

LONDON, September 3.—The -weekly returns of the Bank of England show that the proportion of the reserve to liabilities is 44 per cent. The total reserve in notes and bullion amounts to…

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Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 534

About 180 head of good cattle occupy the western portion of the ground. The section, is much larger than has appeared at former shows on Moore Park, but will not bear comparison with the palmy days of Alfred Park, when…

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Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 536

In the class for "cow any age, to be milked on the ground, quantity and quality to be considered by the judges," although the entry was large, there wore only four animals in front of the bad. The cows were milked dry…

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Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 535

In the sheep section, of which Mr. M. E. Maher is the steward, the display is rather small. There is a cause for this. The restrictions enforced under the Sheep Act, which compel owners who send sheep to the coast districts,…

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The Wheat Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 7

LONDON, Friday.--Returns show that the wheat crop is deficient in weight…

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Latest Pastoral News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 40

GRAFTON AND CASINO, Wednesday.—The weather is dry. Pasture is scarce, and water is getting very low. Stock is suffering much from want of feed in many parts of the district. Many horses have been…

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Dishorning Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 23

A curious, controversy is going on just now in Ireland on the subject of cuttins off the horns of bullocks and heifers and turning them into polled cattle. The practice is called dishorning," or in other…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 538

The late unseasonably warm weather has been succeeded by a light rain, which appears to have been general throughout the district. Shearing is now commencing on most of the local stations—except those on the Upper…

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Exhibition Cattle Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 11

The cattle sales commenced yesterday morning. The attendance were small, and the bidding languid. The fat stock were all passed and very few pedigree animals were disposed of, but Mr. Frank Reynolds' stock sold very…

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Stud Sheep Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 22

MELBOURNE;—The annual stud sheep sales were continued on Thursday, 27th ult. —The only sheep sold were Tasmanian and South Australian. Of the lattery24 merino rams, from the flock of Sanders,…

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The Wheat Crop. Yield in Weight

Evening News · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 6

LONDON, September 4.—Although the wheat crop promises to give a fair average yield, the grain Will be deficient in weight…

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Lecture on Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 22

On Friday night an interesting lecture; one of the Board of Technical Education series, was given on Australian Wool Its production and manufacture," in the large hall of the School of Arts;…

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Argentine Republic Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 533

Messrs. Mort and Co., of this city, have, with praiseworthy zeal, recently brought prominently under notice samples of the wool grown in the Argentine Republic, a country which is now recognised as a…

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Wool and Sheepskins

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 40

MESSRS. MORT AND CO., LIMITED.—Wool:There have been no public sales this week, and there is nothing new to report regarding the local market. The progress of the Loudon sales, which opened on 1st instant, will be watched…

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London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 11

LONDON, September 1.—The now series of wool sales was opened to-day. Messrs. C. Balme and. Son and R. Jacomb and Co. had about;12,000 bales catalogued, upward of half being from New…

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The Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--At the wool sales to-day 12,000 bales were offered. Scoured is weaker. "The withdrawals amount to 5600 bales…

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