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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

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Australian Butter in London

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 10

AUSTRALIAN factory butter, according to the cable news, Jan.23, is realilsing 120s per cwt. in te London market; prime dairy sorts are selling at 106s per cwt. The supply or hand is fully equal…

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The Wheat Supply

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 4

London, January 28.—According to Bradstreet's the visible supply of American wheat is 67,200,000 bushels…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 232

Mr. Coghlan, the Government Statistician, has supplied to the Colonial Secretary a report on the wheat harvest. Mr. Coghlan says:—Generally speaking, the results of the present season's wheat…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 4

London, January 28.—Businessis spirited at the wool sales. Prices are unchanged…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 11

Fair-sized catalogues of wool have again been submitted to buyers during the past week, but the bulk of the offerings has consisted of medium and inferior decriptions, which, although well competed for,…

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The Country. Crookwell Butter Factory Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 5

CROOKWELL, Friday. -- The annual general meeting of the shareholders in the Crookwell Butter Factory Company took place last night, Mr. George Macdonald in the chair…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- At the London wool sales to-day the prices for inferior classes of wool showed no improvement. Bulky scoured combing wools,…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle. Dr. Koch's Method

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 22

THE employment of tuberculins aa a means of means diagnos tuberculosis in cattle is (says the Mark-lane EXPRESS) again before the Academy of Medicine. It is taken up in connection with…

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Wool. Review of the Markets

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 41

Notwithstanding the attendance at the local wool sales during the week ended 23rd instant of many of the largest Melbourne operators, there was little or no appreciable difference in the range of values…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 10

The last few days have been very cool, and early this morning it was almost like a return to winter. The following are the crossings over the Common for the week:—23rd, 4600 wethers, from Solmavi, Bogan…

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Wheat Harvest of N.S.W..

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 31

The Government Statistician, Mr. Coghlan, has forwarded us the following statement of the probable results of the season 1891-92: Estimated area harvested for grain, 314,265a; yield of grain,…

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London Wool Market. London, Dec. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 11

Coming so soon after the close of the late London colonial wool auctions, there is very little to report of the state of the wool market here. Some few of the lots that were withdrawn during the…

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The United States. the Wool Duties. Proposal for Repeal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 11

LONDON, January 22— Mr. W. M. Springer, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the American House of Representatives, has introduced a bill…

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The Carriage of Wheat on Colonial Railways. Comparative Statement of Charges

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 14

A return was laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday evening, showing the comparative rates paid for carriage of grain on the railways of New South Wales, Victoria,…

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Country News. Fires and Farming

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 19

THE devastating fires of Central Riverina have caused a catastrophe nearly as direful as that of "Black Thursday." Some selectors have gone to reside with their friends, and others talk even of…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 232

Bodalla has now about 1100 cows in milk. The quantity of cheese made there is about five tons per week. The provisional directors of the Hawkesbury Dairy…

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Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 250

The seventeenth half-yearly meeting of the clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association was held at Grafton the 22nd inst. about 40 being present. Mr. G. Bailey, a member of the board of directors,…

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No. 9, Castlereagh Street. Sydney, January 27th, 1892. Farm Produce

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 9

We report sales of farm produce at the Railway and Wharves this day at following prices :-- Lucerne Hay.--Supplies doming forward steadily, demand good for well saved qualities…

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The Old 'Un's Note-book Anniversary Day. The V.R.C. Autumn Meeting. Sale of Too Soon. Warwick Farm Selections

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 6

Now the Anniversary Handicap is over and Wandsworth has won it, it is very little use "crying over spilt milk"-- the spilt milk in this case being Paris. The son of Grandmaster can well, but he ought…

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The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. the National Prizes

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 6

The judging in connection with the national prizes offered by the Department of Agriculture lot the year 1891 has progressed another stage, and we are…

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