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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

3,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 171

Fruit, Butter, and Oil. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 6

Sir,—One effect that protection has had in Victoria is that out of the money at the disposal of its Treasurer a vote of £233,000 has been passed by its Legislature for the encouragement of fruit-growing and dairying…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 1075

Fine, cool weather has prevailed during the last week, but moisture in some cases is threatening, especially in the coast districts. The high lands are slightly touched with frosts, and it is probable that before the close of…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 1083

Stock movements: 2500 sheep, from Tarabandra for Victoria, D. Mitchell; 3200 store wethers, from Oberne for Victoria, J. Hearn; 400 fat wethers, from Goombargana for Melbourne, W. F. Middleton…

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Grains of Wheat

The Dead Bird · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 5

A woman's hair is hor greatest glory, but her tongue is her stoutest weapon. Never spend your earnings in drink, it is a bad habit to hang round on cheap pips…

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Rust in Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 22

A Hastings River farmer writes complaining of the injustice of giving to Mr. Smith Ellis a sum of £10,000 for his proposed method of the prevention of "Rust in Wheat." We may remind our correspondent…

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The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. Wheat Bust

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 6

THIS is a subject which calls forth great diversity of opinion and probably nothing has thrown so much light on the subject as the discovery of Mr…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 42

GoLDSBROUGH, MORT, AND Co., LIMITED.—Wool: Arrivals for the week amount to 561 bales, as against 722 bales received for the corresponding week last year. At our usual fortnightly sale to-day we offered a small catalogue…

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COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. MAY 14

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 1084

The second series of London sales was brought to a termination on the 10th instant. During the closing days more animation was shown, accompanied by a tendency towards firmer prices. The…

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The Australian Wool Sales. Unfavorable Prospect

Evening News · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 6

LONDON, May 14.-It is expected that comparatively few European, buyers will attend the next wool sales held in Australia. Experience has shown, it is…

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Worms in Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 7

Sir,—Mr. Pottie's letter is very interesting, and much that he states cannot but commend itself to any thoughtful grazier. Nevertheless, I venture to say there is a little too much theory about it, and I for one…

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Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Muswellbrook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 10

The Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Exhibition on Wednesday and Thursday next promises to be a great suceess. The entries received are unprocedentedly large, the numbers being 1551, representing…

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Home Methods for the Inteltactual Improvement of Farmers' Wives and Daughters

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 10

Supply follows demand, and that farmers' wives and daughters are aroused to a sense of their need of intellectual improvement is fully attested by the eagerness with which…

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The Proposed Sewage Farm for Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 10

The Hamilton Municipality has carried a motion in opposition to the establishment of a Sewage Farm in the vicinity of that municipality as suggested at the late conference…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 1073

Our Grafton correspondent writes: At Goodyer's cheese factory on the Coldstream, near Ulmarra, the pioneer dairy factory in the district, an appliance for butter-making has been recently added, and an…

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A Terrible Death. a Farmer Killed by a Boar. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 5

GOULBURN, Friday.--An evening or two ago a fanner named Wright, residing at Bonandra near Nelligen, was in his house with a little boy who was staying at his place, when the latter…

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The Turf. Warwick Farm Races

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 2

SAVE as regards the rather important item of attendance, the Warwick Farm meeting held on Saturday last was a complete success. Considering the very fine weather with which the…

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Farm Generalship

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 22

A good general never starts into action without well matured plans. The successful farmer must be a man of method and order, and just as much of a disciplinarian as the general of an army. He must…

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The Dairy

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 23

The following process is given for making Cheshire cheese: The cream from the evening's milk kept over till morning is, after being warned, added to the new milk taken from the cows early in the morning. The…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1890 · page 7

At the Glen Innes lands office, on Thursday applications were lodged for 1610a. conditional purchase and lease…

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Worms in Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1890 · page 4

A certain amount of difficulty has been experienced by the board appointed to make experiments with the object of discovering the best drenches to destroy the disease of worms…

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