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Farming & the land, 1887

2,132 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 107

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1887 · page 8

The following are the crossings at the Darling Bridge, North Bourke, for the week ending February 27:—Cattle: 296, Pangy Pangy to Sydney, Payne Bros., owners. Frank Parken in charge; 50, Diamintini Park to Sydney,…

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Experiments with a Patent Sheep-shearer. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1887 · page 7

Experiments with Welseley's patent sheep-shearer were carried out at Goldsbrough's wool stores to-day in the presence of a large number of squatters and graziers from all parts of Australia. Four sheep were…

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Conference of Farmers' Delegates in Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1887 · page 7

The delegates of the Farmers' Mutual Association met in Adelaide to-day. The association passed a resolution in favour of payment of members, and recommended the abolition of the land…

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Braidwood Pastoral and Agricultural Show. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 7

BRAIDWOOD, Thursday.--The Pastoral and Agricultural Show was held to-day, the weather being fine and cool. The number of visitors was very large, persons coming from all parts…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 6

Stock Movements:—3500 merino ewes, from Oakvie[?], Culcairn to Cockatoo Island, W. J. Blake owner; 1000 merine ewes, from Mulwala to Gregadoo, J. S Clough; 83 store cattle, from Currangerambla to Taramia, H. T…

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The South Australian Farmers' Association. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The animal meetings of the South Australian Farmers' Mutual Association, now being held in Adelaide, have so far declared in favor of payment of members and…

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Pastoral Rents

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 479

A deputation of pastoral lessees from the district of Hay waited on the MINISTER FOR LANDS on Tuesday last for the purpose of making certain representations concerning the…

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Pastoral Rents

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 493

On Tuesday afternoon a large deputation, representing the pastoral industry of the district of Hay, waited on the Hon. T. Garrett, Minister for Lands. The deputation was introduced by Mr. M'Millan, M.L.A. for East…

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The Weather, Pastoral, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 489

During the week the weather, nearly all over the colony, has been hot and changeable, rain having fallen in many places. On Saturday the telegraphic reports showed the weather to be fine in the western parte of the colony, and…

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Omega Butter Factory

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 22

This establishment is situated four miles from Kiama on the road to Gerringong. It occupies a very fine position on a sloping hill side, with Mount Pleasant behind it, the rich Gerringong flats in front,…

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Mexican Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 10

Mr. T. A. Mills, Lubeck, Victoria, wrote: As it was in the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL that I first saw that Mr. Dow, Victorian Minister of Lands, had procured about 100 bushels of wheat…

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Mexican Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 22

The Melbourne LEADER said: Farmers appear to be generally pleased with the result of the growth of the so-called Mexican wheat distributed among them last year through the agency…

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Mudgee Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 487

Our Mudgee correspondent writes:—Wheat is coming in freely to the local mills, and some of it is being sent off to Sydney. The quality is fair; several very excellent samples have been delivered, but the…

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Butter Factory at Gerringong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 487

The butter factories at Kiama, Omega, and Albion Park have (says our Kiama correspondent) been worked so successfully that it is not strange that an effort should be made to add another to the number…

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Sale of Stud Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A number of shorthorn bulls from Mr. J. Norwood's well-known Bridgwater Park stud, were sold at Kirk's Bazaar to-day. There was a considerable…

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Sheep-shearing by Machinery

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 24

A public trial of Mr. F. Y. Wolseley's patent sheep-shearing machine was made last week in the wool stores of Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co., Melbourne, in the presence of a number of…

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Weather, Wool, Stock Movements. Weather and Crops

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 42

The weather during the past week has been very changeable, one day being excessively hot, and the next cool and windy. There have been several falls of rain, very heavy in places, especially in Ballina, Cowra, Forbes,…

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British Wheat Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 43

The firmness in the wheat trade has been maintained fairly well (wrote a London correspondent on January 14). During the earlier part of the week prices were quoted 6d to 1s per qr higher, and…

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Commercial. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 13

Notwithstanding the unsettled aspect of affairs in Europe it is gratifying to learn from a London cablegram, dated 1st instant, to the New Zealand Loan Company, that the market there is gradually improving, and that a private…

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The Wool Trade. MARCH 3

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 484

Notwithstanding the unsettled aspect Of affairs in Europe, it is gratifying to learn from a London cablegram, dated 1st instant, to the New Zealand Loan Company, that the market there is gradually…

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