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Farming & the land, 1889

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 7

It has been decided to hold a show in connection with the Camden A. and H. Society on March 13, 14 and 15. At a meeting held on Tuesday night several special prizes were…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Messrs. Goldsbro[?]gh, Mort and Co., Limited, Melbourne, telegraph:--"We sold 2400 bales this week, good greasy up to 11d and good scoured up to 12 [?]d per lb. The attendance continues large and…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The next series of wool sales at Antwerp open on the 15th inst., and will continue until the 18th inst. The wool offered will include 3600 bales…

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Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 7

A meeting of the committee of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held this evening, Mr. J. Grieve in the chair. The bank pass book showed a debit balance on the 1st January of £784, but an…

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The Wool Sales. the Next Sales. London, January 8

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

The next series of Antwerp wool sales will last from January 15 to January 18, inclusive. 2600 bales of Australian wool are entered for the sales…

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H. R. Farmers' Association

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.-The fifteenth half-yearly meeting of the Hunter River Farmers' Association was held on Tuesday evening at Raymond Terrace, when a very satisfactory report of…

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Hunter River Farmers' Association. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 7

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--The 1[?]th half-yearly meeting of the Hunter River Farmers' Association was held last evening at Raymond Terrace, when a very satisfactory report of…

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Dairy Products, &c

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 7

Butter.--Moderate demand. Best New South wales dairy sorts quoted at 9d; factory-make. 1s; best intercolonial sorts, 10d to 1s; second qualities, 7d to 8d per lb. The arrivals at Darling Harbor for the week…

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Charges on Travelling Sheep

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

GOULBURN, This Day.-- The Chief Inspector of Stock has wired the local inspector the following, referring to the charges on travelling sheep after sale :--…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 7

Mr. John Bridge reports a large attendance of buyers at his supplementary sale yesterday, when a full catalogue of bu[?]s and sacks wool was submitted. Every Hue was disposed of Greasy fetched to [?]d;…

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The Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--There is but a small inquiry for wool in London, but the Yorkshire manufacturers are busy and it is probable that firm prices will be maintained…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Grape Culture. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 3

PORT MACQUARIE, Thursday.--Last night Mr. Angus Mackay, of the Technical College, delivered a lecture in the School of Arts on "Grape Culture." The chair was occupied by…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The next series of wool sales at Antwerp open on the 15th inst., and will continue until the 18th inst. The wool offered will include 3600 bales…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 6

The following lots of stock have been trucked from the Rylestone railway station during the past week:— On the 5th inst., three trucks, 30 cattle, from C. Davis, Tryallion, and one truck, 10 cattle, from C. A. Tailby,…

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The Wool Sales. Small Supply. London, January 8

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

There is but small inquiry in London for wool, but the Yorkshire factories are busy, and the tone of prices is likely to become-firm…

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Mr. Fehon and the Wool Frauds. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 2

Sir,--Mr. want says, when speaking about the heavy bales of wool being put in as light ones, that Wright, Heaton and Co. swindled the Government as the consignees by…

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The Darling Downs Maize Crop. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.--In consequence of the failure of the wheat crop on the Darling Downs last season, an unusually large area has been planted with maize, which looks splendid, and a…

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Dairy Products, &c

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 7

Rutter.--Little business doing in New South Wales Forts at 9d to [?]0d; factory-make, at 10d to 1s; intercolonial sor[?]s, best quoted at 1[?]d to 1s; second qualities, 7d to 8d per lb…

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Latest Pastoral News. Weather, Stock Movements, Wool. WEATHER

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 41

The welcome news of widespread rainfall comes in from nenrly all quarters; and a much more hopeful spirit possesses the pastorallst, the miner, end the farmer. Full tanks and flooded watercourses are common occurences…

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