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Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 163

Wheat Market. London, May 7

The Australian Star · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 5

Two cargoes of Australian wheat have been sold at 42s. 6d. per quarter…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 3

Stock movements: 1000 ewes from Beanbah station to Ten-mile Point, John Dwyer, owner, in charge; 1900 ewes from Tooloon station to selections Wallu Walla to Hutchins, owner Hundy in charge; 1200…

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The Wheat Trade. Reduction of French Import Duties

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The French Government have reduced the import duties on wheat to two francs per 100 kilogrammes, in consequence of the failure of the wheat…

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Trades and Labor News. Fellmongers, Wool-classers, &c

The Australian Star · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 3

A meeting of the employees engaged in the tanning and fellmongering industry was held on Wednesday night at Veney's Railway Hotel, Windsor, for the purpose of…

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Darling Harbor Market. Farm Produce

Evening News · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 4

At the Darling Harbor railway terminus this morning there was a good supply of forage forward from the various intermediate stations along the northern, southern, and western…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 1025

A dry week has done some service by rendering the land fit for ordinary farm and orchard operations. According to all accounts the lambing, so far as it has progressed, is satisfactory. Grass and water are…

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The Effect of Sheep-feedicg on the Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 1023

The feeding of the sheep (says the French Monit[?]r Industrial) has a most marked influence on the quality and quantity of the wool. In this connection, the rules to be observed are:—1. To obtain wool of good…

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Latest Pastoral News. (Continue From Page 23.) Weather, Stock Movements, Wool. Weather

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 42

The Weather for the past week has been on the whole seasonable. On the northern coast line heavy rain has faller, and more is threatening. Showery weather has prevailed throughout the whole coastal…

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Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 42

Considering the season of the year and the very changeable and wet weather experienced, the quantity of wool offered at the local sales this week may to considered large. For all lots offored there was brisk…

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The Sheep's Foot

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 22

How many owners of sheep know the nature of a sheep's loot, and how delicate a thing it is ? Sheep are frequently lame for want of attention to its construction and necessities…

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Australian "Wheat

Evening News · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 4

LONDON, May 8.—The cargoes of Australian, wheat shipped by the Argyleshire from Melbourne, February 17, and the Doon from Melbourne, April 18, have been sold…

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Australian Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--Two cargoes of Australian wheat have been sold in the London market at an average of 42s 6d per quarter…

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Arsenic Drench for Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 23

Arsenic, 1oz; washing soda, 1oz; carbonate of soda, ½oz; pat into 2qt of boiling water, and boil for about ½h, keeping it well stirred, then add 10qt of cold water. Dose: ¼ gill for lambs, /m=?/ gill for weaners, and ½ gill…

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Grains of Wheat

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 4

High-heeled shoes do not make a maid modest. The purity of some men is fouler than the vice of others…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. the Hawkesbury Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 6

WINDSOR, Friday.--The Hawkesbury Show was continued to-day. There was a very large attendance of visitors. The maize busking contests were taken the first thing this…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 11

The firm tone of this market, to which reference was made in our last issue, has been maintained. Auction sales of wool were held on 5th and 6th instant, at which 1966 bales were catalozued, and the sales effected…

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Victorian Wheat. London, May 8

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 5

Two cargoes of Victorian wheat were sold to-day at 43s. per quarter…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 7

Stock movements to-day:—5000 sheep, from Jeremia, destination Bethungra, Matthew Sawyer owner, Oddy in charge. NARRABRI, FRIDAY…

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Preparation of Wool for Market. Treatment of Skins. Wool-scouring Plant, &C

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 23

In this article we will deal with the saving of skins, fellmongering, and wool-scouring plant. To all intelligent growers, it must he patent that the days of waste have passed, and to be fairly successful every…

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The Wheat Market. London, May 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 10

The wheat cargoes by the Argyleshire and the Doon have been sold at 48s per quarter…

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