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Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 163

Warwick Farm Racing Club. Tuesday, January 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 8

The January reunion of the Warwick Farm Racing Club, postponed from Saturday last owing to the heavy rain, was held to-day under most favourable auspices, inasmuch as the weather was cool…

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The European Beet Crop. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 7

Mr. F. O. Licht, of Magdeburg, Germany, the authority upon Continental beet-sugar production, estimates that the four months of the present season show an increase of…

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Hume Farmers' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 5

ALBURY, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Walla Walla branch of the Hume Farmers' Union correspondence was read from Mr. W. J. Lyne, M.P., in answer to a resolution carried at…

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Wool

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 4

MESSRS. Trebeck, Son and Co. report:--At our weekly auction sale on Monday buyers bid very spiritedly, in some cases a slight advance was noticeable. We sold JR under eyebrow,…

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Wheat and Flour

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, report that they are in receipt of a cablegram from their London house as fellows:--The market is quiet…

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Molong Wheat Yield

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 6

MOLONG, Thursday.--The wheat yield is extremely small. The average will probably be 10 bushels per acre, perhaps less. A great portion of the late crop is now being…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 5
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LONDON, Wednesday.--At the Antwerp wool sales yesterday there wag a steady demand, but prices showed a falling off of 12d per lb…

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Vermont Sheep. Imported From America. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 5

A valuable flock of Vermont merino rams, imported from America, passed through Brisbane yesterday en route for Rockwood station…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wiseman's Ferry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 8

Stock crossings yesterday: From the Hunter district, for Camperdown, 42 mixed horses, owner D. H[?]s…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. London, January 21

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 5

At the Antwerp wool sales yesterday prices were ½d. per lb. lower than at the opening of the previous series. The market was, however, very steady…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 9

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:—We submitted 7000 bales at our sale to-day. There was the usual large attendance of buyers, and the competition was exceedingly active for all descriptions of wool at the advance quoted last week…

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Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 8

The quarterly meeting of the general committee of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held to-day. It was reported that 806 pairs of flying-fox claws had been paid for at the rate of 2d per…

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The London Wool Market. Buyers' Opinions of the New Clip

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 6

LONDON, December 19, 1890.--The general impression amongst those buyers who had the courage to operate at the series of sales which has just closed is that they have secured wool at…

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Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondents.) the Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 7

The Antwerp wool auctions were opened to-day, but the selection offered comprised only old wools, the prices obtained for which do not give any reliable test of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 7

The prize schedule of tho Agricultural Society's show, to bo held in March next, is to hand. Persons who have jumping horses should peruse the schedule. The fearful water…

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Australian Butter for England

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The last shipment of this season's butter to London has now taken place. The total quantity sent this season is over 741 tons, or more than double that of last season,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

The following stock movements are reported:—498 merino ewes, from Albury for Ournie, W. J. Appleton; 1030 store cattlo, from Queensland for Victoria, Macvean and Boodle owners; 140 merino rams, 4459…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. (From Our Correspondent.)

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 4

LONDON, January 21.—At the Antwerp wool sales today 4300 bales of wool were offered, of which 3200 were sold, including 360 bales of Australian clip out of the…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

At the Antwerp wool sales 4300 bales were offered and 3200 sold (including 360 bales of Australian wool out of 500 offered). The attendance was meagre, owing to the…

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