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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1888

2,366 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 119

Australian Pastoral Company. London, June 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 8

The Australian Pastoral Company is announced, with a capital of £1,050,000. The object of the company is to acquire Mr. C. B. Fisher's pastoral properties in Queensland…

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Cable News. the Australian Pastoral Company

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The prospectus has been circulated of the Australian Pastoral Company, the Capital of which is to be £2,000,000…

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The Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The June series of wool sales were opened to-day, when there was a good attendance and the bids were spirited…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 7

FORBES, Tuesday.--Yesterday afternoon a fine steady rain set in, which lasted the greater part of the night. Nearly an inch fell and, although it is line to-dar, more is looked for…

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Pastoral Intelligence. by Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 8

Eight hundred and seventy-five store owes, from Faulkner, near Armidale, are going to Moree, P. Shannon. BOURKE, WEDNESDAY. The following are the crossings at Darling bridge, North…

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Farmers and Protection. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 5

Sir, Kindly allow me to reply to the secretary of the Free Trade Association of New South Wales of June 18. I have not time to enter into a controversy with a gentleman who is paid to look after such articles as may appear…

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Sudden Death at Bathurst. Cattle Sale Yards for Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 5

BATHURST, Thursday.--John Eyers died somewhat suddenly at his residence, Piper-street, last night. He had been slightly acting during the day, but after transacting some Bathurst, Thursday.--Efforts will shortly be made for the erection of corporation cattle saleyards. A draft bill will be at once drawn and submitted for the council's consideration on…

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Accident to a Farmer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--John Harris, a farmer residing near Morpeth, met with an accident at Woodville on Tuesday in a curious way. He was pressing hay, when a strong…

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Farmers and Protection. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 4

Sir,—The Herald of to-day contains a further letter from Mr. Wearne. He has entirely dropped his previous contention, to the effect that the farmers of Victoria obtained higher prices for their wheat, and that the millers of…

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Destructive Bush Fire in the South. Two Farm Houses Burned Down. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 8

Information has reached town that a bush fire has been raging south of Gerringong. It has destroyed two farm houses and swept over a large extent of grass country. Traffic is impeded in many directions by trees which have…

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The Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 1324

The dryness of the weather is still a matter for complaint and although several parts of the colony have received light showers since our last issue, there is still need for much rain. It cannot be said, however, that the pastures…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Inverell

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 1334

Eight hundred and seventy-five store ewes, from Faulkner, near Armidale, are going to Moree, P. Shannon. BOURKE, WEDNESDAY. The following are the crossings at Darling bridge, North…

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Boarding House Butter

Sydney Punch · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 5

SHOPMAN--"I worked off some of that cheap keg butter to-day." Grocer--"Indeed! Whom did you send it to?" Shopman--"Mrs. Blank, around in Macquarie street." Grocer--"The d--I you have! Why, I board with her."…

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Fluke in Sheep

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 10

A PECULIAR case of mortality in sheep from the disease known as liver fluke lately occurred at Stonefield, Rockvale, where, out of a mob of about 2000 sheep, 220 died in three weeks' time. The…

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Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 7

Messrs. Goldsbrough and Co., Limited, offered yesterday a small catalogue of wool, consisting of odd lots oi greasy and scoured. The attendance of buyers was good, and prices,…

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Wheat in America

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 2

Concerning the introduction of wheat into merica, reliable information is obtainable, may be difficult in the present day to lire the fact that wheat was at one time…

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Improvement in Agricultural and Pastoral Practice

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 22

It will be generally admitted by all who have a practical acquaintance with our farming and grazing industries that, as a rule, they are carried on in a very free and easy style, and, as a consequence, the…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 4

R. Goldsbrough and Co., Lim., have received the [?]wing cable, dated London, June 21, [?] :-- Wool: Sales continued with attendance [?] pre[?]ly reported. For cro[?]sb[?]s of all [?] and…

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Wool and Sheepskin Sales

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 4

[?]. Goldsbrough and Co., Limited, report of their su[?] sale yesterday:--Our catalogue [?] of odd lots of [?] and scoured. There was a good attendance of buyers, and pri[?], [?]red…

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Fat Cattle Breeds. (From a London Paper.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 23

SHORTHORNS are famous for their size and docility, for their commg to maturity early in life, and for their adaptableness to all countries and climates. They are, without any question, the most popular…

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