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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

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Pneumonia Among Cattle .'In Canada

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Pneumonia is reported to be creating great have among the cattle on the ranches in North-west Canada…

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English Commercial. London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night. -- The next series of London wool sales will commence on March 29…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1892 · page 5

One hundred and twelve fat cattle are now on the local common, from Toorale, travelling down the river for Wilcannia, J. M. Byrnes owner, J. Haughey in charge. The weather is very hot. There…

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Cattle Diseases. in England and Canada. London, February 18

The Australian Star · Friday 19 February 1892 · page 5

The London cattle markets have been reopened, the outbreak of foot and month disease having disappeared. An outbreak of pneumonia has occurred in north-west…

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The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. Royal Agricultural Society’s Easter Show

The Weekly Advance · Friday 19 February 1892 · page 6

The following circular has been issued by the Department of Agriculture:— For the benefit of exhibitors in all…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 401

There is very little of change to report in the weather of this month. Extreme heat and dryness are the ruling features; but at the commencement of this week many parts of the North and North-west were…

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Australian Butter

Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 4

London, February 18.—Consignees of Australian butter complain that the butter now shipped as first quality should really be classed as second. There is a great…

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Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 41

Now that the end of the present wool seasons is in view, as instanced by the fact that the great bulk of the wool has been disposed of, and the cessation of the weekly sales, it can be assumed that the attention…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 435

Stock movements: 122 bullocks, from Walbundrie for Gillenbah, W. Kiddle owner; 1075 mixed weaners, from Morven for Yarra Yarra, E. Culnane; 282 fat lambs and sheep, from Victoria; 10,250 sheep, 140…

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Butter and Beef

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 22

THE difference between a dairy breed of cattle and a beef-producing breed ia neatly put by the BREEDER'S GAZETTE:— "You may take an Ayrshire and Hereford cow, each as a perfect type of her…

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Ophthalmia in Sheep

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 22

THIS affection (says the Melbourne LEADER) is usually seen ia several cattle or sheep about the same time in various paddocks in the same district However, as the majority recover little…

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The Victorian Butter Bounties

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--London merchants generally approve of the continuance of the butter export bounties paid by the Victorian Government…

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Australian Butter in London

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 399

Our London correspondent writes on January 8: The London market is now being well supplied, with Australian butter. Cablegrams on this subject have been freely dispatched to your…

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The Season's Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 14

A reliable estimate of the past season's wheat harvest mentions 5bus as the probable average yield, being ½bus more than the estimate of the Premier last session. The area under cultivation…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 11

The first of the fortnightly series of wool sales is being held during the current waek, fairly large catalogues for this time of the year being brought forward by the various selling firms. Since the…

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Australian Butter. London, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 9

Consignees of Australian butter complain that the article shipped as being of first quality should really be classed as second. There is a great scarcity of choice qualities…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--At the London wool sales yesterday there was a steady demand and sale for superior Victorian greasy wool. Lambs' wool realised, an advance…

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Wheat Harvest in South Australia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 399

The annual returns of the -wheat harvest obtained by the Register show the following reunite: —Area reaped, 1,544,600 acres, as against 1,673,573 in the previous year; total produce,…

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The Butter Export Bounty. London, February 10

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 4

The merchants of London interested in the sale of Australian butter approve of a continuance of the butter export bounty by the Victorian Government…

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The Diseases in Sheep Act Amendment Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 6

The 13 clauses contained in the Bill to Amend the Diseases in Sheep Act contain the necessary provisions for the election of a central board of sheepowners, define the…

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