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Farming & the land, 1886

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A Manufacturer on the Get-up of Wool. Ii.--skirting and Classing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1886 · page 7

The main object of skirting and classing to bring the wool to market in such a condition as to obtain the highest price possible. It need hardly be shown that the more carefully an…

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The Tenancy of Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1886 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons last night, Mr. J. Barclay, member for Forfarshire (Liberal), introduced an amendment to the…

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The Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1886 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday, At the wool sales 11,700 bales were offered. The market is quiet. Greasy and inferior are a halfpenny to a penny lower, and…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 28 January 1886 · page 4

LONDON, January 27.—At the wool sales, to-day, about 12,200 bales were offered. The market is quiet but steady…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Coonamble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1886 · page 11

The local stock movements are as under:-150 fat cattle, from Wallangambone to Sydney via Dubbo, Mr. George Gibson owner; 190 fat cattle, from Gulargambone to Sydney, via Dubbo, Mr. M. Morgan owner…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 27

Globe · Thursday 28 January 1886 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 12,200 bales were offered. The market is quiet but steady…

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Pastoral. Weather, Wool, Stock Movements. &c

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1886 · page 6

BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday.—Heavy rain fell this morning, and has continued off and on ever since. MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Messrs. King and Co. reported.—Cattle: 1429 yarded: enough for the…

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Pastoral

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1886 · page 3

LISMORE, Thursday.—The heat during the past few days culminated in a smart thunderstorm on Tuesday night, when 77 points of rain fall here. The electrical display was very vivid. A destructive…

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The Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1886 · page 5

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

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Homebush Sales. This Day. Homebush, 3 p.m. SHEEP

Globe · Friday 29 January 1886 · page 7

The sheep sales improved as the market progressed, and closed at an average of nearly 6d. per bead over the prices early in to-day's sale, and last sale day…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1886 · page 8

The local stock movements to-day are as follows:— 2000 mixed sheep, Mr. Timothy Kelchers, from Gundybingal to Coolaman; 1251 ewes and rams, Mr. John Cheeneys, from Pomingalarna to Murraguldry…

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Pastoral. Weather, Wool, Stock Movements, &c

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 6

FORBES, Friday.—Stock movements: 22,000 wethers (Namoi Pastoral Co.) from Edgeroi station, Namoi, to Ballarat. Messrs. W. S. Hudson and Co. report the following sales: On account of Mr. Wm. Porter,…

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Pastoral Intelligence

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 221

All over the Tweed and the Richmond, our agricultural reporter writes, the country presents a wonderfully verdant appearance. The former river suffered but slightly from the drought, even when the season was at its worst, but the…

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latest Pastoral News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 42

LISMORE, Thursday.—The heat during the past fewdays culminated in a smart thunderstorm on Tuesday night, when 77 points of rain fell hero. The electrical display was very vivid. A destructive…

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Stall Fed Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 219

The committee of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society have resolved to expunge from the prize list of this year the prizes usually offered for the grand champion ram and ewe, it being considered by the committee that the…

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Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 42

Messrs. Mort and Co.'s usual auction sale was well attended this week, when 3000 bales were brought forward, and good competition ruled throughout, but as might be expected, in the face of recent unsatisfactory news from…

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Wool sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 11

LONDON, January 21.—At the wool sales to-day, about 10,400 bales were catalogued. The market was quiet. Croosbreds were ½d higher. All descriptions of inferior and faulty wools were ½d to…

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The Grazier. Travelling Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 22

A good deal of feeling concerning travelling sheep prevails about Coonamble, and a meeting of stookowners and others interested was held at the Royal Hotel last week, for the consideration of the matter,…

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Quarantine and Tasmanian Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 22

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The chief inspector of stock in Tasmania, Mr. T. Tahart, who is at present on a visit to this city, is endeavoring to obtain a relaxation of the quarantine regulations relative to…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (Form Our Own Correspondents.) Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 14

The following stock movements are reported from Thargomindah:—14,000 maiden owes and 400 rama from Toorale to Westlands, Thompson River. These flocks had been stuck up for some months on account of the scarcity of…

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