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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 163

Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1891 · page 7

The river reports for December 29 are as follows:--Macintyre, Yetman, 2ft. 9in., falling; Macintyre,, Mungundi, 2ft., falling; Barwon, Mogil Mogil, low; Barwon, Walgett. 16ft.,…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegrath.] (From Our Correspondents.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1891 · page 5

Stock movments: 4000 merino w[?]hers from G[?] for Ger[?] A. and W. Watson, [?] CARCOAE, WEDNESDAY. Stock movements:—One truck [?] sheep, C[?]…

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Weather, Stock and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1891 · page 7

CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Tuesday.--The weather has been very showery here during the last two days and a good quantity of rain has fallen. The weather is fine to-day…

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Australian Butter

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, December 31.—A portion of the consignment of butter from Sydney and Melbourne by the Orient lias been, sold at 120s per cwt…

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Colonial Wheat

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 4

LONDON, January 1.—The consignment of wheat, ex Largs Bay, from Lyttelton, September 23, sold at 37s per qr…

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Newcastle Wool Exports

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The returns of the wool shipped from Newcastle to London during 1890 show a falling off 1534 bales as compared with the previous year, which is accounted for…

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Australian Butter. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 5

A portion of the consignment of butter from Sydney and Melbourne, ex R.M.S. Orient, has been sold at 120s per owt…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 7

A few catalogues, consisting of star lots and bags of wool, have been submitted during the current week. Although several of the foreign buyers are away for the holidays, there was a good muster of scourers, besides…

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A Newcastle Wool Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 4

The clipper ship Panmure, at Newcastle, of the Australian Mutual Shipping Company's fine fleet, has now completed taking in a large and valuable cargo of woof for London direct. She cleared at the Customs with 6792 bales of wool,…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Moama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 5

During the past year there crossed from Moama to [?] 971,846 sheep, 22,313, cattle, 391 horses, and 1400 pigs…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 8

Moist heat with occasional storms has recently ruled on the coast. Inland districts have had the usual summer warmth. The Christmas weather was in every respect favourable to holiday-making. Hailstorms of…

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Latest Pastoral News. (Continued From Page 23.) Weather, Stock Movements, Wool. Weather

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 42

The weather during the past weak has been generally very warm, and numbers of bush fires are reported. Thunderstorms and rain have cleared the air during the last 24 hours; the rain was heaviest on…

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Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 42

The general local wool sales will be resumed after the holidays on Monday next, when a large and representative class of wools, including several wellknown brands, will be placed before buyers. Sales of…

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Late Pastoral Intelligence. Ballina

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 20

Very heavy rain with thunderstorms are being experienced. The season is one of the best ever known for farmers. BINGARA, DEC. 27…

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The Transport of Butter

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 10

ON Tuesday afternoon a deputation of produce agents and merchants waited upon Messrs. Fehon and Oliver, Commissioners for Railways, to complain of irregularity in the delivery of butter at…

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Grains of Wheat

The Dead Bird · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 5

A man who will flatter thee to thy face will generally rob thee behind thy back, Rob not the poor because he is poor, but because he can't afford to go to law with…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 42

We beg to advise our friends that, to suit the comverience of buyers, our wool sale days during the ensuing season will be Tuesday and Thursday in each week, instead of Wednesday and Friday as…

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An Importation. Black Polled Angus Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 15

Per the steamer Hauroto there reached Sydney from New Zealand, on Christmas Eve, an important shipment of 26 head pure-bred Aberdeen polled Angus cattle, comprising 20 heifers and six…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

Movements: 5000 wothers, Karabeen, Albury, to Errowanbang; owners, Wilson and Hopkins, in charge. COONAMBLE, FRIDAY. Twelve thousand wethers passed here from Gingie…

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Large Shipments of Butter. a New Market Opening

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 5

The arrangements made for the exportation of batter have progressed so satisfactorily that about one-third of the total amount of factory butter received, in Sydney is devoted to export…

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