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Farming & the land, 1890

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales are rather flat. There is only a medium attendance of buyers. There is a fall of 10 per cent. all round on November prices. Two…

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News by Telegraph. New South Wales. Accident to a Farmer

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 6

WINDSOR, Friday.—On Thursday a frightful accident happened to a farmer named Ivery, at Cornwallis. He had partly loaded a dray with hay, and in going to the back of the vehicle to…

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Extensive Dairying

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- The Fresh Food and Ico Co. are now receiving over 4000 gallons of milk daily from the Illawarra district, being equal to about 20 tons…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 7

At the Grenfell lands office on Thursday 3-180a. were selected. James Barrow selected a conditional lease of 150a., parish of Mount Mitchell, county of…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 6

COONAMBLE, Thursday.—Stock movements: 1000 cows from Lammermoore Station, Queensland to Wodonga, R. Christisen, owner, Brady in charge; 1400 bullocks, from New England to Berida,…

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Butter Photographs

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 195

A good deal has been written and said by dairy workers (says the Mark Lane Express) about the proper time for stopping the churn; i.e., just when the butter is in the small grain. A good deal of the information given…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c. Ballina, January 19

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 176

The weather during the fast few days has been wet in the extreme. Evidently we have had a portion of the tropical autumn rains that have visited Queensland, as it has been raining here all the week with a…

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Latest Pastoral iYews. (Continued From Page 23.) Weather, Wool, &c. WEATHER

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 39

The weather during the latter end of last week was exceadingly stormy and wet over an extensive area of the country. In the coastal districts in the northorn portion of the colony the iain fell in torrents on Friday. During…

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Southern Farmers and the Wheat

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 19

THE quarterly meeting of the Hume Farmers' Union was held on Saturday evening at Burrumbuttock, Mr. C. J. Morton in the chair. The principal subject for discussion was the price now…

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Wool Ships

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 195

THE wool ships hence are finishing their homeward voyages in due course, and generally are making moderately good passages. Our London advices under date Friday, Saturday, and Sunday…

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Late Pastoral Intelligence. Braidwood

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 181

Harvesting is nearly over. Magnificent crops have been gathered. Threshing is in fall swing, many paddocks yielding 30 bushels of wheat to the acre. It is expected the average will be at least 25 bushels to…

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The London Butter Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 42

Referring to Australian exports of butter the AUSTRALASIAN TIMES said: " For a long time every spring found Australian farmers selling their butter for 2d and 3d per lb. But at last they have made a…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 41

BRUNKER AND WOLFE report having held a sale of wool at the Exchange to-day to a good attendance of buyers, following are some of the principal lots: JK, 47 bales of greasy at 10d, 4 do of bellies at 6½d, 1 do of scoured locks…

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A Cattle Company in Difficulties

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 176

The report of the committee of investigation info the affairs of the Prairie Cattle Company (says the Pall Mall Gazette) let the light in upon same most extraordinary transactions. With these disclosures before…

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The Littlefleles Orchard and Butter Factory

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 3

This splendid estate, which is situated at Mulgon, and distant about eight miles from Penrith, is well worthy of a visit. The orchard is separate about a quarter of a mile from the factory, and…

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Difficulty in the Wool Trade. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 182

The labourers employed on the wool floors of the docks have made arrangements to hold a meeting on Wednesday next, at which they will consider…

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Farmers and Dairymen

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 3

THE first general meeting of the Farmers' and Dairymen's Milk Co., Limited, took place at the Turon Hotel on Thursday, and the following gentlemen, who were the…

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Reported Anthrax in Cattle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 11

In reference to the reported appearance of anthrax in a mob of travelling cattle near Carcoar, it appears that a youth with not much experience was driving, for Mr. M'Kenzie, of Grenfell, a small mob of 180 head…

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A Heavy Yield of Wheat. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Murrumburrah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 12

Mr. Metcalfe, of Harden, has had an enormous yield of wheat, and from six acres of land sown with purple straw wheat he has obtained a yield of 300 bushels, or 50 bushels to the acre. He got the seed…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Great Labor Movement. Diversion of Trade From the Thames. Probable Strike in the Wool Warehouses

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 11

LONDON, January 10.—The London Dock Laborers' Union has raised the wages question in the East Coast ports, with a view to preventing a diversion of the…

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