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Farming & the land, 1886

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Latest Pastoral News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 42

GUNNEDAH, Thursday.—Messrs. F. Bacon and Co. report: —The weather is unchanged. Rain is anxiously looked for Grass and water are scarce. Travelling stock routes are bare. Station buyers are holding off for more favorable…

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Irish Cattle Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 11

LONDON, February 28.—The practice of boycotting steamers conveying cattle to Cork has ceased, Mr. Parnell having arranged a compromise…

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The Wheat Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 11
Also in Evening News, The Daily Telegraph

LONDON, February 27.—The wheat market is hardening here. There is a slightly increased activity on the Continent and in America. Warehoused Australian wheat is held for 37s…

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Wool and Sheepskins

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 41

Messrs. MORT AND CO. ropert:—Wool: No public sales have been held this week. Our fortnightly auction will take place on 10th instant, when we will submit a good catalogue Meantime there is a fair amount of private…

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Boycotting Cattle Steamers at Cork

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 10

London, Feb. 28.—The practice of boycotting steamers conveying cattle to Cork has ceased, Mr. Parnell having arranged a compromise…

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Brutal Outrages on Cattle. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Friday. -- Three most fiendish acts have been perpetrated in this town during the past two weeks. A widow woman. named Carigg, last week missed a calf from…

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The Grazier. Sheep for the North

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 22

By the arrival of the You Yangs at Townsville, the local HERALD February 6 says: There arrived for Messrs. Roberts, Murray, and Co., of Manfred Downs, Flinders River, North Queensland, 1050 rams and 50…

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Our Rivals in Wool Producing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 22

When a danger threatens, it is well to look it straight in the face. That is the case with the wool from the River Plate country, now being poured into the European markets. Figures descriptive of the…

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The Fresh Food and Ice Company. Ice, Country Milk, and Butter. [See Illustrations, Page 487.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 479

In Macquarie-place, close to the Exchange, there stands on a base of granite a bronze statue erected many years ago to commemorate the good deeds of a colonist who, up to the time of his death, was one of the…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 23

Weather still hot and dry, as a rule. But welcome breaks have occurred, heavy rain being reported from the northern coastal districts, as much as 3in from points on the Clarence and Richmond. Parkes,…

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Farmers in Distress. ADELAIDE. Saturday, March 6

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 5

A petition was presented to the Commissioner for Lands on Friday from the farmers in the Hundreds of Neales, Krichauff, Brownlow, English, Bower, Schomburgk, and Bundey, soliciting assistance from…

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Commercial. Farm and General Produce

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 41

At the Darling Harbor hay sales there was a short supply through the week. Prime oaten hay very scarce, much inquired for at good values; straw, none forward at the latest sales, in good demand. On…

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Pastoral. Weather, Wool, Stock Movements, &c

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 4

WEATHER REPORT.—On Saturday evening there was a sharp downpour of rain in Sydney, but after a welcome fall of ten minutes' duration it ceased. There was again a slight fall on Sunday, but the…

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Homebush Sales. This Day. Homebush, 1 p.m. Sheep Sales

Globe · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 5

14,944 sheep were penned, principally in the large pens. All districts are represented, Kennedy Bros. and Chambers and Co., with 1000 apiece, being the…

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Intercolonial Sheep Quarantine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 4

The Hobart Mercury of March 4 says:— "Mr. Thomas A. Tabart, chief inspector of sheep for the colony, has just returned to Hobart after a visit to Victoria, Now South Wales, and…

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Dry State of the Pastoral Country in Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 10

Reports as to the state of the pastoral districts, furnished by one of the largest firms of stock and station agents in the colony, show that the country round Clermont, Springsure, down the Belyando, and over towards…

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Pastoral. Weather, Wool, Stock Movements, &c

Evening News · Wednesday 10 March 1886 · page 5

NEW ZEALAND WHEAT YIELD.—The estimated yield of wheat in Canterbury is about 850,000 bushels less than last year's yield. In Otago and Southland it is estimated that there will be a deficiency of…

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Pastoral. Weather, Stock Movements, &c

Evening News · Wednesday 10 March 1886 · page 6

CARCOAR, Tuesday, March 9.—Pasture is [?] INVERELL, Tuesday, March 9.—Mr. John Hindiser, [?]…

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