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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1887

2,132 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 107

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 10

Five thousand eight hundred fat sheep, Cobb and Co. owners, arrived here to-day; 800 will be trucked for Homebush, and the balance go by road to Bathurst. 281 fat cattle, same owners, left for Bathurst to-day. 2000…

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Tasmanian Sheep Regulations

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 5

HOBART, Wednesday.--In view of the Governments receiving [?]takes stating that New Zealand [?] was free from seat, the question as to the [?] regalations…

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The Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 5

London, Tuesday.--At the wool sales to-day 12,800 [?] were offered. The market is firm…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 8

One thousand head of store bullocks, from Queensland, en route for Wolonga, passed on the 26th instant. BOURKE, WEDNESDAY. The following stock crossed Darling Bridge for the…

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The English Hop Crop. London, June 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 7

The hop gardens are infested with vermin, yet the growth of the bines is vigorous. The hop market is firm…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Tree Planting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 7

The Technical College lecture on Wednesday evening was on the seasonable subject of tree planting, &c. Mr. Mackay, instructor in agriculture was the lecturer, and there was a large…

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Annual Stud Sheep Fair

Evening News · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 5

The annual stud sheep sales will commence on Tuesday next, and to-day the sheep are all comfortably penned, and are thrown open to the inspection of the public. Besides some 2000…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 6

LONDON, June 29.—At the wool sales to-day, eleven thousand bales were offered. Prices were firm. The sales of the present series will close on July 15…

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The Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 5

London, Wednesday.--At the wool sales to-day 11,000 bales were offered. A firm tone ruled in the market. The present series of sales close on July 15…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 8

Stock movements:-4515 merine sheep from Ponola, South Australia to Bowna, W. J. Lyne; 1000 mixed sheep from Avenel, Victoria, to Yerrankorry, Basil Benuete; 295 fal cattle from Oura, Wagga, to Victoria, John O'Neill; 12[?]…

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The Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 9

"Wet and extremely cold weather has ruled during the last fortnight. On the tablelands heavy snow fell. Up to the present the season ranks as the coldest experienced for many years. The rainfall has done some good…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 6

Mr. W. Vernon has left at this office some fine specimens of the fruit of the persimmon (diospyros Kaki), grown at Gordon, in the Lane Cove district. The fruit, which was introduced…

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Country Pastoral Shows

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 9

Thus "Pie Box:" Squattocracy, old and sedate, middle-aged and steady, young and frisky, flocks in to the country pastoral shows. The annual show and the annual races are great events in…

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The Pastoral Rents. Coonamble, June 24

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 9

A public meeting was held in the Mechanics' Institute last night on the rent question, and the land question generally. It was largely and influentially attended, a good many country residents from a distance being in town…

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The Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 5

London, Thursday.--At the wool sales 12,100 bales were offered. The market showed a hardening tendency. The number of withdrawals up to the present amount…

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London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 11

LONDON, June 23.—At the wool sales to-day 12,000 bales were offered, making a total pf 158,100 during the present series. The total withdrawals up to the present have been 10,000…

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The Wool Frauds

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 9

THE Government have, it is stated, determined to preceed civilly against all the defendants in the alleged wool frauds, and the work has already been initiated. The Government believe that…

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The Annual Stud Sheep Fair

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The thirteenth annual stud sheep sales will commence on Tuesday next, and, if excellent arrangements and good sheep, supported by a year of the best seasons ever known in Australia, can have effect,…

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Worms and Fluke in Sheep

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 10

SINCE replying to a question on the above subject in last issue, and in reference to which we made some inquiries at the Stock branch of the Mines Department, the following recipe for the…

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