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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 163

Antwerp Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, March 14.—At the Antwerp wool sales, 400 bales of Australian clips were offered and 176 were sold at par with the London closing rates. River Plate…

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The Pastoral Epistles. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 6

Sir,—The Rev. T. J. Malyon, in a kindly-worded letter, criticises one point in a brief report of a lecture which I delivered last Wednesday evening on the "Pastoral Epistles " He considers that I have fallen…

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Rust in Wheat. Results of the Experiments

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 3

WAGGA, Monday.—The results of the experiments concerning rust in wheat recently conducted near Wagga have just been published. They show that five plots of ground were selected…

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The Western Farmer. Meeting at Molong. MOLONG

The Australian Star · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 6

At a meeting of the National Protection Association of Molong, held in the Town Hall, on Saturday, there was a fairly large attendance of members and others interested…

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Crushed to Death. Beneath a Tree. A Farmer's Fate. MOLONG

The Australian Star · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 6

A painful and serious accident happened on Thursday evening to John Gavin, of Pine Ridge. He, in company with Mr. D. Dengate, was engaged splitting timber at…

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South Australia. the Pastoral Lands Commission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- The members of the Pastoral Lands Commission started for the M'Donnell Ranges to day. They make their first trip from Coward Springs, in the direction…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales continue. At yesterday's sale 400 bales of Australian wool were submitted, and 176 sold at rates on a par with the closing prices of the late…

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Slavery in Slough. Men Treated Like Pigs. Three in a Straw Bed. Ah Agreement Which Enslaves. Farmers' Laborers Paid Seven Shillings a Week Without Food or Fire -- The Men Would as Soon Live With Beasts of the Field

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 3

A CASE which throws a sidelight on the terrible conditions under which agricultural laborers live was before the last meeting of the Bucks magistrates at Slough (says the…

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The Western Farmer. Free-trade Evidence. CROOKWELL

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 5

At the farmers' dinner, held at Crookwell the other night, Mr. M'Donald, a loading storekeeper and a pronounced Free-trader, drew a very melancholy picture of local…

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Mad with Fever. a Farmer Shoots Himself. MORUYA

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 5

George Barber, of Cargo, near Moruya, shot himself dead yesterday. The deceased was a highly-respected resident of the district. He was suffering from an attack…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 8

Stock movements: 334 mixed fat cattle, Tinthore for Sydney, Tyson owner: 200 fat bullocks, Youngerrina to Sydney, Sutherland owner: 20,000 store wethers, from Thurnegeona for Combogolong,…

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National Prizes. Farms on the Southern Table Lands

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 2

THE Minister for Mines and Agriculture, the Hon. Sydney Smith, has received, from the judges, Messrs. J. T. A. Styles, R. Anderson, and Geo. S. Prentice, their report and…

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London Wheat Market

Evening News · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, reports the receipt of the following cablegram from its London house:- "London, March 17. Wheat: The market is firm, but…

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Supply of Wheat

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, March 18.—The visible supply of wheat at present amounts to 41,000,000 quarters…

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City Council. Cameron's Cattle. A Smoke Nuisance

The Australian Star · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 3

THE finance committee of the City Council met at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, his Worship Mayor Burdekin presiding. The following were present: -- Aldermon…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 5

Stock movements: 800 merino ewes, from Albury to Talmalmo, Georgo M'Leod owner. MILPARINKA, THURSDAY. Thirteen thousand three hundred store wethers, from…

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Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 42

There have been no auction sales of wool during the past week, it being the off week, and only some small parcels have been sold privately; principally follmongered wools and scoured or washed pieces and…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 42

During the latter part of last week very stormy weather was experienced along the seaboard. In the metropolitan districts the rain was very heavy in places, but was variable. The north coast suffered…

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Preserving Butter in Brine

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 22

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Our Dairying Industry. (Writtkk for the "Town and Country Joubnal.") Ix.—butter-making—churning

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 22

Though we find this industry to be among the earliest recorded, still in a universal sense it seems not the best understood, even at the present day, among dairy farmers. Until a few…

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