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Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 163

Our Illustrations. Shakspeare on an Australian Sheep-run

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 1043

"Come, I say!" we fancy the gentle reader murmurs to himself when be looks upon this picture, "you must be hard up for subjects when you publish a thing like this. Who ever beard of Shskspeare on a…

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Wolonga Store Cattle Sales. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury

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

Chas. L. Griffith and Co. report having sold 600 cattle to-day including 350 bullocks on account of A. S. Burcher, of Orange, which arrived in rather low condition, and averaged £3 17s…

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Our Queensland Letter. Social and Political Items. Pastoral and Agricultural News. Commercial Intelligence. Trade and Labor. the Week's Doings. Brisbane, May 4. POLITICS

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 11

Mr. E. J. Stevens, member for the Logan, held a very successful meeting of his, constituents at Logan Village on Thursday night. There was a large attendance, and the chair was occupied by…

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National Farm, Orchard, and Vineyard Prizes for 1891

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 1022

The schedule of prizes offered by the Department of Agriculture for the encouragement of agriculture this year is now ready, and, as the entries will close on the 1st of July next, we take…

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Dairy Notes

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

Mr. Sydney Smith, the Minister for Mines and Agricultures, has appointed Mr. Neil Harper, formerly an experienced dairy farmer in the South Coast district, to take charge of the travelling dairy which is to…

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Alleged Case of Baby Farming

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 1045

An inquest on the body of an infant named Eva Greenhalgh was concluded before Mr. J. K. Lethbridge, J.P., district coroner, at Penrith, on Friday, 1st instant. From the evidence it appears that the mother,…

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The Travelling Dairy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 4
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

The officer in charge of the travelling dairy Mr. Niel Harper, has been getting it into complete working order so that it might be ready to go to the different places in the country…

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The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. ENSILAGE (Continued). Sour Ensilage

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 6

THE term sour ensilage is applied to that class of ensilage which has a slightly sour taste and vinous smell, being of a pale greenish colour. This…

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The Turf. Warwick Farm Race Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 2

Although not a drop of rain fell at Warwick Farm, and the weather was in other respects all that could be desired, the downpour in Sydney in the early hours of Saturday, and the…

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Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Home Farmer

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 22

AMONG our English files we have before us a recent number of the Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Home Farmer.' The publication is a weekly…

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Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Home Farmer

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 22

AMONG our English files we have before us a recent number of the 'Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Home Farmer.' The publication is a weekly…

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National Prizes for Poultry Farms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 21

Some delay has arisen in connection with the awards in this class of the national prize competition, consequent on the three judges, Messrs. A. J. Gray, M. Nancarrow, and J. E. Pernell, not being…

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Blacks on the War Path. a Farmer Speared

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 13

Considerable excitement prevails among settlers in the Upper Murray district in consequence of a diabolical outrage which has beea perpetrated on a farmer by two aborigines,…

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National Prizes. The Poultry Farms

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 8

IT will be remembered that Messrs. A. J. Gray, M. Nancarrew, and J. E. Pemmell were the judges appointed by the Minister for Mines and Agriculture…

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Large Sheep Sale

Evening News · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 6

GUNNEDAH, Saturday.—Over 23,000 store wethers are approaching for auction sale by the local agents on Saturday next. This will be the largest line ever offered by auction, in the…

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The Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 6

LONDON, Friday Night.--Two cargoes of Victorian wheat were sold in the London market to-day and fetched 43s 3d per quarter,…

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Wool Exports from Newcastle

The Australian Star · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- The total wool arrivals to date amount to 57,030 bales. This is 4267 bales less than last year's return for the same period…

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Wool. Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 3

APPENDED We publish the Exports to Want for the six months ending 31st December. 18[?], and hop; they will be found of interest to. [?]ay f[?] ends in the shipp[?] and to [?]rcantil. mmi[?]y The…

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Close of the Wool Season

Evening News · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The wool season is almost closed, only one more vessel being due to arrive for the balance of the season's clip. The total arrivals to date amount to 57,030 bales,…

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