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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1888

2,366 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 119

Commercial. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 13

Messrs. Dalgety's wire, reporting prices at the Antwerp sales as being ¼d. to ½d. higher than those current at the close of the London auctions, is regarded by those interested in the staple as highly encouragiug for the…

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The Wheat Market. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 6

The English crop accounts are favourable, owing to finer woollier prevailing. In New York the tone of the wheat market is quiet…

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The Wool Market. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 6

The tone of the Home market continues firm. The total arrivals to date for next sales amount to 318,000 bales…

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The Sydney Wool Tra.de

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 28

We have received the ANNUAL REVIEW OF THIS SYDNEY WOOL TRADE, issued by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. The report of the transactions during the past year, and the account…

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Wheat and Flour Afloat. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 6

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,400,000 quarters, and for the Continent 400,000 quarters as against 2,210,000 and 520,000…

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American Wheat Yield. London, May 21

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 1110

The yield of the American winter wheat harvest is estimated at 27 per cent. below the average…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 1104

The following letter dated March 24th has been received by a Dunedin farmer from Mr. W. G. Innes, London:—"The trade this season in imports of colonial butter and cheese has been enormous, of the former specially…

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THE fruitgrower and Farmer. Germination of Seeds

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 6

AN American paper says :—The fact that camphor water will not only hasten the development of the germ in perfectly fresh seed, but likewise restore the lost vitality of a dried up…

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A Typical South Coast Farmer. Mk. John Monaghan, of Shoalhaven

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 21

Mr. John Monaghan, of Mayfield, Shoalhaven, Now South Wales, is a farmer of long standing in this district, and claims to have been the first white child born in Shoalhaven. Mr. Monaghan's farm of…

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Handy Farm-gate Hinge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 22

The appended sketch shows what good use an old horse-shoe can be put to. It is often desirable to put up a cheap gate without hinges; the common way being to let the gate work on a pivot, and the head…

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Notes for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 22

APPLYING MANURE.—The best way to apply farmyard manare is to plough the land roughly, then spread with a broadcast machine, and harrow it under. The manure is thus placed close to the roots…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 May 1888 · page 6

At a meeting of the Adelaide Agricultural Society held on Friday, a proposition was brought forward to tax stallions for the purpose of increasing the breed of horses, the same as…

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Australian Pastoral Company. London, May 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 May 1888 · page 7

An Australian Pastoral Company is being formed, with a capital of £2,000,000…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. Collective Exhibits of Wool. the N. S. W. Chamber of Manufacturers. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 May 1888 · page 8

Mr. R. Burdett Smith, the Executive Commissioner of New South Wales, had an interview with Mr. L. L. Mount, chairman of the Allotments Sub-committee, on Saturday in regard to the proposal that the collective…

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The China Tea Crop. Degrease in the Season's Yield. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 May 1888 · page 7

It is reported at Hankow that the tea crop in China this season will possibly show a decrease of 20,000,000lb…

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Milk and Butter Dairying

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 7

In connection with the Board of Technical Education on Friday evening, at the Technical College-hall, Mr. Mackay, F.C.S., instructor in agriculture, lectured on "How Milk and…

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How Milk and Butter Are Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 4

The announcement that the Instructor in Agriculture for the Board of Technical Education was to lecture on "How Milk and Butter are Made" attracted a large audience to the Technical Holl on Friday evening. There may have…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Weather and Stock. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--The weather still continues dry, with frost at night. There is a great scarcity of water in town, and agricultural operations in the country are at a standstill…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 8

The following "Western District reports are to Lund:— Coonamble: The late rains wore very acceptable, the bighest records being at Tourable, Bundy' and Nobea, each 130 points. With the present broken weather there is…

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Australian. Victoria. Protection for the Victorian Farmers

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 4

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The Victorian Farmers' Protection Association have resolved to seek the co-operation of the Chamber of Manufactures and the Trade[?]…

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