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Farming & the land, 1896

430 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 22

London Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 7

At the wool sales on Monday an excellent selection of fine and medium greasies. was offered. The following were among the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 7

At the Sydney Wool Sales on Wednesday the sales amounted to 2507 bales. The demand was strong, and bids were well distributed…

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London Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 2

There was an eager competition for crossbreds at yesterday's sales…

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London Wool Sales. LETTER No. 28. a Satisfactory Finish. Bradford, February 7

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 4

Since I last wrote the sales have seen their end, and in bringing this series of letters to a close, I will give place to a more authoritative pen than…

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Wheat Returns

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 5

The gross produce of the Victorian wheat harvest is estimated at 4,628,231 bushels, or an average of 4.11 bushels per acre…

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A Deadly Sheep-dip

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 6

A VERY painful account of the conditions under which the manufacture of a new kind of sheep-dip is carried on in certain East London factories is given in the West Ham Herald…

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The Wheat Harvest. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 5

THE gross produce of the Victorian harvest is estimated at 4,628,231 bushels, or an average of 4.11 bushels to the acre…

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Wheat Retu[?] The gross produce of [?] west is estimated at [?]erage of 4'.11 by [?] Chapter Xvi. -- (CONTINUED.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 3

As I sat lonely, thinking, out my thoughts among the wide and peaceful scenes where the wind swept unchecked for miles, and only the song of a lark or the cry of a…

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Seed to Farmers. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 5

THE Minister for Mines and Agriculture has issued notifications in respect to seed to be issued to farmers. The seed consists of wheat, barley, rye, and oats. Forms of…

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Farm and Garden

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 3

One of the best means of destroying snails and slugs in the garden is to dust the plants with lime. Salt strewn along the edges of beds will also keep them from the plants…

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Cancerous Cattle

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 2

This is a wise generation. Medical men assort that cattle suffering with tuberculosis are not fit for human consumption. Often the fattest and best…

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London Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 4

At the London wool sales yesterday prices were unchanged…

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Marking Sheep

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 2

FOR many years past the pastoralists of Australia have wished for a mode of marking their sheep that would be easily applied and permanent, but as yet this want remains…

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Wool Sales

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 3

The series of wool sales have closed. The market remained firm to the end, prices being 5 per cent. better than at the commencement…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 20

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 4

THE wool sales closed this afternoon. Prices were firm up to the finish, at 5 per cent, above the opening rates of the series. Winchcombe, Carson, and Company's…

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Our Produce Imports. Wheat and Flour.—increase of One Million Bushels

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 4

THE rush of imports still continues, and we are now in a position to give some more than startling figures on the inflow of produce to these markets. The official figures…

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London Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 2

London, March 20.—The wool sales closed this afternoon. Prices were firm up to the finish, at 5 per cent. above the opening rates of the series…

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How to Double the Butter Product

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1896 · page 2

ONLY a few days ago (writes a correspondent of an American paper) a goed lady buttermaker sent for me to come and test her cows. There were seven in the herd, three of which went below 3…

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Good Maize Crops. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1896 · page 5

THE maize crops all through the Bellinger district are very heavy this year, and the grain is good…

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Farm and Garden Soaking Seeds

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1896 · page 3

Experiments in soaking seeds in a weak solution of nitrate of soda previous to sowing favor the operation, of fertilisation, the results being an earlier germination and a more…

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