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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1888

2,366 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 119

Farm and Dairy Produce

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1888 · page 7

Very fair supplies will be landed at the wharves to-day from the northern and southern ports und Victoria. On Saturday a quiet trade was doing, and little or no change was recorded…

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The Victorian Farmers

The Australian Star · Monday 16 April 1888 · page 4

ANOTHER knock for the Foreign-trade party! A telegram from Victoria states that the selectors in that colony have, during the past two months, reduced the…

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Bee Farming

The Australian Star · Monday 16 April 1888 · page 6

GRAFTON, This Day.—A Clarence Lower River settler sent half a ton of honey to Sydney this morning by steamer…

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Butter Bales

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 April 1888 · page 4

The South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Company report of their auction sales this morning. Best factory butter 1s 4d to 1s 7d; best dairy butter 1s 2d to 1s 4d per lb Infortor…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Wiseman's Ferry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1888 · page 9

The stock crossings yesterday evening from the Hunter district for Camperdown were 46 mixed horses, Mr. E. Ball owner. INVERELL, MONDAY…

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Poor Protectionist Victoria. Something for tho Farmers

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 April 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--As a consequence of the general prosperity of the colony the selectors have nearly extinguished their liability to the Lands…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1888 · page 6

Our correspondent wire, that the Grafton (Clarence Hirer) Agricultural Exhibition open, to-day and promises to be a great in horse, there are 276 entries; in pigs, 15; in…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 April 1888 · page 6

Messrs. John Sanderson and Co. have received the following cablegram form their London house dated April 11th :-- A firm market for g[?]l gr[?]y merino; inferior, declined Cah[?] scoured bulky,…

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The Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 April 1888 · page 8

At the wool sales to-day 11,700 bales were offered. The market is steadier…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1888 · page 10

1500 sheep passed through to-day by special train from Cowl to Homebush. WAGGA WAGGA, TUESDAY. The following are the latest local stock passings:—6165…

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(From Our Own Correspondents.) Orange Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1888 · page 10

The Orango P. and A. Society's show opened to-day under very favourable auspices. Within the last two years great improvements have been made on the ground, and at an expenditure of about £2000 the committee have…

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Agricultural Shots. Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1888 · page 10

The twenty-second annual exhibition of the Clarence Agricultural Society opened at Grafton to-day, with fine weather, which was almost top, warm for some visitors from Sydney, of whom there were several,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. [?] Grafton Agricultural Show. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 7

GRAFTON Wednesday.--The [?] River Agricultural Association's Exhibition to-day was attended by about 700 people. Mr. John See, M.P., was present during the afternoon,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 5

The following are the latest local stock movements:— 1790 owes, J. S. Knight's, travelling from Tenandra Park to Albury, via Tarcutta and Germanton; 900 ewes and wethers, J. Jones's, from Cockatoo Island to The Rock,…

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Farm and Dairy Produce

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 6

At Darling Harbor yesterday the supply of forage received was slightly larger, amongst which medium and inferior qualities were the most noticeable. There was a moderate…

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The "Argus" on N.S.W. Farmers' Wants

The Australian Star · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The ARGUS condemns the decentralisation system adopted by New South Wales in subsidising small agricultural shows with prizes…

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All About a Little Farm. Drunk or Not Drunk

The Australian Star · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 8

Mu. JUSTICE OWEN was occupied a great part of to-day in the Equity Court with the hearing of a case in reference to the disposal of a farm. Mr. Henry Taylor and…

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The Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 837

Our Grata correspondent writes on April 14 :—The weather is now very dry and rain is again needed to enable winter crops to be planted. However, it is favourable to the ripening maize crops, and farmers everywhere are…

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Latest Pastoral News. (Continued from page 804.) at a Wool Sale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 41

A correspondent supplied the ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE with the following account of an Australian wool sale in London:—A strange sight greeted me a few evenings ago in an out-of-the-way part of the city-a sight which I can…

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Orange Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Orange

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 868

The Orange P. and A. Society's show opened to-day under very favourable auspicies. Within the last two years great improvements have been made on the ground, and at an expenditure of about £2000 the committee have…

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