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Farming & the land, 1893

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Agriculture in England The Farmers' Conference

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 2

THE organising committee of the National Agricultural Conference (England) met on November 29 at Norfolk House. The committee determined upon the following…

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Condition of the Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

Sr. MARYS, Monday.--Local crops are benefiting by the warm weather. Vignerons skill anticipate fair yields, and fruit-growers are very much dissatisfied…

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New Zealand State Farms. the Experiment to Be Watched in Europe

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

London, Monday.--Sir Julius Vogel, in the course of a letter to the press, says he welcomes the decision of the New Zealand Government with regard to the…

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Australian Butter

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 9.-A portion of the Australian butter brought br the Oroya has been sold at 112b to 114s per cwt. The prospects of further large arrivals…

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The London Wheat Market

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the following message, dated 10th instant, from its London office:-Wheat: Stocks are heavy, and the market…

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Condition of the Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 5

DUNGOG, Tuesday.--The corn crops look well, and there is every prospect of a bountiful season, although blue mould is affecting the tobacco crop…

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The Butter Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Colonial butter, factory made, best quality, 114s per cwt,; dairy made, best quality, 107s per cwt…

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Wheat and Flour

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 10.-The quantity of wheat and flour afloat to the United Kingdom is now estimated at 2,688,000 quarters. The quantity afloat to the Continent…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Coonamble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 8

Nail and Co.'s stock report:—2000 fat ewes, from Youie station to Homebush, via Rylestone, W. G. Taylor owner, G. Whitehead in charge; 2000 wethers, from Emily station to Homebush, via…

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Destructive Fire. Wool Stores Destroyed

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 11.-By the burning of some large wool stores [?] Boston 5,500,0001b of wool has been destroyed. The total damage amounts to £300,000…

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The Railways and the Wool Traffic

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 6

SINCE the commencement of the present financial year of the railways, viz., July 1 last, 538,000 bales of wool have been received at the terminal stations at Darling…

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Trades and Labor News. Fellmongers, Wool-classers, &c

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of this association was held on Tuesday evening last in North Botany Town Hall, Mr. J. H. Hughes in the chair. Officers were elected for the…

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Fire in America. a Boston Wool Warehouse Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--A disastrous fire occurred in Boston, United States, last night, by which the wool warehouse of Messrs. Steeht Brothers was completely…

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Extensive Fire in Boston. Wool Stores Destroyed. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 7

By the burning of some large wool stores in Boston, 5,500,0001b. of wool has been destroyed. The total damage amounts to £300,000. Half the loss falls…

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Farm Fires. Bathurst

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 5

Two farmers named Mr. Thos. Kent and Mr. Peacock, both residing at Perth, lost by fire four and two stacks of hay respectively. The fire originated from a spark from the…

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Australian Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Cargoes of off-coast Australian (December) wheat are quoted at from 32s to 33s per quarter…

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The Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Theo R.M.S. Ballarat, which leaves for London on Saturday, will take a consignment of 550 tons of Victorian butter, which, at 1s per lb., will…

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Export of Butter. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 7

Five hundred and fifty tons of butter will be exported on Saturday next by the Ballaarat. Three thousand tons have been exported by Victoria up to date…

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The Carriage of Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 4

The returns of wool carried by railway to Darling Harbor, Morpeth and Newcastle for the period from July 1 to January 10 of 1892-93, as compared with the corresponding…

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Poisoned by Sheep Tongues. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 5

A family named Hemley, consisting of the husband, wife and four children, residing at Bolangum, have been poisoned by eating tinned sheep tongues, and are in a…

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