Agricultural and Pastoral. Forbes Lands Office. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 3
FORBES, Friday--At the land sale hold at the Lands Office, Forbes, during this week the following lots were disposed of :--310 acres 3 roods, to Frederick F. Gibson. Carragabal, at…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 5
London, Thursday.--The wool sales closed to-day with firm rates and a more brisk competition. 280,000 bales have been sold during this series, and 20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Temora
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 12
There is a demand for sheep, and several sales have been effected. Mr. Smith, late of Gundabindyal, in connection with Strickland Brothers, has sold 6000 ewes, Jones (near Forbos) owner, to Mr. Foster, Combaning; 10,000 mixed…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 41
During the past week the weather has remained very unsettled, and threatens to continue so for some time. Heavy floods are reported in some places. From Kempsey we earn that the Macleay has been visited…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Rent of Pastoral Lands. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 386
Sir,—Many have asserted the minimum rents for both leasehold and resumed areas provided by the Land Act of 1884 are excessive. Where appraisers place the rent above the minimum, there is no right of appeal. This is…
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Nepean Times · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 2
The loss of succulent food, said Professor Wallace in a lecture delivered at Newcastle, could be met by adopting the system, which has proved most successful,…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 385
A large audience attended at the Technical Hall in Pitt-street on the 11th instant, to hear Mr. Walter Hope's fifth lecture on "Poultry Farming." The special subject of the lecture was the diseases of poultry and their remedies…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 383
Our Mudgee correspondent writes on the 14th instant:—The weather has been fine. The river has fallen considerably and is well within its banks, though still running strong. There has been a great…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 384
At Dapto, the old-fashioned village whore the aquatic champion Beach has his home, and where there is held each year an agricultural show, there has recently been established a dairy factory. Travellers along the coast…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 44
From "H. H. L." we have received the following communication:—The turmoil of a general election is not the time when calm argument on any subject can reasonably be looked for. With all its…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 22
FLORIDA ORANGES.—The Florida orange crop this year will reach 750,000 boxes of 128 to 250 oranges each. CALIFORNIAN WHEAT.—It is estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Poultry Farming in Australia. Xiii.—shows and Judging
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 22
The benefit this country derives from its shows is undeniable, and would be even greater if they could be conducted in an educational rather than a gatemoney spirit. We must, however, make the best of…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 41
The MISSOURI REPUBLICAN said: In the extreme south-west corner of Louisiana lies the largest producing farm in the world. It runs l00 miles north and south and 25 miles east and west, and is owned…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 43
At the Darling Harbor hay sales this week the supplies of forage were extremely heavy. The quality of hay and chaff coming forward is much complained of, being weatherstained…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bourke
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1887 · page 8
During the last 10 days 347 trucks of sheep and cattle have been despatched from here. TAMBO (Q.), SATURDAY. Four hundred and thirty fat cattle from Dunrobin to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Trade for 1886 and Movements in London
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 February 1887 · page 3
The first series of 1887 colonial wool sales that opened briskly, with an advance to 10 percent., that sagged towards the middle and close, came to an end on Friday, with a generally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Australia. Pastoral Leases Expiring in 1888. Surveyor-General's Office, Adalaide, January 12th, 1887
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1887 · page 2
NOTICE is hereby given that Pastoral Leases expiring by effiuxion of time at end of 1888, situated in the South-cast, Northeast, North, and North-west and Westorn portions of South Australia, and occupied under lease since 1851, will be submitted to…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1887 · page 5
London, Monday.--The next wool sales will commence on March 22. No limit has been placed by the importers' committee on the quantity to be offered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agriculture and Pastoral. Moruya Agricultural Show. (By TELEGRAPH.)
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1887 · page 7
MORUYA, Tuesday.--The Moruva show, which was held to-day, proved a great success. The weather was fine, the attendance very large and the show was pronounced the best…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bourke
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1887 · page 10
Two hundred and fifty fat cattle. Cobb and Co. owners, Lowe drover, passed to-day; for the Sydney market, from Queensland. MENINDIE, TUESDAY…
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