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Farming & the land, 1886

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Farthing Bids in the London Wool Sales. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 June 1886 · page 7

Sir,--I am glad to see that you have drawn tho attention of your readers in to-day's commercial article to the, to Australian wool growers, very important question of farthing…

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Pastoral

Evening News · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 4

ADELONG.—Heavy rain began here on Thursday night, and it is still raining steadily. COOTAMUNDRA.—The weather is very muggy. About a quarter of an inch of rain fell on Thursday…

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Pastoral

Evening News · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 10

HOWLONG.—Fine warm rain has fallen. Thirty four points were registered. TOCUMWAL—Thirty points of rain fell on June 8. There is a slight spring in the grass caused by the…

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Pastoral Intelligence

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 1209

Our Deniliquin correspondent writes on the 5th instant:— The weather continues monotonously fine, and the frosts, with the exception of two very heavy ones this week, are of a mild character. The rain of a fortnight ago did a…

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Latest Pastoral News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 41

MR. COPELAND'S MINUTE.—A monster meeting of pastoral and conditional lease holders is to be held in Dubbo on the 22nd instant, to protest against Mr. Copeland's minute of March 22 and to request a…

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Sheep and Goats

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 22

It may come out yet that the goat the Mohair goat especially, has not received the attention in Australia, that the value of the animal warrants Recent consular reports of the United States give the…

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Bourke Pastoral Association. Bourke, June 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 1208

An important meeting of the committee of the Bourke District Pastoral Protection Association was held this evening at the Royal Hotel. Present—Mr. J. Little (Curraweena), president, in the chair, Messrs. M. Tully,…

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Wool, and Sheepskins

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 41

MORT AND Co.,Limited,report:—Wool:In anticipation of a favorable opening of the London June sales on Tues, day next; buyers here are operating at improved prices but transactions are limited, owing to the small quantity of…

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American Wool Duties

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 22

From an article in the Melbourne ARGUS it would appear that the new American tariff bill known as the Hewitt-MorriBon bill; which puts both wool and " Woollen goods on the free list, does not attract so…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 16

Sale of 3742 bales from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Wednesday, Ap il 7, 18[?]6:- Ex Gulf of Mexico, Aberdeen and Cimba, from Sydney and Newcastle. From Newcastle, N. S. W.: JNO, Inverell, 15 scoured…

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Pastoral Affairs in the West, Musting at [?]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 22

The manifesto of the Minister of Landas concerning pastoral rents, is causing munch stir. At Bourke, on Saturday evening last a meeting of the Pastoral Association was held,…

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Commercial. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 16

In consequence of the strong private inquiry which has existed during the last three weeks (says the Sydney Mail), the news of the result of the opening sale in London on Wednesday is already anxiously looked for, and it would…

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The Grazier. Sales of Stud Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 22

Dull times and low prices for wool are not deterring breeders of stud stock from going on with their efforts to supply pastoralists with the desired stamp of animals for breeding. It would be…

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EXCHANCE The Wool Trade. JUNE 9

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 1235

The news from London during the past week has been rather meagre, and is hardly of such a satisfactory character as came through the previous week. The only message which has come under our notice is…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 14

The following stock movements are reported:—Three thousand mixed sheep, W. Crisp's, Binalong to Gumley Gumley; 4000 mixed, E. and A. Westby's, Rosewood [?] Pullitop…

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Dairy Farming of the Future

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 1207

Although the best friends of this colony have to acknowledge that agriculture has made but very little progress within its bounds, even its greatest enemies cannot deny that the branch of rural industry…

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The Pastoral Interest in the Wilcannia District. [By Telegraph.] (From a Correspondent.) Wilcannia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 14

A meeting of the general public of Wilcannia and district was held last night, having been convened by the Mayor upon a requisition of the principal business man of the town, to express sympathy with the pastoralists, and to…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 23

A week of desirable winter weather since last report—Bhowery, mild, and without the westerly wind, often so serious to animal as it is to vegetable life about this time. Light rains reported from…

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The Hume Farmers' Union

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 1210

A meeting of the Hume Farmers' Union was held on the 5th instant. Mr. W. Zueck, vice-president, occupied the chair. The first business dealt with was that of considering the Government taxation proposals…

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Agricultural and Veterinary Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 3

A deputation, composed of Messrs. Sutherland, Garrard and Kethel, Ms.P., Dr. Belgrave and Mr. E. Dowling, members of the Board of Technical Education, waited upon the…

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