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Farming & the land, 1893

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The Butter Market

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 5.—Danish, batter has risen to 124s per cwt…

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Wheat and Flour

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 5.—Adelaide wheat, ex-warehouse, 34s, firmer; Victorian, 33s 6d; New Zealand long-berried, 32s 6d, firm. Australian flour, superfine, 25b 6d, firm…

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The Wheat Supply

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 5.—The visible supply of American wheat, according to BRAD-STREET'S, is 104,700,000 bushels…

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The Season's Wheat Crops. How New South Wales Stands

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 21

FROM the report of the Department of Agriculture on the condition of the wheat crop we extract the following significant passages, which show how successful the present season has been…

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London Wool Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 41

Our latest mail advices from London are to November 24, which give the following particulars from the different manufacturing centres: The tone of the Bradford market is firmer this week for all…

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Mutton and Wool

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 5.—Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, is making inquiries among the leading English graziers as to the yield of mutton…

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Sunday Work at Butter Factories

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 5

RAYMOND TERRACE, Friday.--A case of interest to butter factories and creameries throughout the colony was heard at the police court to-day. The manager who works…

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The Butter was too much for them

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 6

Sea-captains have many adventures, and the stories of their wonderful esoapes seldom lose by repetition. Many years ago pirates cruised up and down the English Channel,…

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Wool. Review of the Markets

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 41

Owing to the wool auctions being suspended for the holidays there is little local business of any moment to chronicle, the exception being "star" lot sales on the 3rd and 4th instants, by…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 10

Stock movements: 252 Lincoln rams, from Victoria to Sydney, William Macaulay owner; 196 mixed cattle, from other districts to Albury market, various owners; 950 mixed sheep, from other…

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The Wool Industry. Types of Wool. Plate Iii. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 23

No. 21, SMOOTH OF FLAT SERRATED.—A term used when the curves do not come up to the form of half circle, but having great uniformity and tiueness the curves unite closely together. The…

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The Best Classes of Sheep for New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, is making inquiries among English sheepbreeders of experience, for the guidance of…

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Queensland News. Agricultural and Pastoral. Artesian Water. Dynamite Outrage. The Drought. Deaths from Thirst. Insolvency Business. General News. BRISBANE, January 2. Pastoral and Agricultural

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 14

The Hon. A. S. Cowley, Minister for Lands, lately visited Westbrook for the purpose of selecting a site for the erection of the proposed Agricultural College.—A reserve, situated on the…

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English Mutton and Wool. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 9

Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, is making inquiries of the leading English graziers as to the yield of mutton and wool from certain…

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The United States Tariff. Reduction of Wool Duties

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 41

Our cablegram from London, December 27, says: The Democratic leaders, as well as the public generally of the United States, strongly incline to the holding of an early extra session of Congress, for…

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Grafton Dairy Farming Company. [See Page 27.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 6

In the construction, of a butter factory at Graf ton (writes our Grafton correspon-dent; the directors had specially to consider the matter of coolness. The plans for factories on the South…

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Australian Affairs. South Australian Loan. The Offer of a Syndicate. Sheep for Mutton and Wool. The Revenue Returns -- Affected by the Melbourne Financial Crisis -- A Company's Dividend. LONDON, January 5

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 5

The syndicate which is prepared to offer a loan of £1,000,000 to the South Australian Government at a minimum of £92 has been compelled to postpone the formal offer on…

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Australian Wool Items. the Holiday Season. the Next Auction Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 41

The woolbrokers, both buyers and sellers, have been keeping close holiday for the Christmas and New Year's holidays since December 22, and regular business will not be resumed until Tuesday, January…

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The Season's Wool Fleet. the Half-year's Work. The New South Wales Clip. Sydney's Shipping Firms. Preparations for the New Year

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 3

AS stated in our " Monetary and Commercial Review " yesterday, there has virtually been nothing transpiring in the wool world for the past two weeks, all hands being only…

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Temora, the Centre of One of the Best Wheat-growing, Agricultural, and Mining Districts in Australia. (See illustrations on pages 26 and 27.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 26

Among the many flourishing and progressive centres in New South Wales the township of Temora occupies a prominent position. Temora is the natural centre of one of the best…

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