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Farming & the land, 1893

4,521 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 227

A Wheat "Corner."

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 4

LONDON, March 30.—Chicago capitalists are organising a wheat "corner," and have already secured 11,000,000 bushels…

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American Wool Notes. Threatened with Free Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 42

Writing on the wool industry the OHIO FARMER writen as follows: Will free wool come? That romains to be soon. It is by no means certain that the Senate will not yet be in condition to stand as a wall…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondent.) Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 10

The following stock passings are reported:—330 wethers, Thomas Laug, Prairio Grange, owner, going to Sydney market, by rail: 450 fat merine ewes Kiddle owner, from Walbundric station, going…

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Wool. Notes on the Wool Trade. Australian and London Markets

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 42

The local wool market has been confined entirely to private transactions during tho past woek, and buyers are operating very freely consequent on the latest London advices. Current market prices in the…

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The Butter Market. Development of the Local Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 29

A feature of the great growth of our trade in du ir y produce which has not hitherto been touched on is the remarkable development of local consumption, a…

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London Wool Items. Closing the Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 42

The first series of the London wool sales, which opened on January 21, closed on the 25th of that month, only some 30,000 bales being held over. Of the quantity sold about 100,000 bales were taken for…

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The Butter and Fruit Trade. Inquiries by a Victorian Expert

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Wilson, the dairy expert sent to England by the Victorian Government to ascertain the best condition of forwarding dairy produce from…

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A Wheat "Corner" in Chicago. London, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 9

Chicago capitalists are organising a wheat "corner," and have already secured 11,000,000 bushels…

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Silk v. Wool. How the Silkworm Pays in Favorable Localities

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 19

Some papers laid on the table of the Assembly on March 21 by the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, appear of…

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Australian Affairs. the Condition of Victoria. N.Z. Colonising Company. Wallerawang Iron Co. The Butter and Fruit Trade--The Australian Cricketers--Bank of Australasia. France and Australia--The Wool Market. LONDON, March 30

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 5

Miss Shaw, the special correspondent in Australia of the Times, has contributed an article upon the condition of affairs in Victoria. Dealing with the borrowing of the…

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The Australian Town and Country Journal. "Past, present, future." Sydney, Saturday, April 1, 1893. Wheat and Meat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 18

PROFESSOR ROBERT WALLACE, of Edinburgh, rend on February 14 last a paper before the Royal Colonial Institute, London, concerning Australasian resources…

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Mixed Farms. National Prizes

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 6

The report of the judge, Mr. J. A. Despeissis, of mixed farms in the southern tablelands has been duly received and submitted, to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture. The competition is…

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The Baby Farming Case. Sentence of Death Upon Both the Prisoners

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 6

As intimated by his Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer, in Banco on Thursday, the prisoners, John and Sarah Matin, were that afternoon brought up for sentence at the Central Criminal…

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Farm and Household

The Methodist · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 9

LIQUID MANURE.—There can be no doubt that liquid excrement of most domestic animals is equal in value to their droppings, and yet this is what is…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 643

The tenth report of the Dairymen's Association for the province of Quebec contains some information about Canadian dairying. In order to thoroughly test the efficacy of the Babcock test, some of the…

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Farm Produce. Judges: Messrs. B. Conlon, F. E. Terry, and H. Farnsworth

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 652

There was a good display of farm produce, although the number of exhibits was not so great as last year. The trophies, which consisted of collections of farm produce, were very nicely got up. The…

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Dairy Produce. Judges: Messrs. H. W. Lee, W. Matthews, R. Louden, and J. Trotter

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 652

There were some fine samples of butter shown in this section, the exhibitors being the various dairy companies and butter factories. The champion prize for the best exhibit of butter packed ready for export…

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Return of Agricultural Crops. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 651

The Government Statist has prepared a return of the principal agricultural crops for the season 1892. The figures relating to wheat show an area under cultivation of 1,382,521 acres, yielding…

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Baby-farming Case. Conviction Confirmed. Sentence of Death

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 6

Tho judgment of thr Full Court on the Makin case was concluded shortly after 12 o'clock. Sir George Innes read a lengthy…

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New Zealand Colonising Company. the Scheme Promoted by the Bank of New Zealand. North of Ireland Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--The New Zealand Colonising Company, which is being formed with the object of working several estates in New Zealand, of the…

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