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Farming & the land, 1890

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Farmers and Auctioneers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 18

According to pur telegrams, a dispute has arisen in Brisbane, Queensland, amounting almost to a deadlock in trade, between the produce dealers and the auctioneers in reference to…

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Notes for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 23

THE ELECTRIFICATION OF WINE is likely to be excentively, pur[?]u[?]d in Italy. Fifty different sorta of wines have already been experimented upon; and the results have been very satisfactory. The wine is…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 3

COOLAMON, Saturday.—The wheat crops in the Coolamon district are very heavy this season. Up to data 15,963 bags representing 1626 tons have been dispatched from the local railway station. Last year's…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 7

The annual meeting of the members of the Dubbo Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Friday night in the association rooms, the chair being occupied by Mr. A. H…

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The Wool Market

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 4

LONDON, January l1.—Up to the present date the quantity of wool received for the next sales amounts to 150,000 bales. The market is firm…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 4

LONDON, January 11.—The Antwerp wool sales open on the 22nd instant. 8000 bales, including 1100 bales of Australian wools, will be offered…

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The Darling Harbor Wool Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 4

The wool traffic at Darling Harbor, as bas been previously intimated, shows an increase of about 25,000 bales for tho half-year ending December 31 as against the same period last…

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London Wheat Market. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 7

Six thousand five hundred quarters of January shipment of wheat have been sold at 85s. 6d. per quarter…

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The Wool Traffic at Darling Harbor

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 3

THE returns giving the wool traffic at Darling Harbor show that there has been an increase of about 25,000 bales during the half-year ending December 31. The increase…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 7

The Antwerp wool sales open on the 22nd instant, 8000 bales, including 1[?]00 bales of Australian wools, will be offered…

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Important to Drovers. Failing to Destroy Dead Sheep. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 5

WAGGA, Sunday.--A case involving a breach of the Cattle Slaughtering Act was heard at the police court yesterday, in which C. R. Palmer was summoned by the stock inspector…

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Protection and a Farmers' Conference. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 3

Sir,—In a recent issue of the Tuapeka lines is the following comment on the farmers' conference held in New Zealand in December lost:—"When the question of freetrade came up it was interesting to note the…

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Australian Butter

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 2

"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 realised upward of £5 per…

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About Butter

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 7

We cannot repeat these facts too often, as indicating to our farmers the measureless markets opening to them by aid of science and intelligence via the freetrade port of Sydney. England…

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Australian Butter

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 4

LONDON, January 13.—Thirty-five tons of butter, from Melbourne, landed from the Orient Company's R.M.S. Ormuz, has been sold at from 88s to 104s per cwt…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 7

Our Kiama correspondent wires that entries are coming in well for the Kiama show, which takes place on Thursday and Friday of this week. The approximate number up to last…

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COUNTRY. The Wheat Crop

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 5

WAGGA WAGGA, Tuesday.--The late wheat in Wagga Wagga district is not turning out nearly so well as was expected, rust having played serious havoc with it. The grain is…

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The Reported Case of Poisoning From Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 5

The Minister for Mines has received a report from Inspector James Scott with regard to the reported poisoning of the man Roderick M'Keozie at the Coronga Downs Station with…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 7

Fifteen thousand sheep passed on Saturday for Walchaliow. GOODOGA, MONDAY. Eleven thousand wethers passed for Walgett, from…

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The Wool Market. London, January 13

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 5

THE demand for Australian wool is improving…

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