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Farming & the land, 1889

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Seed-wheat in the Cowra District. [Bt Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 12

Eleven applications have been recommended on behalf of local farmers for a total of 290 bushels of seed-wheat in the Cowra district, and 34 application in be Can[?]windra district for a total of 1025 bushels…

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Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited. Annual Meeting. Brighter Prospects for the Wool Trade

Evening News · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 5

The annual general meeting of shareholders in Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, was held on the 24th instant, in the saleroom at the company's wool store, Bourke-street west, Mr. J. S…

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Evicted Farms in Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 9

London, April 23.—The Irish Nationalist organ, United Ireland, warns Scotch and Ulster tenants against coming to Ireland to take farms from which the previous tenants have been…

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Farm Calendar. April

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 2

INSUFFICIENCY of moisture is generally felt at thin time of the year in the inland districts, find in such localities conserving a supply of water, both…

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Advice to Farmers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 842

In his introductory remarks to the report of the Ontario Department of Agriculture for 1877, Mr. Mills, the president of the Ontario College, refers to the difficulty which farmers were finding in…

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The Queen's Dairy

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 843

In a series of articles in Be[?] Weekly Messenger on the "Queen as a Farmer," the editor gives a charming description of the Royal Dairy at Windsor. The words of a Mr. H. Rains-Jackson are quoted to…

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Preparing Land for Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 843

The well-known horticulturist, Mr. P. L. C. Shepherd, writes:—I am quite aware that farmers, as a rule, wait for rain before preparing their land for sowing, and often remain almost idle…

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Douglass and Hepworth's Poultry Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 845

Although rather too early to see birds in their Sunday clothes, a trip to the above farm is well worth a visit from those having an eye for the beautiful, and wishing to feast their eyes on some of the most aristocratic…

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Farm and General Produce

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 42

At the Darling Harbor hay sales during the week the supply of forage was Hmallor than usual, owing to the Easter holidays intorvoning. Bidding was brisk, and good values were obtained. On the wharves…

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Notes for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 23

HEAVY OAT YIELD IN NEW ZEALND.—At Edendale, Otago, in South New Zealand, good yields are being obtained. Some fields of oats have turned out close on 80 bushels to the acre. The average yield…

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Section Viii.—farm Produce

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 7

Clear the brown path to meet the coulter's gleam: Lo ! on ho comes behind his smoking team, With toil's bright dew drops on his sun-burnt…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 6

FORBES, Friday.-The following is the only crossing over the common for the week ending April 20: 3220 mixed weaners from Geeton to Prairie Land, Mr. R. Roberts owner, Mr. G. H. Byrnes in charge…

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Seed Wheat for Distressed Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 4

The distribution of seed wheat by the Government is progressing, and the wheat, so far as the applications have been approved, will be supplied in the early part of this week. The…

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Seed Wheat

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 3

We understand that the distribution of seed wheat by the Government is progressing, and that the wheat, so far as the applications have been approved, will be supplied early this week. The…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, April 28.-The wool market is very firm, and the attendance of buyers is large…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--At the wool sales American buyers are purchasing crossbreds largely. It is probable that prices will slacken considerably on the cessation of…

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London Wool Sales. London, April 27

The Australian Star · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 5

The American buyers at the wool sales are purchasing crossbreds largely, and prices will probably slacken on the cessation of the American demand…

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The Wool Sales. London, April 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 7

The wool market is very firm, and the attendance of buyers is large…

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A Queenslander in Victoria. Farming and Protection

The Australian Star · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 3

MR. WILLIAM CASTLES, of Queensland, recently delivered a lecture at Pimpama, in that colony, the subject being " Victoria, as 1 saw it."…

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A Farmer's Waggon

The Australian Star · Monday 29 April 1889 · page 5

MR. EDWARD CASS, of Douglas Gap, near Burrows, was in Sydney, in January, and, passing along the Haymarket, he noticed in Mr. H. Goodwin's yard a "Farmer's…

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