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Farming & the land, 1890

3,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 171

Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 3

WAGGA WAGGA, Wednesday.--At the annual meeting of the members of the Pastoral Association the report and balancesheet were read and adopted. It was…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 3

GLEN INNES, Wednesday.—Stock passings: 110 mixed cattle from Blairhill West and Pamfield to Inverell, P. C. Campbell owner; 33 horses from Nymbodia to Glen Innes for sale Bank of New…

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Rust In Wheat

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Mr. M'Lean, the Under-Secretary for Agriculture, and Mr. Shelton, the Instructor in Agriculture, have been appointed to represent…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 7

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited, have received the following cablegram, dated London, February 18:--"Wool: Sales continue with attendance as previously reported, and prices are rather firmer."…

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Victorian V. New South Wales Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 9

In the Melbourne Argus of the 18th instant, the following letter from Mr. D. Tallerman, dated London, January 10, is published. The letter refers to the shipment of butter ex Liguria, which vessel took home…

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Wool. London, February 19

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 5

The wool sales closed yesterday, the prices realised being from 7½ to 10 per cent, lower than those obtained at the closing of the December sales…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--The wool sales closed yesterday, the prices realised being from 7 12 to 10 per cent. lower than those obtained at the closing of the December sales…

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The Rust in Wheat Conference. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Mr. Maclean, under-secretary for agriculture, and Professor Shelton, instructor in agriculture, have been appointed to represent Queensland at the coming…

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The Wool Trade. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 5

Sir,—In some recent remarks on the wool trade you stated that it was contemplated to have a meeting of buyers and sellers to arrange the terms on which wool would be sold next season in Sydney, from which it…

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Tile Hunter River Farmers. a Curious Complaint—the Sydney Milk Supply. A. Market For, Lucerne Hay, 12,000 Miles Away

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 3

At the last half-yearly meeting of the 'Hunter River Farmers' and Consumers' Company—an organisation which, must not be confounded with the Hunter Rivvr Farmers' Association—a rather…

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Suburban Dairymen's Society. the Dairies Supervision Act Its Defects

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 3

A meeting of the Suburban Dairymen's Protective Society was held at Whiting's Hotel, Leicahardt, on Wednesday evening. The president (Mr. P. Freeman) occupied the chair. The…

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Cootamundra. a Prosperous District. Victorian Farmers About to Settle

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 7

Our travelling correspondent, writing from Cootanmndra on February 18 says: This is a 'wonderful district in cereals. I never b&w so much wheat before. No less than 30,000 bags are stacked at the station, and one man here got no less than .£2500 worth of wheat off 800 acres. Mr. M'Cansh. a. so natter and…

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The Dairymen's Protective Society

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 5

A DEPUTATION representing the Dairymen's Protective Society will wait upon the Premier to-morrow morning at half-past 10 o'clock for the purpose of bringing under…

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The Dairies Supervision Act. Suggested Amendments by the Dairymen's Society

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the Dairymen's Protective Society a committee was appointed to report upon the Dairies Supervision Act, with a view to suggesting amendments to the…

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Forbes Farmers and Selectors' Show. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 6

FORBES, Wednesday.--The Forbes Farmers and Free Selectors' Association Show was held to-day in the Osborne-hall. The show was poorly attended and the number of exhibits was small…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 2

COOTAMUNDRA, Thursday.—Mr. Watt, L.P. (Chairman) and Messrs. [?].P. Barnes, J. P. T. M. Beath, J. P., member of the Land Board, conduced this morning a two days' sitting, and disposed of a…

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The Wool Market

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 19.—The second series of wool sales for the present season will open on April. 10. The list will remain open until 400, 000 bales have arrived…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The next series of London wool sales will commence on April 10. The list will remain open until 400,000 bales have arrived…

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Australian Butter. the London Market

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 6

Writing on January 10 from London Mr. D. Tallermaa supplied the following notes upon the shipment of batter ex Ligaria, which vessel took home 1554 packages in her cool chambers; 753 being from…

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Australian Butter. London, February 20

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 6

Butter shipped from Sydney commands from 90s. to 106s. per cwt. Inferior samples of Victorian butter realise 70s. per cwt…

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