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Farming & the land, 1890

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The Dairy. Creameries, and Causes Contributing to Their Success or Failure

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 9

The success of a creamery, like most commercial concerns, depends greatly on its situation. If a creamery is intended for the manufacture of butter alone, and its…

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The County Down Farmers Protest

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 5

At a meeting of the Presbyterian farmers, held in Saintfield on De. 9—Mr. Francis Shepherd, Glasdrummoad, presiding—Mr. M. Cartan, M.P., delivered an address on the…

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Pickle-farming

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

Pickle-farming is one of those small side issues of English agriculture of which but little is heard, and which is, nevertheless, productive of very lucrative results to the few who understand and practise this…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 175

Our Lismore correspondent writes on January 18:—"Messrs. Meddlicott and Banks, of Kilgen, below Woodburn, are starting a dairy factory, and another is projected for Cooper's Creek and Boomerang Creek…

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Farm Live Stock of Great Britain

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 174

Professor Wallace of the Edinburgh University, who visited this part of the world near the close of last year, is one of the most earnest, industrious workers now in the ranks of agricultural teachers…

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The European Beet Sugar Crop. London, Jan. 21

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

Mr. F. O. Licht states that the production of beet sugar for the past four months shows an increase of 550,000 tons. He estimates that the present campaign will…

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Extensive Fire at Old Junee. Incendiarism Suspected.-a Farmer Arrested and Discharged. "Scene" in Court.--a Solicitor Expelled. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 5

JUNEE, Friday.--A fire broke out yesterday afternoon on Mr. Kevin O'Ro[?]rke's stubble paddock, in the neighbourhood of Old Junee. The wind rose during the night, and the flames…

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The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. Fruit Fly (Tephritis)-its Habits

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 6

THE fly may usually be seen on a tree when die fruit is commencing to ripen, or when it has already passed this stage, and, having fallen, lies…

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The Turf. Warwick Farm Hacks

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 6

The popularity of the Warwick Farm Racecourse and its management is now so firmly established that large attendances an now the invariable rule, and Saturday last was no…

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Notes for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 22

PROTECTION FROM BORERS.—Some growers use a whitewash, into which whale-oil soap and sulphur are stirred, and report good results, preferring this to shelter. The only cure for borers is to cut away the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 7

The monthly meeting of tho Agricultural Society was held on Friday afternoon at the society's rooms, Tattersall's-buildings. Mr. Alex. Bruce presided. Great interest was…

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The Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The wool market: is dull. The marking of wool under the provisions of the Merchandise Marks Act has been abandoned…

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Wool. London, January 25

The Australian Star · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 5

Tho wool market is dull. The marking of wool under the provisions of the Merchandise Marks Act has been abandoned…

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The Marking of Wool

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 4

LONDON, January 25.—The Customs authorities have abandoned the regulation issued under the Merchandise Marks Act, requiring wool imported into England to…

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QUEENSLAND. Red Rust in Wheat

The Australian Star · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.—The Department of Agriculture is ascertaining the loss of the farmers last year from red rust in wheat, with a view of remedying the evil…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 8

Stock movements: Thirty-seven horses, from Albury, district to Queensland, Farquharson Bros.; 13,000 merino ewes, from Deniliquin to Annandale, Victoria, W. Hawley; 734 fat sheep, from Albury district to…

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The Wool Regulations in England. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 7

The Customs authorities have abandoned the regulation requiring wool imported into England to be marked with the port of origin, and will revert to the former…

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Scab in Sheep in Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 8

In reply to inquiries as to whether scab existed in sheep in Western Australia, the Premier has received a communication from the Acting-Colonial Secretary of that colony, stating that the only scab…

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The South Australian Wheat Yield. Estimated at 19,130,000 Bushels. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 8

The Register's estimate of the last wheat harvest gives the area reaped as 2,004,000 acres, with a yield of 19,130,000 bushels. This averages a little over 9½ bushels per acre. Red rust reduced the…

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Another Infant Gone. Alleged Baby Farming

The Australian Star · Monday 27 January 1890 · page 6

THE police have received a report of the death of an infant named Bridget Keleher, 8 months old, who expired suddenly yesterday morning at the residence of a Mrs. M'Master,…

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