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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

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Refunds of Pastoral Rents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 4

The refunds on rents upon pastoral leases and license fees have been adjusted and are now ready for payment. The adjustment has entailed a great deal of work…

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The London Wool Market

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 3

FROM the EUROPEAN MAIL of Nov. 16 and Nov. 23, we clip the following:—A steady and fairly confident tone continues to prevail in this market, although,…

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A New and Wonderfully Prolific Variety of Wheat. It Matures Early and Gives Abundance of Straw. (Melbourne Weekly Times.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 3

MR. J. L. Thomson, of Victoria, the principal of the Dookil Agricultutal College, last week forwarded to Mr. D. E. Martin, secretary for Agriculture, a…

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The Wheat and Flour Market. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 4

THE flour trade is quiet. While £12 10s. to £13 15s. is still the range of quotations for roller brands of old flour, near rollermade flour is quoted from £12 to £13…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Jan. 7

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 4

THE Antwerp wool sales begin on the 15th instant, and end on the,18th. 12,440 bales, including 3665 bales of Australian wools, will be offered…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 4

AT our wool sales, to-day, ere (Goldsbrough, Mort, & Co.) offered 6047 bales. Prices were very firm for good wools, which are scarce, inferior sorts being…

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The Farm. Weight of Farm Produce

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 7

THE following an the weights regulated by law:—Maize, 561bs. to bushel Oats, 40lbs. to bushel Bran, 201bs. to bushel…

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Washing Butter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1889 · page 7

THERE is no other way of so effectively cleansing butter of its caseous and albuminous matter as by washing. Of course, the water should be clean and pure…

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Melbourne Wheat Market. [Wednesday.]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1889 · page 4

SaLES of wheat are made at 4s 6d., the market being quiet. Feed grains are extremely dull and depressed…

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The London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 29

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1889 · page 4

MESSRS. Balme and Jacomb offered 9400 bales of wool for sale, three-sevenths of which was Cape. The attendance was large Medium merinoes are at par to…

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To Farmers, Labourers, Mechanics, and Others. (Per Favour Armidale Express.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1889 · page 4

REMEMBER Mr. Inglis' words: " He was pleased to see that the hands held up for him were white and clean." Look at your own hands, and if they are brown…

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Shipment of Cattle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

A large shipment of cattle arrived from New England, on Saturday. We waited till 10 o'clock last night for our late message, but, as usual, the lines…

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Model Scotch Dairy Farm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 3

A MODEL dairy has been inaugurated near Monkton, Scotland, by the Scotch Dairy Association. The NORTH BRITISH AGRICULTURIST gives a very graphic…

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Farm Life—its Fascinations

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 3

WHO was the author of the following paragraph does not appear, but it is evident that whoever he was, he must have possessed a lively imagination, and had a…

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The Flour and Wheat Market. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 4

IN breadstuffs no transastions of importance are mentioned. Bakers are purchasing steadily for immediate requirements only at £11 15s. to £12 15s. for…

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The London Wool Market. London, Feb. 4

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 4

CROSSBREDS continue very firm. Good merinos are steady, but mediums are irregular…

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The Wheat and Flour Market. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1889 · page 4

The demand for dour is improving somewhat;, as it is thought that buyers are now coming to the belief the prices are not likely to go lower. Boiler brands, £11…

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London Wool Market. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 4

Prices at wool sales very firm; the series closes on the 19th of February…

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The Travelling Dairy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 3

PROVIDED intelligence, econony, and foresight, are not wanting in the conduct of a travelling dairy, it is certain that it may serve an excellent purpose in the…

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American Farmers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 3

PROBABLY in no country in the world is there to be found a state of intellectual advancement among the people who till the soil, equal to…

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