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Farming & the land, 1890

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The Wool Industry of New South Wales. How Wool Is Bought and Sold in Sydney

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 11

WHAT dreams of enterprise, wealth, and gigantic warehouses the bare mention of that princely wool industry calls before the mind! Well may Australia…

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The Wool Industry of New South Wales. How Wool Is Bought and Sold in Sydney

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 13

WHAT dreams of enterprise, wealth, and gigantic warehouses the bare mention of that princely wool industry calls before the mind! Well may Australia…

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The Wool Industry of New South Wales

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 18

WOOL DUMPING AT CIRCULAR QUAT, SYDNEY. THE EXCHANGE, PITT-STREET. AN AUCTION SALE IN SYDNEY. SAMPLING PRIOR TO THE SALE. CATALOGUING FOR THE SALE. A WOOL CONNOISSEUR…

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The Wool Industry of New South Wales

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 16

WOOL DUMPING AT CIRCULAR QUAT, SYDNEY. THE EXCHANGE, PITT-STREET. AN AUCTION SALE IN SYDNEY. SAMPLING PRIOR TO THE SALE…

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Wool Warehouses and Proposed New Warehouses of J. H. GEDDES & Co., SYDNEY

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 19

MR. J. H. GEDDES. J. H. GEDDES[?] & Co.'s WOOL AND PRODUCE WAREHOUSES, CIRCULAR QUAY. SITE FOR THE PROPOSED NEW WHARF OF THE P. & O' CO…

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Wool Warehouses and Proposed New Warehouses of J. H. GEDDES & Co., SYDNEY

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 17

MR. J. H. GEDDES. J. H. GEDDES & Co.'s WOOL AND PRODUCE WAREHOUSES, CIRCULAR QUAY. SITE FOR THE PROPOSED NEW WHARF OF THE P. & O' Co…

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Hunter River Farmers' Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) West Maitland

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

The annual meeting of the Hunter River Farmers' Association was held last evening in the School of Arts, Largs. Mr. John Mitchell, J.P., president, occupied the chair. The report and balance-sheet were…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 7

An agitation is on foot to establish a pastoral, agricultural and horticultural association in Balranald…

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Curious Cattle

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 3

THREE herds of what are claimed to be the pure-blooded wild cattle of England are still in existence in that country, and are great objects of interest among…

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Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

Messrs. [?] and We[?] submitted a [?] on Thursday. DD &Co., [?] B over C. a[?]…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 7

Winter has come upon us suddenly (wrote a London correspondent on November); and sharp frosts, followed by light falls of snow, have put an end to outdoor work for a time. Except on very late farms…

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Dairies' Supervision Act. Meeting of Dairymen. Liability of Cattle to Contagion

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

A largely attended meeting of members of the City and Suburban Dairymen's Protective Society was held at the Elswick Hall, Parramatta-road, Petersham, last evening. Being the annual…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 9

The auctions were resumed on Monday. During the previous week there had been a private inquiry to some extent, which fact augured well for better prices when the sales were resumed. All the buyers having…

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Stock and Wool

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

BOURKE, Friday. -- For the year ending December 31, 1889, the following stock are reported to have crossed the North Bourke Bridge :-- 574,754 sheep, 67,901 cattle, 903…

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The Wheat Crop. a Splendid Season Spoilt by Rust. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

ALBURY, Thursday.--REports from the different farming centres relative to the harvest show the condition of the industry to be little hotter than in former years. At Yerong Creek…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 3

Stock Movements: Hungerford reports:—330 head store cattle, from Towah station, passed for Broken Hill, Cobb and Co. owners, J. Karney charge; 3130 fat sheep, from Bransby station for Bourke, J. G. and…

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Australian Butter. New South Wales Ahead. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

A cablegram states that at a sale in London of the experimental shipment of butter sent from Australia, that from New South Wales reached tho highest…

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Cattle Diseases. M. Pasteur's Remedy. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

A few days ago a mob of 800 cattle from Earl Bros., Yacanumda Station (Q.), passed through here in charge of, Mr. Chilcott. Those cattle were introduced in July last…

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Australian Butter at Home. THE N.S. Wales Article Is Best

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

MELBOURN, Thursday.—Cablegrams have been received here to-day with reference to the recent shipments of butter for the L[?] from Sydney and Melbourne, and stating…

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The Crops in the Albury District. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

The following reports were received to-day from the various agricultural centres in this district:—Yerong Creek: There are about 2000 acres under wheat, and the average yield is about 9 bushels. All the grain is…

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