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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 10

Six thousand five hundred owes, from Cowra to Eremeran, passed on Sunday, A. J. Blake owner, J. E. Whittaker in charge. Yesterday's crossings were: 1000 wethers, from Coan Downs to Bathurst,…

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The Question of Red Bust in Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 567

Our Adelaide corresponpent telegraphed on Tuesday:—Most of the intercolonial delegates to the conference which is to consider the question of red rust in wheat, arrived…

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London Wool Market. (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 11

The sales during the second week of the London wool market have progressed without any quotable change in values. All the better descriptions catalogued meet with good demand at full prices,…

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Queensland News. Commercial intelligence. News of the Week. In Town and Country. BRISBANE, March 7. Agricultural and Pastoral

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 13

The wheat-growing industry in Queensland is receiving considerable attention just now, and the undertaking promises to be successful, as the product can easily be dis…

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The Hume Farmers' Union. Leased Land in the Central Division

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 10

AT a meeting of the Hume Farmers' Union, held on Saturday at Burrumbuttock, a lengthy discussion (we learn from Albury) took place regard in the leased land in the Central division. The general…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 567

Our London correspondent cables on the 5th instant:—The bulk of the shipments of butter by the Coptic and Britannia has been cleared. Factory-made samples realised 112s to 116s per cwt. A few…

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Monthly Reports of the Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 566

The Department of Agriculture is at present organising a system by which it is hoped monthly crop reports vill be obtained from nearly all the districts of the colony. The method of…

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The Farmer and the State

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 4

THE Bureau of Agriculture, at present merely a subdepartment of the Mines Department, has not in the past had any considerable portion of public…

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The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. DRAINAGE

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 6

THE following extracts from a paper read at a meeting of the Horticultural Society of N. S. Wales by Mr. P. L. C. Shepherd and lately published in…

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Labour Farm at Rooty Hill

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 2

THE weekly meeting of the committee of the Labour Home was held on Friday afternoon. The Rev. J.D. Langley was in the chair. The chairman…

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Farm and Park

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 2

M.R Frank Farnell, M.P., on the 1st instant, brought under notice of the Department of Lands the question of a public park for Rydalmere. He…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 4

London, March. 12.—The English wheat market is depressed. The continental and American markets are declining. The spot quotation in New York of No…

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Australian Wheat. London, March 13

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

The cargo of Victorian wheat by the ship Othello (from Melbourne February 12) has been sold off coast at 39s. per quarter…

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The Cattle Disease in Europe. London, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

Foot-and-mouth disease is spreading among the cattle of England, Scotland, and Belgium…

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The London Wool Market. Trade Dull and Speculators Uncertain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 3

LONDON, February 5.--There is little of an encouraging nature to report as to the course of prices for the general run of Australian wool since last mail…

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South Australia. the Rust-in-wheat Conference. Its Report and Recommendations

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The rust in wheat Conference finished its sittings last night and brought up a report embodying the following recommendations:--Early sowing and…

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The Rust in Wheat Conference. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 6

The Rust in Wheat Conference met for the fifth and last time to-day, when the committee presented a report which was adopted. In it recommendations were made as to a compact list…

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Torrumbarry Farms. London, March 11

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

Arrangements have been made for the despatch of 20 Belgian families to the Torrumbarry irrigation settlement on the Murray River, near Echuca, Victoria…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Stock and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 5

GLEN INNES, Monday. -- Stock passings: 2734 mixed sheep from Moree district to Glen Innes, for sale, G. B. King owner; 1000 fat wethers, from Dinton Vale to Grafton, William Scott and Co…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 8

Stock movements:—160 mixed merino sheep, from Goonbargona to Corowa, T. and J. Banks owners; 3000 merino owes, from Walbundric to Gillenbah, Wm. Riddle; 500 merino owes and lambs, from…

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