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Farming & the land, 1886

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The Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 11

LONDON, April 15.—At the wool sales to-day about 9000 bales were offered. The market.is quiet. The total withdrawals to date are about 29,000 bales…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 4

LONDON, April 21.—The third series of colonial wool sales will be opened on June 16…

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American Wool Duties

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 867

The Premier of New Zealand invites the co-operation of the Governments of the Australian colonies in the matter of the removal or the reduction of the, American duties on wool Last week we…

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United States Wool Duties

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 23

The following telegram has been received by Sir Patrick Jennings from the Hon. Rpbert Stout, Premier of New Zealand:—"Question of reducing duty on wool now before Congress of United States…

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The Cattle Trade at Bourke, N. S. Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 26

1.Breakast before sunrise 2.At Grey Dawn 3.commen ing to draft 4. With a Language Accompaniment. 5. A Jam in the Crush.. 6. The Last Beast In. The Myalmundi Team…

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The American Duty on Wool. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A copy of a telegraph on the question of reducing the duty on Australian wool imported by the United States, Sent by Mr. Stout, Premier of New…

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The Outlook for Wool. Sellers and Buyers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 22

Of the sales in Sydney, Mort and Co. say in their April circular: They were entered upon with considerable misgivings on the part of both growers and purchasers, the former finding it hard to make the…

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Home and Foreign. Ireland. the Alleged Raffles for Protestants' Farms

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 5

In the House of Commons last month, the following occurred:— Mr. Sexton (for Mr. E. D. Gray)—I beg to ask the Chief Secretary whether there is any truth…

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Farmers and the Tariff

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 18

A STRONG feeling of opposition (says the Goulburn Argus) is shown by the agricultural community of Orange and district towards the tariff proposals of the Government, whereby agricultural…

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Farm, Household, &c

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 6

A good carpet-sweeper is a great help, but be sure it is a good one before you buy its of course, it will not dig out all the corners or sweep the room perfectly without the aid of a broom, but by…

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A Few Words for Farmers, Re Maize. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 6

Sir,—In offering these few words for the information, perhaps benefit, of the farmers who have sustained so much loss by the attack of the microscopic fungus Ustilage candolloi upon their maize crops, I shall endeavour to put…

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Farm Notes for the Season

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 843

It is now clearly recognised that for the greater part the wheat of this year must be sown rather late. Although we are strong in the belief that April sowing in nine cases out of ten produces the best results…

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Meeting of Farmers at Grafton. Grafton. Wednesday

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 869

A meeting of farmers was held in the Theatre Royal to-day to consider the action of tho Government in ignoring the interests of agriculturists in their financial policy. The meeting was convened under the auspices of the Northern…

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Farming at Lismore. (Conclusion.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 843

That farming, in the broadest definition of the term, will pay on the Richmond, there is not the slightest doubt, notwithstanding what has been said to the contrary by a few—a very few indeed—residents and late residents of the…

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Scientific Farming in Australia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 21

A royal commission on vegetable products is taking evidence in Melbourne concerning crops suitable for cultivation in this country. Amongst those examined are Mr. Chas. Moore, director Sydney…

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The Dairy. Milk Standards

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 21

From time to time prosecutions have been instituted against milksellers in England, on the ground that the milk contained more water than the standard adopted by analysts. These have been…

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Farm and General Produce

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 41

At the Darling Harbor hay sales this week there Was a better quality and supply forward. The demaud for prime oaten hay continues at full-rates; chaff of good quality in union request…

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Pastoral

Evening News · Monday 26 April 1886 · page 6

CARCOAR.—Three inches and sixty points of rain have fallen since the drought broke. WEATHER IN TASMANIA.—Heavy rain fell in Tasmania on Thursday…

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Commercial. London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1886 · page 8

Sale of 7421 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb Son, and Co., on Thursday, February 4, 1886:- Ex Centurion, from Sydney: J.H. in shield, 6 scoured black at 22d, 3 crossbred at 13d, 4 at 11d, 5 at 9½d, 6 crossbred fleece at…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1886 · page 7

It is reported from Thargomindali that 900 fat cattle are travelling from Hoeatunga to Sydney, in three mobs, H. B. Hughes owner; 390 stores, Cooper's Creek to Bogan, Sullivan; 160 prime fats, Dongera to Bourke, T. Creen; 350…

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