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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 163

Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

The wool sales at Antwerp will be held on January 20 and 21. There are 4700 bales catalogued, of which 600 are Australian…

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Darling Harbor Market. Farm Produce

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 6

At the Darling Harbor Railway Terminus, to-day, there was a small supply of forage from the various intermediate stations along: the northern, southern, and western lines. Buyers were in good…

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Heavy Storm at Germanton. Farming Prospects. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Germanton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

A hailstorm occurred last night of unusual violence, lasting a quarter of an hour. The windows in all the churches w[?] broken, and but few in any buildings escaped. Many iron roofs were pierced, fruit of all…

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Fruit and Dairy Produce Export Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

HOBART, Tuesday.--The prospectus of the Tasmanian Fruit and Dairy Produce Export Company has been issued. The company will have a nominal capital of £20,000 in £1 shares,…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1891 · page 2

WILCANNIA, Wednesday.—News is to hand of good rains on the Macintyre, and corresponding rises in the river at Yetman and Goondiwindi of sufficient volume to justify the expectations of a…

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Melbourne, Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1891 · page 7

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:—We catalogued 7117 bales for our sale to-day (Wednesday). There was a large attemdamce of buyers, and very animated compediton, the recently quoted advance being well sustalned, prices, all…

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Australian Butter

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 4

LONDON, January 14.—The butter snipped by the Ormuz arrived in excellent condition. It realised 100s to 116s per cwt, a few lots bringing 118s…

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Colonial Wheat

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 4

LONDON, January 14.—The cargo of ?wheat ex Commonwealth, from Port Germain September 21, has been sold at 38s 6d per quarter; the cargo ex Helen…

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Australian Butter. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 5

The butter shipped by the Ormuz is in excellent condition. It realised 100s to 116s per cwt. A few lots fetched 118s…

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Wool Duties in America

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 4

LONDON, January 15.—The woolgrowers of Ohio oppose any modification in the American wool duties unless the free admission of goods is conceded…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 6

Stock movements: Two hundred fat wethers, from Bungowannah for Homebush, J. Grieve owner; 2000 merine sheep, from Hermitage, Albury, for Omeo, H. Walterson owner; 760 cattle, from Queensland for…

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The Wheat Market. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 5

The cargo of wheat ox Commonwealth has been sold at 38s 6d per quarter; the cargo ex Helen Denny realised 37s 9d…

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The Butter Duty. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 3

Sir,--In fits and starts a certain evening journal indulges in a bit of praise on the Protectionist industry of butter-making. The duty has existed so long on butter,…

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The Wool Duties in America. London, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 5

The Ohio woolgrowers oppose any modification in the American wool duties unless the free admission of goods is conceded…

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Farmers' and Dairymans' Milk Co., Limited

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 7

The annual general meeting of the Farmers' and Dairymans' MilK Co., Limited, was held at Hall's Turon Hotel, George-street, yesterday, Captain J.J. Walters occupied the chair. The…

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The Duties on Corn and Cattle in Germany. London, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 5

The German Reichstag is discussing a motion for the abolition of the duties on corn and cattle imported into Germany…

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Ah Ocean Race. Between Three Wool Clippers. The Patriarch in First. Seventy-fvye Days Sydney to London

The Australian Star · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 6

OWING to the maritime difficulty only three of the fleet of wool clippers could be loaded and got away in time to catch the January sales in London. The clippers selected were…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 120

Dull, threatening weather has prevailed since Friday, the 9th, and a further heavy rainfall which has come steadily along the Queensland coast from the equatorial region has been reported in the northern…

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Butter

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 126

Those are interesting particulars supplied by the dairy expert of the Victorian Department of Agriculture on the work done in connection with the industry in that colony. Dairying, as a result…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 41

The great heat began to break up carly in the week, and rain was reported in the eastern and central divisions of N.S.W. on January 12 and 13. The rain was then heaviest in the north-east coast…

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