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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

4,205 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 211

Alleged Sheep-stealing

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 16

AT the Tocum wal Police Court on Wednesday, William J. Greggery, a well-to-do graz er of Berrigan, was charged with stealing sheep, the property of Roderick M'Donald, a farmer at…

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Judging Dairy Cattle. a New Scale of Points

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 10

AT a recent meeting of the Kiama Agricultural Society (says the Shoalhaven News) Mr. J. T. Cole brought up the question of judging dairy cattle by points. They had records and pedigrees…

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Wheat and Flour

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 4

LONDON, April 21.-Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 39s 9s, flat; Victorian, 39s 3d, steady ; New Zealand, longberried, 39s, weaker. Australian wheat: For cargoes…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 4

LONDON, April 22.-The wool sales today 'continued firm. Continental buyers were very active…

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Cattle for the Melbourne Market

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 16

THE fat cattle of this district (says the Braid wood DISPATCH) are every year claiming greater atten­tion from buyers for the Melbourne market. The first instalment of the GOO head purchased by Mr…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- At the London wool sales to-day crossbreds sold at improved prices…

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Wool-scouring and Classing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 21

The Fellmongers, Woolclassers, Scourers, Curriers, and Tanners' Association held its general meeting at North Botany Town Hall on the 12th instant, the president, Mr. John H…

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Queensland News. Pastoral and Agricultural. Latest News Items In Town and Country. BRISBANE, April 18. Pastoral and Agricultural

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 15

The Alligator Creek Meat Works at Townsville commenced operations for the season on Monday last. Considerable additions and improvements have been made to the buildings, wharves, and…

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LITERATURE. The Australian Wool Kings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 933

The romance of the Australian squatter's life has been told in story and sung in a great deal of bad, much indifferent, and some more than tolerable verse; but the subject has not yet been…

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Canadian Agriculture. Experimental Farms. Rust-Proof Wheat. Address by Chief Justice Way of South Australia--Some Valuable Information

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 3

AT a special meeting of the Central Agricultural Bureau, held at Adelaide recently, his Honor the Chief Justice (Mr. S. J. Way), said he disclaimed having, as was credited…

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The London Wool Market. Prospects Fairly Hopeful

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 42

Our junior morning contemporary has the following: LONDON, Marah 11.—The wool market here has passed a very quiet week, and even the few inquiries…

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The Duty on Wheat. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 11

Sir,—In your issue of to-day "Quiz" says that the millers who hold stocks of wheat would be against the Government remitting the duty on wheat for the remainder of the year. He is very much…

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South Australian News. The Border Duties. Butter Export. Sweating. ADELAIDE, April 19. the Border Duties

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 14

At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held on April 13 the following resolution was passed: "That, understanding the decision of the Government of New South Wales as indicated…

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Redfern Railway Hay Market. Farm Produce

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 6

At the Redfern Railway Terminus yesterday there was a moderate supply of forage forward from the various stations along the northern, southern, and western lines. Buyers were in…

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New Zealand Farmers' Co-op Association Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 7

The Australian representative for the "Farmers' Co-op. Associations in New Zealand," is in receipt of the following market report, from the Christchurch Association:—…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 920

Out Mudgee correspondent writes on April 16:— At a meeting of director of the Cooyal Butter Factory it was decided to pay suppliers at the rate of 4d for the month of March, and £297 16s was paid away,…

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A Rattlesnake Farm

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 7

PROBABLY the oddest occupation ever followed by man is that of an old Tennesseean who lives in the Ozark Mountain. It is George Jaynes, or, as he is known in that…

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Swift's Comet. to the Editor of the Dairy Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 3

Sir, -- Although a sharp lookout for Swift's comet has been kept at this observatory since March 9, I have succeeded in securing observations on 12 mornings only -- namely, March…

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Warwick Farm Races

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 6

The Warwick Farm Club brought off its April pony and galloway meeting yesterday at Moorefield, and considering the tunny calls made within the last few days on the purses of sporting men the response…

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The Robbery of a German Farmer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Alfred Vockler, a speiler, arrested for robbing a German fanner of £1650, was to-day discharged, the prosecutor having gone from Melbourne to…

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