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Farming & the land, 1890

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Australian Butter. London, January 6

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 6

The consignment of Australian butter, which arrived by the R.M.S. Ormuz, has been submitted for sale in the London markets. The best sample commanded L5…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 7

Seven thousand ewes, from Billalie Station to Wirrah Murell, H. B. Lomax owner, Lomax in charge; 5100 ewes, from Lila Springs to Sydney, via Dubbo, Black and Co. owners, M'Guinness drover; 13,000 ewes,…

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The Transit Op Wool to Victoria. Squatters Complaining Op Delay. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

WILCANNIA, Monday.--Station people are complaining of the delay in tho transit of wool from Wilcannia to Melbourne via Echnca, Wool which left here over two months ago…

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Fencing Off Shed, Wool-loomooloo Wharf. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 3

Sir,--Permit me through tho medium of your columns to draw the attention of tho members for East Sydney to tho gross blunder about to bo carried out at Cowper Wharf in including…

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Why Farming Does Not Pay. Continuous Imports of Produce

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 8

IN last Friday's issue of this journal we published a list of imported agricultural produce for the first three quarters of 1889". The effect has been to call forth a prolonged…

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A Farmer's Ill-luck. £300 Lost by Fire. MURRUMBURRAH

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 5

Mr. Angus Flannery, of Demondrille, suffered a great loss yesterday through a fire which destroyed the greater portion of his gathered harvest, to the value of fully…

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Splendid Crops

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 6

CROOKWELL, Monday.--Harvesting operations are proceeding satisfactorily, the weather being most suitable…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 7

The Wollongong Agricultural and Horticaltural Association's annual exhibition is to take place on February 5 and 6. Entries close on January 20…

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Australian Butter in London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The shipment of Australian butter, ex Orient Company's R.M.S. Ormuz, was sold to-day. Best quality sold at 110s per ewt., and inferior…

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Australian Butter. London, January 6

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 5

The consignment of Australian butter which arrived by the R.M.S. Ormuz, has been, submitted for sale in the London markets. The best sample commanded L5…

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The Dakota Farmer. an American Picture of Protection

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

When a man deliberately steps into a vat of boiling water, it is impossible to help pitying the wretch, even if he is a fool, and so it is impossible to restrain a feeling of sympathy…

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Fire on a Farm. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 5

MURRUMBURRAH, Tuesday.--A fire broke out on Mr. Angus Flannery's farm yesterday and destroyed wheat, hay and a large shed, to the value of £800. The property was uninsured…

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Australian Butter

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 4

LONDON, January 7.-The butter shipped from Sydney in the Liguria and Ormuz has been found to be equal in quality to the best Normandy and English samples. It…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 7

At a meeting of the Northern Agricultural Association held at Singleton on Tuesday the prize schedule for the next show was put forward. Athletic sports, bicycle and pony races…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 2

WILCANNIA, Wednesday.—The steamer Waradgery left on Tuesday for Echuca with 78 bales of Nunthrangi wool, 23 of Whittabreenah, 15 of Cul-paulin, and 5 of Cuthawarra. Hungerford reports:…

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Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 7

Mr. F. L. Barker reports holding his 17th sale of the season yesterday, bringing forward 1343 bales. The attendance of buyers was fully equal to previous [?] and the slight [?] of energy noticeable in the…

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Price of Butter. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 2

Sir-In your issue of Tuesday a brevity ap­peared, in which we think your writer has made a slight mistake, when he states that butter never reached Is 2d retail at this time of the year. The…

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Our Leading Wool Firms

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 13

Before concluding our article it will not be amiss to give a brief account of the establishment and career of some of the leading firms connected with the wool industry of New South Wales…

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Our Leading Wool Firms

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 15

Before concluding our article it will not be amiss to give a brief account of the establishment and career of some of the leading firms connected with the wool industry of New South Wales…

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Colonial Butter in London. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 7

The butter shipped from Sydney in the Liguria and Ormuz has been found to be equal in quality to the best Normandy and English samples. It realised upwards of…

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