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Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 163

Pastoral Intelligence. Bourke

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 1003

Stock movements: 5000 ewes, Cobar to Ford's Bridge, Swanston; 372 fat cattle, for Bathurst, Cobb and Co.; 4681 ewes, Eurongela, travelling south; 10,500 wethers, Lila Springs to Mercadool, Firebrace;…

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The Cattle-driving Nuisance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 7

A largely-attended meeting, called by the Mayor of Concord (Alderman Zoeller), at the request of the residents, was held in St. Luke's Schoolroom on thursday night, in order to discuss measures for the removal or…

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Aberdeen Angus Polled Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 966

In June last year we gave illustrations of a famous bull of this breed named Esquire, descended from the Erica tribe, showing the form and proportions of strong hereditary lineage and…

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Grains of Wheat

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 6

A good hater is better than a public foe at any time. The man who runs a brothel is a bad judge of honor…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 11

Since the auction sales reported on last week no features of interest have been visible in this market, the demand at those sales was of such strength as to absorb nearly the whole of the available supplies,…

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Wheat Experiments at Tumut

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 966

Mr. George Clout, of Rosemount (writes our Tumut correspondent), who was one of three local farmers recommended to the Agricultural Department by the Tumut A. and P. Association to…

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Wool. Sydney. Newcastle. Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 3

APPENDED we publish the Exports of Wool for the six months ending 31st December, 1890, and hope they will be found of interest to our many friends in the shipping and mercantile community. The…

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Our Dairying Industry. (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.") Xiii.—various Methods of Packing Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 21

A dozen years ago all was peace and harmony among dairy farmers as to the best method of packing their butter. All at once a spirit of conteation appeared to raise itself amongst them, and to this…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 10

Stock passing by train:—Five trucks cattle, Dubbo to Albury, Wilson and Dean to Trenchard and Co.; one truck horses, Jeri[?]derie to Dubbo, Ryers to Ryers; 14 trucks cattle, Wellington to Albury, consignees…

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French Duties on Wheat. Proposed Reductions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--A motion has been brought forward in the French Chamber of Deputies to reduce the duty on imported wheat from 8s 9d to 4s 6d per…

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Fowler and Co. Patent Wool-scouring Machine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 23

A description and illustration of this device (see figures 1 and 2) cannot [?]ai to be interesting to woolrowers generally. The inventor, Mr. James Fowler,…

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(From Our Correspondents.) Mr. A. J. Thynne's Remarks. Wool Arriving in Clermont. Police Court Case at Clermont. Rockhampton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 9

The Pastoralists' Executive, writing to the [?]ulletin, says:—"Mr. [?]hynne's remarks in your paper will not allowed to pass without comment from us, or they might lead some to think that the position the Pastora[?]ists'…

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The Baby Farming Case. Some Startling Disclosures. a Baby Farmer Committed for Trial. Midwife Censured

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 3

The adjourned inquest on the body of the infant Eva Greenhalgh, was concluded at the Court House on Friday, before Mr. J. K. Lethbridge, J. P., Coroner, and a jury of twelve. Sergeant…

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A Baby-farming Case

Evening News · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 4

PENRITH, Saturday.—The adjourned inquest on the body of the infant, Eva Greenhalgh, who died under suspicious circumstances after having been under the care, of Mrs. Harriett Whitmore, was…

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Darling Harbor Market.. Farm Produce

Evening News · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 6

At the Darling Harbor Railway Terminus on Friday there was a moderate supply of forage forward from the intermediate stations along the northern, southern, and western…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 968

Our Kempsey correspondent writes on the 20th ultimo: Oar batter factories are working away with a limited supply of milk. Up to the present the farmers, as a body, have not been in a position to got dairy herds,…

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Farm Notes for May

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 967

"Wheat should be sown on a dry seed-bed early in the winter." "Sow early. March, April, and May are much better months than July." These are rules which nearly all Australian…

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National Prizes for Agricultural Shows and Farms

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 967

The Secretary for Mines and Agriculture has considered a comprehensive scheme for allotting the £5000 voted tor national prizes for this year. He has approved of a number of prizes for the…

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RACING. The Warwick Farm Meeting

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 996

The ever-energetic Warwick Farm authorities are once more in the field with, a liberal and well-arranged meeting, which is to come off on the billiard-table-like course to-day, Saturday. Every…

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"Quiz's" Tips for To-day's Races. Warwick Farm Meeting

The Australian Workman · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 3

WARWICK FARM will be the trysting ground for sporting folks this afternoon, where the proprietary has arranged a capital programme of five events for their patrons of the sport. Now that the clerk…

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