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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1888

2,366 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 119

Commercial. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 16

Latest cablegrams from London respecting the wool sales continue to show a firm market, without, however, any quotable change in prices. The withdrawals, it is satisfactory to note, are small, the propertion so dealt with being…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 14

The following passings are reported:—1600 fat wethers, Mulga No. 1, via Byrock by rail to Breadalband, near Goulburn, R. C. Cooper and Co., owners; 340 fat cows, Mount Cornish Station, Q. A. S. J., Co, owners; 300 Nocatunga…

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Arsenic for Sheep. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 941

Sir,—May I ask the favour of the insertion of the following letter in your widely circulated journal? In your issue of the 10th ultimo, I notice a paragraph stating that our Chief Inspector of Stock has sent circulars, and our…

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Farm and Garden. Schemes

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 2

Schemes for swindling farmers are in operation constantly because they can be worked easily. They are successful not because farmers are over-credulous or lacking…

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Concert at Exeter Farm

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 6

On Saturday, the 28th instant, a number of friends gathered at the Exeter Farm School, Bringelly, to witness a concert given in aid of a water tank for the above…

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Restfulness of Farm Life

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 2

'No,' said the pale young man, sadly, 'I am not working on a farm for my health now.' 'Is that so?'…

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Farm Notes for the Season

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 939

The present dry weather rules with a rod of iron and is unmistakably averse to planting extensively this season. What little ploughing has been done is in the coast districts on the rich alluvial Hats. The…

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Notes for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 22

CIDER ANO SAND.—The older, as it comes from the press, is [?] through a quantity of clean sand. This removes from the juice all the bits of pomace, which, if left in, would hasten the fermentation. A…

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The Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day 10,000 bales were offered. The market is firm, the total quantity sold amounted to 320,000 bales and the quantity held over 37,000 bales. The new arrivals to date for…

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London Wool Bales

The Australian Star · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 6

R. Goldsbrough and Co., Limited have received the following cablagrain, dated London, May 5: -- "Wool: The series is closing with great sprit as its best point. The last few days of the series…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Weather and Stock. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 7

"WILCANNIA, Saturday.--Reports show that at all the up-river stations navigation is closed. The only fetation now reporting water is Tilpa, with 8ft., at which height the river…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 4

At to-dayls sales 13,500 bales were offered. Prices are firmly maintained…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 8

The following further rain reports are to hand:— Walgett 3 points, Mogil 39, Mungundi 20, Wannaring 20, Eule 44, Thorgomindah 43, Cunnamulla 16, Barringun 90, Byrock 200, Goodooga 23, Bourke fine, clear, cool…

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Reported Tax on Australian Wool. Paris

The Australian Star · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 4

There is some talk in Paris of placings tax on Australian wool, as a reprisal for the wine duty recently imposed in England…

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Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 7

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, brought forward a wall catalogue of wool at their sale yesterday. The offerings, which consisted for the most…

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American Wheat Harvest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The American wheat harvest is unusually backward and it is expected to be deficient…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 7

The second series of the London wool sales closed on Saturday, and the following cable messages on the subject have been received:--…

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Wool and Sheepskin Sales

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 4

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited, report:--In our usual fortnightly sale held to-day, we catalogued [?] es, the bulk consisting of [?]sed wools. Competition was very fair…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Weather and Stock. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 7

BOMDALA. Monday.--After about two months of dry weather a change took place on Saturday morning and rain fell from about 8 to 9 o'clock, when it commenced showing with a…

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Dairy Produce Sales

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 4

At [?]tion this morning best factory butter said to [?] dairy [?]es, from 1s to 1s 7d and New Zealand rolls, packed in pickle in begs in [?] (after the style of the Melbourne butter…

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