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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

453 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 23

A Farmer's Revenge

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 4

SILAS Tatman come to town on Sal unlay (says the Chicago Inter Ocean) with the avowed intention of revenging himself on a smooth Spoken young man who had met him on…

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London Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 2

At the Lord wool sales yesterday inferior wools were slightly caiier…

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London Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 3

At the London wool sales on Friday evening large catalogues were offered, and business was animated. Prices are very firm…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Wednesday, March 17

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 3

Quantity catalogued 1814 bales; sales, 2214 bales. The modest catalogues submitted were composed of wools much inferior to those offered…

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U.S.A. Wool Duties. Opposition Manifested

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 2

The New England States, America, oppose the proposal to replace the customs duty on wool…

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Farm and Garden. Pruning the Winter Jasmine

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1897 · page 1

I wish amateurs did not make so many mistakes in pruning climbing plants. Pruning should, in the case of this charming winter flower, be done in early spring, after…

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Cheap Money for Farmers

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1897 · page 4

THERE can no longer be any doubt as to the confidence with which the Credit Forcier system is regarded by the farming community, or as to its success as a business concern remarks…

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Victorian Butter

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 4

The prosecution against a Welsh vendor for selling Victorian butter alleged to contain preservatives injurious to health, has been…

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London Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 4

Compared with the January Sales in London good greasy merinos are 5 to 10 per cent higher, and all greasy crossbreds 10 per cent higher…

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How the Sun Affects Cattle

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 1

Pat had recently secured a place on a farm. One day at noon he was handed a glass of butter milk, but expected…

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A String of Wool Teams

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 8

On Monday last, five heavily-laden wool teams, with 260 bales of the staple product, passed through Singleton en route from Mr. Buchanan's…

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How the Danes Salt Their Butter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 3

AS soon as the butter milk has been removed the butter is weighed, in order to calculate the amount of salt required, and the salt is worked in at this time, always…

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London Wool Sales. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 5

THE bidding at the wool sales is slow, and prices are unchanged…

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How to Make Dairying Pay

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 2

THE following is a summary of a paper read by Mr. T. H. Prosser, on "Dairy Farming and How to make it Pay," at a recent meeting of the Woolundunga Branch of the South Australian…

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Farm and Garden. 'Record' Price for a Gamecock

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 2

At the Birmingham Poultry Show the high price or £200 was obtained for Mr. H. Ainscough's black-breasted red gamecock, which took first prize in its class. This is…

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Riverina Wheat District

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 8

The Riverina has leapt into prominence as a wheat-producing area very largely on acoount of the adoption of the principle of "halves'' in farming…

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London Wool Sales. a Sound Finish. Letter No. 49. LONDON, February 11, 1897

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 2

Last night the first series of Colonial Wool sales for the current year came to a finish, and in bringing this aeries of letters to a close I cannot do…

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Butter-making Contest

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 4

Miss Frances M. Cole, winner of the butter making contest at the recent London Dairy Show, gives the Mark lane Express the following account of her methods :-- The milk used is…

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Tuesday, April 6.1887. The Price of Wool

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 2

A WRITER in one of the Melbourne morning papers has drawn [?] to the [?] which Arcualia has suffered through the [?]…

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