The North Coast Farmers' Co-operative Company
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 276
Our Grafton correspondent reports on the 30th July:— The eighth half-yearly report of the Clarence River and North Coast Farmers' Co-operative Association was held yesterday, when there was a fair attendance of…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 275
During the last score of years no branch, of the farming industry has advanced to such an extent as dairying. America may justly claim the credit of causing the first movements. It was that great…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 275
The recent weather has been so extraordinarily variable that the condition of the young cereal crops cannot be easily determined. Flooding rains have been followed by bleak winds, which in turn…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 22
The accompanying illustrations (said a New York paper) show two styles of cheap and substantial gates. Figure 1 is a modernised form of a gate which has for generations been popular in America…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 23
A SIMPLE TEST.—The AMERICAN DAIRYMAN said: Let a drop of fresh milk fall into a glass of pure water. If the milk promptly disseminates itself through the water, the cow which yielded that…
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Evening News · Monday 8 August 1887 · page 3
TEMORA, Saturday.—A full meeting of the committee, and a large number of the members, of the local Pestoral and Agricultural Association, was held in the committee rooms, last night, to finally…
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Evening News · Monday 8 August 1887 · page 5
LONDON, August 6.—By a French decree imports of wheat into the ports of Cochin, Cambodia, Annam and Tonkin are to be admitted duty free, but there is a prohibition at all other French…
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Evening News · Monday 8 August 1887 · page 5
LONDON, August 6.—The wheat market is quiet, and prices quoted are 1s lower. The price of Australian wheat on the spot is unchanged. Coast cargos have been sold at 33s 3d. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Fruit-growers' Union
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 August 1887 · page 7
The council of the Fruit-growers' Union of New South Wales met at larramatta on Saturday afternoon, Mr. John Nobbs, J.P., in the chair. A letter addressed to the Agent-General…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1887 · page 8
[?]Sale of 134 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by H. Irwell and Co.:— Ex Caledonic[?], Samuel P[?]msoll, and Arabic, from Sydney, Tabratong, 6 scoured at 19½d; GMI, 6 at 18d; DFS. 10 grease at…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 August 1887 · page 4
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A number of horses and cattle belonging to farmers at Perricoota and Wamboota, near Echaca, are suffing from an unknown disease, supposed to be the result…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bourke
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1887 · page 8
The following have passed through:—290 fat cows, N[?]catunga to Bourke, H. B. Hughes; 320 fat bullocks, Milo to Bourke, Milo and Welford Downs Pastoral Company. The following have been trucked:—125 Milo fat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in Victoria. Great Damage to the Crops. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1887 · page 7
The latest report regarding the Murray at Tocumwal is that the river is 17ft. 3in. above summer level, and is falling. The floods in the creek at Numurkah are increasing rapidly. Broken Creek overflowed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Weather and Stock. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 7
WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--The weather is fine and warm here. WOLLONGONG, Monday.--After long-continued westerly winds the weather throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Intelligence [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Gundagai
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 8
The stock movements to-day were 200 mixed cattle from Blowering station, near Tumut, en route for Bethungra— Mr. Sayor, owner. HAY, MONDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mudgee Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mudgee
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 8
The Pastoral and Agricultural Society's show to-day was, as regards the attendance of visitors, a great success. The weather was beautiful and fine. Considering that the district has not recovered from the effects of the recent…
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Evening News · Wednesday 10 August 1887 · page 3
WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—An Agricultural Society has been formed at Albion Park with a great flourish of trumpets. This is the third agricultural society formed within the [?]oundary of the Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Berrima District Agricultural Society. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 August 1887 · page 7
BOWRAL, Tuesday.--At the meeting of the Berrima District Agricultural Society yesterday, a letter was read stating that the Government subsidy in proportion of £1 for every £4…
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Evening News · Thursday 11 August 1887 · page 3
SALE OF SHORTHORNS.—Melbourne, Wednesday.—Mr. J. Horwood's Bridgewater Park herd of shorthorns were sold here yesterday by public auction at satisfactory prices. One hundred and…
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Evening News · Thursday 11 August 1887 · page 6
LONDON, August 9.—At Mark Lane, the new English wheat submitted to buyers averaged from 32s to 35s old wheat, Is lower. The French, Russian, Hungarian, and German…
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