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Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 163

Pastoral Intelligence. Tambo (Q.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 946

One thousand two hundred and sixty-three store bullocks from Lammermoor to Ranome, Clarence River, R. Christingon owner, J. F. Lord drover; 400 stud bulls from Clarence River, travelling west, H. H. Hopkins…

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Lumpy-jaw in Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 23

This disease is not confined to the region of the jaw, as the common name of [?]um y-jaw would indicate. It is also liable to affect the tongue, the fauces, parts of the digestive organs, the lungs, the skin,…

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Our Dairying Industry. (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.") Xii.—butter-making—factory System. Washing, Salting, and Working Butter. (Continued.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 22

During the last decade the many changes in the routine of every calling have naturally tended to progress. One industry after another have adopted systems whereby the cost of production is reduced to…

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Grains of Wheat

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 5

Never throw road-metal at a man's dog until you happen to know the owner. Make a pious man on a sharp thorn, and if he don't raise Cain you can bet on…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 11

Cable advices to hand since the date of our last notice concerning the progress of the second series of London wool sales have been of a satisfactory character. The Home market is reported firm, while prices remain…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

LONDON, April 23.—At the London wool sales to-day, good greasy merinos sold at from 5 to 7½ per cent., and good seconds at from 7£ to 10½ per cent, above the…

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Royal Agricultural Society. Sheep Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 41

As will be observed by reference to our advertising columns, the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. is to make a commendable effort to hold a sheep show, sheep dog trial, and horse and cattle…

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Books to Read. "Wheat and Tares."

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 8

IN this novelette Sir Henry J. Cunningham, the author of two or three clever books, has given a very readable modern story. There is no great plot in it, and the characters are…

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New Zealand Butter. London, (via Cow Flat), April 23

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 5

The Agent-General for New Zealand has presented the Queen with a green stone of tho finest quality. This act of diplomacy An buttering Her Majesty is ranch admired…

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The Grazier. Lung Worms in Sheep. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 23

Colonial flockmasters have suffered much loss and annoyance from this disease during recent years, and, with a view of giving pastora[?]ists a[?] the information we can on this subject, we illustrate the lungs of a…

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Preparing Wool for Market. (Written for the " Town and Country Journal.")

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 23

Australian wool, as regards quality, has no equal in the markets of the world. This assertion is amply demonstrated by the prices it fetches, and the avidity with which it is purchased by the leading wool…

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Our Queensland Letter. Political and Social Items. Pastoral and Agricultural News. the Markets. the Week's Doings. Brisbane, April 20. POLITICS

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 44

Very little enthusiasm, is being manifested in the Townsville election. The labor candidate addressed a meeting on Wednesday evening. It is generally anticipated that Mr. W. V. Brown…

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Late Agriculture. National Farm Prizes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 947

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture (the Hon. Sydney Smith) has under his consideration the amended regulations for the current year's national prize competition, which will soon be issued by the Department…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 911

Our Mudgee correspondent writes on April 18:— Last Wednesday was a red letter day at Cooyal. On that day their new butter factory was formally opened, and the whole of the inhabitants of that pushing little…

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A Sewage Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 910

A great problem confronts the engineers engaged in dealing with the sewage of Melbourne. The bulk is immense, the levels very shallow, and the outlet most unpromising, for would the public…

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The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. Water Core in Apples

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 6

THE following paper has been sent to us by the Department of Agriculture for public information :— Specimens of apples having been…

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The Price of Maize. Farmers' Complaints. High Freights. Monopoly of Carriage

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 13

The question of the price received by farmers in the Northern River district for their maize, and their complaints that maize-growing this year is quite unremunerative, is now a prominent one,…

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The Travelling Dairy

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 21

We are informed by the Director of Agriculture (Mr. H. C. L. Anderson) that Mr. Neil Harper, of Atterton, Parramatta, has been appointed by the Minister for Agriculture manager of the…

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The Shearing Trouble. Incendiarism Increasing. Two Woolsheds Destroyed. 678 Bales Wool Burned. Numerous Arrests and Committals. a Courthouse Fired. Sympathy and Assistance. Mr. Justice Lilley

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 13

Since our last issue the seriousness of the position of the labor parties in Queensland has considerably increased, and the troubles are extending down westward to such a degree that the…

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