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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 163

Wool

The Australian Star · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 6

Messrs. F. L. Barker and Co. report:--The news is through of the opening of the present months series in London, good competition and large attendance of home and foreign…

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Wool. Sydney. Newcastle. Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 3

ARRANGED we publish the Export[?] Wool for the six months [?] 31st December, [?] and hope they will be found of interest [?] many friends in the shipping and [?] community. The…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- At the London wool sales yesterday there was good and spirited competition, the prices offered on Wednesday being fully maintained…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 7

Stock movements:—4938 merino wethers, from Walbundrie to Gillenbah, W. Kiddle owner; 2500 merino ewes, from Albury to Corowa, Patrick Keady owner; 500 mixed sheep, from Albury to Corowa,…

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The London Wool Sales. London, June 11

The Australian Star · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 5

At the London wool sales yesterday there was a good spirit of competition, the prices realised at the opening sales being fully maintained…

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Mr. Cropley

Evening News · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 3

One Of the freetrade candidates, Mr. R. B. Cropley, also addressed a large gathering of the electors Cohen's Hotel last night. The candidate, who obtained a fair hearing, stated that…

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Darling Harbor Market. Farm Produce

Evening News · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 5

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

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The Farmers and Protection

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 4

The verdict to be recorded at the polling-booths on Friday next by the voters of Albury will be one of the most important in one of the earliest batches of elections…

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Great Forest Fires in Canada. River and Railway Traffic Stopped. Villages Destroyed. -- Farmers Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Disastrous forest fires are raging in Canada, extending for 200 miles along both banks of the St. Lawrence River…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 1305

The weather since the 6th instant has been boisterous and moist in nearly all ports of Australia, This colony received more than an ordinary share of the rainfall, and to such an extent that some of the…

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The American Wheat Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--It is estimated that the wheat crop of the United States will yield a surplus for exportation of 200,000,000 bushels…

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Store Cattle

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 6

Messrs. F. L. Barker and Co. report:--Returns lately to hand from Queensland, showing only about 24,000 head of cattle of all kinds having crossed tho border into this colony, as…

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Store Sheep

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 6

Messrs. F. L. Barker and Co. report:--Inquiry is still somewhat slack, but shortly we look to good business for wethers in the wool…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 42

The latter part of last week was marked by fogs and frosts at night, and clear fine days over an extensive area of the mountains, and variable weather generally on the coast. In the early part of the week…

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Wool

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 4

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited, have received the following cablegram, dated London, June 11:--"Sales continue without material alteration in prices. Market rather…

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Wool

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 6
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

Messrs. F. L. Barker and Co. report:--The news is through of the opening of the present months series in London, good competition and' large attendance of home and foreign…

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Ensilage for Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 23

Respecting the value of ensilage as a food for sheep a corresp [?]ndent of the FIELD writes as follows: Having a small but good breeding stock of ewes, I determined, two years ago, to make my crop of clover…

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Late Pastoral Intelligence. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 1316

Stock Movements; 60 merino rams, from Gunbower, Victoria, to Goronga Peak, Booth, Benton, and Co., owners: 320 Lincoln rams, from South Australia to Queensland, E. Murphy owner; 5 Lincoln…

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The American Wheat Crop. London, June 12

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 5

It is estimated that the wheat crop of the United States will yield a surplus of 200,000,000 bushels for exportation…

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