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Farming & the land, 1889

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Melbourne Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1889 · page 11

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, report from Melbourne:£Catalogued 2200 bales for our sale to-day, and sold 200 bales at capital prices, good greasy bringing up to 100, and good scoured to 18½d. The attendance was large, and…

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Mr. Dibbs and the Farmers of Victoria. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1889 · page 4

Sir.—In Mr. G. R. Dibbs's address, published in your issue of this date, he states that "the farmers on the Victorian side of the line are in the enjoyment of a state of prosperity which is denied to those within this…

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The Beet Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Mr. H. O. Lieht, the leading authority on beet sugar, estimates that the out-turn of sugar on the Continent this year will be 2,778,000 cwt…

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Stations and Wool

The Australian Star · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Trebeck, Son, and Gair report:-- Stations: We sold yesterday by auction, on account of the executors of the late A. K. Cullen, Esq., the Undercliff and Rivertree…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 3

DUBBO, Thursday.--A terrible dust storm was experienced this afternoon, but only a few drops of rain fell. MOLONG, Thursday.--A severe thunderstorm…

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South Australian Wheat Returns. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The South Australian Advertiser has published the wheat statistics for the season just ended. The area sown for wheat was 1,937,000a., and 1,737,000a. were…

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Arrival of Wool Ships at Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 9

A capital race from this port to London has taken place between the first eight sailing-ships dispatched with the wool clip of 1888-9. A cable elsewhere announces the arrival of the Achilles and Orontes from Sydney, and the Glamis from…

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The Protected Victorian Farmer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 4

At a time when Mr. DIBBS has drawn so highly charged and imaginative a picture of the felicity of the Victorian farmer under the benign influence of…

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Latest Pastoral News. Weather, Stock Movements, Wool. WEATHER

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 41

Through the week the weather has been unsettled along the coast. Some rain has fallen; generally it has been unsettled; and the temperature has been seasonable. Over the mountains and westward, it has been fine and hot. In…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 165

Never was there a season in which reports from pastoral and agricultural districts were more conflicting than at the present time. The fact of the matter is, that the condition, taken as a whole, is best described…

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Australian Butter in England

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.--In December last a small consignment of butter from the Government model diary was sent to the English market. The Minister of Lands has since…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 13

Last week we were able to insert at the end of our report our London correspondent's message as to the opening of thee Antwerp sales; we have since received his cable, dated 18th instant, having reference to the…

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Sale of the Queen's Christmas Cattle

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 7

At the Prince Consort's Shaw Farm. Frogmore, to-day (says the PALL MALL GAZETTE, Dec. 12) the annual sale of her Majesty's fat stock is taking place. The catalogue includer, 67 shorthorn,…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 11

DENILIQUIN, Friday.--The weather since last report has been very warm. No rain has fallen Messrs. Braim, Davidson and Stevenson report the sale of 600 two-[?]ooth wethers on account of…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 11

The stock passings through here daring the week have been as follows:—On the 21st 1000 store bullocks; Hassall, owner, in charge, by road to Braidwood, also by rail to Goulburn, 10 trucks containing 100 store…

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COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. JANUARY 23

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 171

Last week we were able to insert at the end of our report our London correspondent's message as to the opening of the Antwerp sales; we have since received his cable, dated 18th instant, having…

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How I Sent Sheep to the Hills. No. III

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 163

The sheep had passed Hay with the loss of only a few hundreds, but the journey had begun to tell or even the strongest, and those that had started fat were daily coming down to the condition of…

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Model Dairy Farms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Jan. 18.—It is anticipated that the first of the dairy farms proposed to be started in various parts of the colony will be established in the Koroit district. These farms are intended…

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Farmer

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 2

ALTHOUGH scientists are not in perfect accord as to the influence that forests exert upon climatic conditions, nevertheless is sufficient agreement among them for us to…

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Flower Farming for Perfumes. III

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 164

Enfleurage, or the absorption by clarified fats of the exquisite scents of flowers, for use by perfumers, already described in this series, is probably the simplest of the methods adopted for the extraction of perfumes…

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