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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 163

Rust in Wheat. Intercolonial Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 10

The Intercolonial Conference on Rust in Wheat was continued at the Colonial Secretary's Office yesterday. In the absence of the Minister, Mr. H. C. L. Anderson,…

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Cornered Wheat. How Capital Creates Wealth

The Australian Workman · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 2

"PHILO" writes:--"I see by Tuesday's DAILY TELEGRAPH, and by the STAR of the same date, a cablegram to the effect that a syndicate of German and English Capitalists--in view of the failure…

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Late Agriculture: Australian Wool for Japan

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 1260

The Japanese demand for Australian wool has not yet assumed very large proportions; but the fact that such a demand exists gives hope that the trade may be developed if we go the right way about it…

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Destructive Storms. Hundreds of Cattle Killed. London, June 5

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 5

Terrible storms are reported from Dakota, in the United States. Large tracts of country have been devastated, crops destroyed and hundreds of horses and cattle…

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An Important Point in Dairy Farming. Sheltering Stock

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 21

THE importance of providing shelter for stock has never (says the Melbourne AGE) been given recognised in this colony, and now that an impetus has been given to the…

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Northern Items. The Cane Crops

Evening News · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 5

GRAFTON, Saturday.—The cane crops in this district this season look splendid, and so far they are untouched by frost. 'Though the area under cultivation this year is much less than last, the…

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Farmers' Unions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 1247

On Saturday, a large representative gathering of farmers and selectors assembled at the Hume Farmers' Union's quarterly meeting at Burrumbuttock, to discuss several matters of great…

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Farm Notes for June

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 1247

The rains of this week, while causing jubilation amongst the farmers who adhere to the principles of early sowing, must have had a very depressing effect on the owners of farms which are not yet…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 1247

The want of a simple and efficient method for determining the amount of butter-fat in milk, as well as one for testing the acidity in milk, has long been felt. This has been so strongly represented…

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The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. the Pig

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 7

WE continue our extracts from Mr. J L. Thompson’s article on the Pig, published in the last issue of the Agricultural Gazette…

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Indignant Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 17

Our Albury correspondent writes under date June 1: At a meeting of the Hume Farmers' Union, held last Saturday and presided over by Mr. C. J. Morton, the following resolutions were carried…

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Rust in Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 June 1891 · page 4

The Intercolonial Conference on rust in wheat will probably conclude its labors today. On Saturday the conference sat in committee considering the report to be…

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Wool. Sydney. Newcastle. Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 June 1891 · page 3

APPENDED we publish the Export of Wool for the six months [?] 31st December, [?] they will be found of interest [?] in the shipping and [?]…

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The Cane Crops

Evening News · Monday 8 June 1891 · page 6

GRAFTON, Saturday.—The cane crops in this district this season look splendid, and so far they are untouched by frost. Though the area under cultivation this year is much less than last, the…

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The European Crops. London, June 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 June 1891 · page 5

The crop prospects in Great Britain are favourable, and on the Continent they have slightly improved. The English wheat market is depressed, and business is…

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Baby Farming. Charge of Manslaughter

The Australian Star · Monday 8 June 1891 · page 6

THE Central Criminal Court was opened this morning at Darlinghurst, before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen, Mr. J. P. Hunley prosecuting for the Crown…

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Rust in Wheat

Evening News · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 3

The conference on rust in wheat commenced its closing session on Monday morning at 10 o'clock, Mr. H, C. L. Anderson again presiding in the absence of the Hon. Sydney Smith, the Minister…

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Rust-in-wheat Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 9

The Intercolonial Conference on Rust in Wheat was concluded at the Colonial Secretary's Office yesterday morning. In the absence of the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, Mr. H. C. L. Anderson, Director of…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 7

Stock movements: Thirty fat bullocks, Byron to Tingha, M'Crohon Bros owners, M'Cronon in charge; 50 fat sheep, Prairie Park to Gilgai, Wallace owner, May in charge. Several lines of sheep are…

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Charge of Manslaughter. Baby Farming

Evening News · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 3

An elderly woman named Harriet Whitmore was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court on Monday on an indictment charging her with having feloniously slain Eva…

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