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Farming & the land, 1890

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London Wool Market

Evening News · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 4

LONDON, April 10.-Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. and Messrs. Jacomh, Son, and Co. to-day offered a moderate catalogue pf 8300 bales. There was a good…

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The Wool Fleet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 6

As mentioned yesterday by cables, the Skelmorlic, Trafalgar, Yallaroi, and Nestor put in an appearauce together at London, and the N[?]bo'at Antwerp, on April 8. To the ships named and despatched within seven days of each other are to…

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COUNTRY. Distress Amongst Farmers

The Australian Star · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 2

WINDSOR, Thursday.--A deputation, consisting of the Hon. W. Walker, M.L.C., Mr. F. Mortley, Mayor, and Messrs. Conlon, Piddington, and J. B. Johnston,…

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Weather, Stock and Crops. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 7

ALBURY. Wednesday.--The following are recent stock movements:--520 fat wethers and 36 fat bullocks, from Bangowannah Park to Melbourne, John Greeve owner: 2410 mixed…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 795

A genial rainfall on the 28th ultimo, that was almost general, has been fallowed by a spell of dry, warm weather, which has caused a great growth of vegetation. The pastures, as a whole, are in an almost perfect…

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Latest Pastoral News. (Continued From Page 23.) Weather, Stock Movements, Wool. Weather

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 42

For the past week the weather has been beautiful over all the colony, being a welcome change from the storms and floods of the previous weeks. The flood waters have now subsided in all the coastal rivers,…

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Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 42

Owing to the Easter holidays and this being the off week for the local sales, there is nothing to report of any wool having been placed either privately or by auction. As fine weather has now set…

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Steaming Food for Cattle

Evening News · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 6
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

Steaming food for dairy cows has become common is several states of America. This is nothing new as it was a common practice on Scotland forty years ago, but it has only lately been introduced in America…

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That Dog and Sheep

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 11

"We know one flook of tea pure-bred sheep which produced in one season twenty-three lambs, the proceeds of which, when sold, netted £6 for each ewe. The profits on the…

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Rust in Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 19

A conference of delegates from the provincial agricultural associations, and others interested in agriculture, met at the rooms of the Royal. Society on April 3 for the purpose of discussing the…

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Rust in Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 21

Mr. Geo. F. Berthond writes from Riverside, Corowa, as follows: For some years I have experiented with many varieties of wheat, colonial and imported, my object being to obtain some…

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Late Agriculture. Pastoral Intelligence. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 829

The following are the recent stock movements: 520 fat wethers and 36 fat bullocks, from Bungowannah Park to Melbourne, John Grieve owner; 2410 mixed sheep, from other districts to Albury market, various…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 6

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. have received the following cablegram dated London 10th instant: Sales opened this day with good attendance of home and foreign buyers…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 9

It being the off week, no sales have been held since our last report. Receipts of wool into the stores have been very limited with the exception of a large line of Haigh in diamond scoured wool, which, it is…

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Cattle Driving in the Suburbs

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 3

As arranged, Alderman H. M. Hyde, Leichhardt, attended at the Treasury on Thursday last, to confer with Mr. Kenway, the officer-in-charge at the Abattoirs, on…

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Cattle Driving to the Abattoirs

Evening News · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 5

As arranged, Alderman H. M. Hyde, of Leichhardt, attended at the Treasury on Thursday last to confer with Mr. Kenway, the officer ia charge at the abattoirs, on the best means for…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The wool sales opened to-day with a quiet demand. Good merino showed a drop of 5 per cent, and faulty of 7½ per cent, on late rates. Fine crossbred…

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Champion Cattle at the Exhibition. (See Illustrations.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 792

A worthy pastoralist, who stood in the front Tank of cattle breeders in this colony about 30 years ago, was as famous for his quaint sayings as for his show stock. His advice to his sons, who,…

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Wool Sales. London, April 11

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 5

The wool sales opened to-day with a quiet demand. Good merino showed a drop of 5 per cent., and faulty 7½ per cent, on late rates. Fine crossbred remains unchanged,…

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