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Farming & the land, 1890

3,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 171

The Threatened Wool Strike Precautions Taken. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 12

Fearing strike pressure, the English wool merchants have applied to obtain delivery of wool sold at the current London auctions…

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CABLEGRAMS. Affairs in Europe. Frange and the Wool Teade. a Eussian Naval Station. Eussian Aemy Manceuvres. Socialist Eiot in Saxony. Slandeeing an Empeess

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 11

LONDON, January 29.—A committee of the French Chamber of Deputies has been appointed to examine the French tariff in connection with the renewal of the…

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Farmer. protection Against Flies. Some Suggestions for Protesting Dumb Animals from These Pests

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 9

The pl[?]e of [?]les touches a very tender spot—the pocket-book—for it causes animals te lose flesh, or at least to make less gain then they would otherwise. By…

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Clarence River and North. Coast Farmers' Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 288

The 15th half-yearly meeting of the Clarence River and North Coast Farmers' Association was held at Grafton on the 31st ult. A hundred shareholders attended, Mr. G. Bailey, presiding. The report stated…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 288

Our Kempsey correspondent writes on January 28:—Our dairy factories here not yet got into working order. Three of the companies have called for tenders for building, but the promoters of those to be managed by…

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Saturday's Sporting. Warwick Farm Races. Warwick Farm Racecourse

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 6

The weather is fine and warm, though rather dull, and the course looks in splendid condition. The proprietors have no reason to complain of any lack of patronage…

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The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. the Manufacture of Colonial Wine

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 6

IN a previous issue we particularised the causes which influence the excellence of grapes, and in this we are giving (as the time is coming for the…

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A Farm Crane

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 22

A handy crane is shown in our illustration. The runners are 3½!t to 4ft long, and about that far apart. The uprights, 5ft or so high, are made of scantlings, with a ehoulder on the lower end to set firmly on the…

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Notes for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 23

THE CODLING MOTH.—Another preventive of the devastations of the codling moth is given from the Kentucky Experimental Station Farm, United States, where the apples which were grown nsed to be very…

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Between Farmer and Butcher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

The following story of a transaction in one of the countries bordering on San Francisco bay is told by the Butchers' and Live Stock Gazette:—Mr…

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The Care of Farm Tools

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

Every tool upon the farm should have its place when not in use. A well arranged tool house not only garatifying to the eye, but it also tells a…

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Australian Butter

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 7.—In consequence of market being glutted, butter is depressed, and there is only a poor demand for the Australian article. The Finest quality of…

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The Wool Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 3

The American Wool Reporter, Boston, in its annual statement (January 2) of the condition of the wool trade in the United States gives the following statistics:--Total stock of…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 7

GUNNEDAH, Saturday.-- The days are very warm and the nights cool. A shower of rain would be acceptable. Stock passings : 200 fatcattle from Millie to Maitland ; 2000 fat sheep…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 8

Stock movements and passings:—120 fat bullocks, M. A. Strickland owner, Bundaburra to Albury, via Junee, by road and rail, P. Buckley in charge; 200 fat sheep, M. Flynn owner, Oakview to Albury, by…

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Notes on Wool. the Premier Colonial Wool Market. Foreign Buyers in Sydney. General Condition of the Industry. Iii

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 5

A short time ago a cablegram was published in Sydney, under dare London, January 21, which stated that letters had appeared in the Daily News, complaining that the wool sales…

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The Import of Wool Into France. London, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 7

The Council-General of the Pyrenees Orientales of France recommend the fixing of the import duty upon Australian and other non-European wools at the rate of…

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The Floods in Queensland. Assistance to the Farmers. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 6

The Government have despatched a quantity of seed, maize, potatoes, oats, and lucerne seed to Maryborough and Bundaberg for farmers rendered destitute by the…

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The Farmers Speak for Themselves. to Tub Editor Oe the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 7

Sir, --In your issue of Tuesday last you appear to have forgotten the adage that (one swallow does not make a summer." Because the evidence taken before the sectional committee…

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Red Rust in Wheat. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday. --The Victorian Minister for Agriculture has asked this Government to appoint a representative on the red rust nquiry Commission…

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