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Farming & the land, 1890

3,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 171

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 3

Stock movements: 37 merino rams, from Braes Springs to Carcoar, J. Clements owner; 27 horses, from Albury to Cowra, Darling Downs and Western Land Company; 27 horses, from Albury to Bang…

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The Wool Market. London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

The prices of wool remain unaltered. It is announced that the second series of sales for the present year will begin on April 10, and will be limited to 400,000…

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The Farmer and the Tariff. Increase of Mortgage Indebtedness. How Protection Affects the American Farmer

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 3

The wealth and prosperity of the farmer is estimated by the decrease of mortgage indebtedness on his farms. If, as averred by the protectionist, the farmer is prospering, the incumbrance on…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 403

Another moist week Sb to be added to a s[?]re which, in the matter of rainfall, is already very heavy, and nearly all the districts of the colony are now heavily saturated. The exceptions are on the southern border…

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Pastoral Leases

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 29

Mr. Joseph Abbott, M.L.A., introduced a deputation of pastoralists to the Minister of Lands last week, with a view to discussing with the Minister the best…

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Colonial Butter

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 20.—Choice shipments of butter by the steamer Cuzco realised. 100b to 105s per cwt; medium, 78s. The butter from the Cobden, New…

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Australian Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Night.--A shipment of Australian butter was disposed of by auction to-day. The Victorian portion was inferior in quality and realised only 70s per cwt. The…

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Wool

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, are in receipt of the following cablegram from their London office, dated February 20 : -- " Wool: The sales are progressing with…

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"Butter" for Parkes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 16

London, Feb. 18.—Sir Charles Dilke, the author of the new work, "Problems of Greater Britain," writes to the papers this morning of the results of the Federation Conference. He refers to Sir…

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Importation of Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 409

A FRESH regulation governing the importation of sheep into this colony has been gazetted at the instance of the Minister for Mines.' The recent conference of chief inspectors of stock, veterinary…

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The Question of Pastoral Leases

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 402

On the 14th Mr. Joseph Abbott, M.L.A., introduced a deputation of pastoralists to the Minister for Lands, for the purpose of discussing in an informal way the best means of proceeding, both interests of the…

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Late Pastoral Intelligence. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 434

Reports from the various agricultural centres concerning the harvest just completed concur in stating that the yield generally is not bo good as was expected before Christmas. Many crops which looked very well…

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The Wheat Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 44

A London correspondent wrote as follows on January 17: Exceptionally mild weather still prevails over nearly all Europe; and crops generally are in a very forward condition. In the British isles…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 42

GOLDSBROUGH, MORT, AND CO., LIMITED.—Wool: We brought forward to-day a catalogue of 1677 bales, composed chiefly of inferior to average qualities in the greasy and washed, with a fair assortment of scoured oddments and a…

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The Wool Market

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 20.—The wool market shows an upward tendency. Competition is keen. (FROM THE MELBOURNE PAPERS.)…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 13

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report having yesterday submitted a comparatively small and indifferent selection of wool, buyers being in full attendance and late rates fully maintained, except for faulty scoured and oddments of…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 6

Messrs, Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited, are in receipt of the following cablegram from their London office:--"Wool : The sales are progressing with good spirit and the biddings are animated."…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 13

At the fortnightly sales held during this week 7471 bales were offered and 5593 bales sold privately and at auction. Many of the parcels submitted were hampered with high reserves. The auctioneers, aware that…

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Butter-making in Hot Weather

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 8

MR. H. Pateson, manager of the Fresh Food and Ice Company, in a contribution to the Kiama press on the subject of butter-making in hot weather, points out the difficulties that have…

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