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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

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Results of a Corn Crop Competition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 850

The American Agriculturist says:—"Corn is king! The maize crop of the United States aggregated over the billion bushels for 1889—the largest in our history. "Even, at the low price of 28c. per bushel, its…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 849

Our Mudgee correspondent writes on April 12 :— The butter factory is going ahead. The operations commenced on March 5, and op to the end of the month 9519 gallons were received. £139 16s 5d. was…

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The Home, the Farm, and The orchard. LUCERNE

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 6

LUCERNE should be grown upon every colonial farm where the soil and other local circumstances render it at all practicable. It is one of the best of…

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COMMERCIAL. Farm and General Produce

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 42

At the Darling Harbor hay sales during the week there has been a fair supply of forage. Primest oaten hay and chaff hold firm at good prices. There has been more prime hay forward this week than for…

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W. Ritchie's New Patent Gang Plough. the Very Thing for the Farmer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 22

Ur illustration shows Mr. William Ritchie's revolving mould-board, six-furrow, new patent, all-steel gang plough. Practical farmers have long felt, and the fact has of ten been adverted to in the TOWN AND…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 9

The second series of London salea was commenced on the 10th instant. New arrivals for same reached 415,000 bales, of which 85,000 bales were sent direct to the manufacturing districts. Quantity held over from…

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London Wool Market

Evening News · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 4

LONDON, April 19.-The wool market is steady. South. Australian samples are neglected, owing to the "wasty" character of the wool. Foreign, buyers have taken…

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The Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--At the London wool sales prices remain unchanged. The impending strikes have had the effect of restricting the operations of foreign buyers…

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Cancer Amongst Queensland Cattle. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 6

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Commissioner of Police has received a communication from Inspector Lloyd, of Maryborough, containing certain information regarding cattle suffering…

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The Wool Sales. London, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 7

The wool market is steady. South Australian samples are neglected, owing to the "wasty" character of the wool. Foreign buyers have taken three-fifths of the…

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Floods in the North. Walgett Still Submerged. Houses Uninhabitable. 300,000 Sheep Lost. Trade Suspended

Evening News · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 5

WALGETT, Monday.-The town is stall flooded, but the water is subsiding gradually. Few houses in the district will be fit to use for months. Losses in stock…

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New Zealand Butter and Cheese. a Shipment in London. [By Cablb.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 8

A shipment of New Zealand butter which lately arrived in London has been disposed of. Butter of good quality realised 75s per owt., whilst that of prime…

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Victorian Farmers. Irrigation for the Future. The Goulburn Weir. Tho Raisin Industry the Offspring of Protection. No. IV

The Australian Star · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 5

WITH that watchful care over the interest of agriculture altogether unknown in New South Wales, Victoria has a long load of us in irrigation. Only a fow years ago Mr…

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The Proposed Model Farms. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 6

BATHURST, Saturday.--Mr. R. Padney, on behalf of the Government, is inspecting lands in the vicinity of Bathurst for the purpose of reporting thereon as to their suitability for a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Weather, Stock and Crops. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 6

ALBURY, Monday.--The following are the recent stock increments:--2000 merino ewes from Walla Walla, for Victoria, J. N. Watson; 3400 mixed sheep from Kinross for Uri Park,…

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Cancer in Cattle

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--The commissioner of Police has received a communication from Inspector Lloyd, at Maryborough, containing certain information regarding cattle suffering…

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The Cattle-driving Nuisance

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 4

The nuisance caused by cattle from the saleyards at Homebush being driven along the streets and roads to the Glebe Island abattoirs is again the cause of numerous complaints…

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How to Save Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 5

The following telegram from Walgott from Mr. J. K. Mackay was yesterday received by Messrs. Peele, Borradaile and Co., of George and Jamieson streets:--"April 21, 1890.--Just…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 8

Stock movements: 2000 merine ewes, from Walla Waua to Victoria, J. N. Walton owner; 3400 mixed sheep, frost Kinross to Uri Park, Ross Bros, owners; 5050 merino wethers, from Gundagai and Hume…

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Testing Worm Remedies for Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 4

Sir.—The announcement in your columns that the Hon.the Minister for Mines and Agriculture had appointed Messrs.Lamb, Bruce, and Stanley as a board to test the value of any remedies submitted to…

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