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Farming & the land, 1893

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A Family Poisoned. Eating Tinned Sheep Tongues

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A family at Bolangum, named Homley, consisting of the husband, wife, and four children, have been poisoned by eating tinned sheep tongues…

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Condition of the Crops. the December Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 3

The report on the condition of the growing crops for December has been issued by the Agricultural Department. The report contains the following remarks:--"It is a…

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Condition of the Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 4

ALBURY, Thursday.--The weather is warm, and harvesting operations are nearing completion. The yield of wheat is one of the best ever known here, and large quantities…

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Australian Affairs. the Federation Proposal. The Condition of Queensland. Rumors of Australian Loans. Effect on the Stock Market -- Banks and Companies' Dividends -- Australian Wheat. LONDON, January 12

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 5

Mr. Barton's action in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in regard to the federation of the Australian colonies is generally approved by members of the…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 65

A dry warm week has given a fair chance to the harvesters of wheat, and tome serviceable work was done all through the colony. The warmest day was Monday, during which the humidity of the…

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The Pastoral Leases

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 4

AS Parliament will shortly, have to deal with the question of the pastoral leases in the Central Division, it is well that the exact state of the…

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Latest Pastoral News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 13

Deniliquin.—Messrs. Braim, Stevenson, and Company report under date January 12: The weather has been very warm since our last report. We report the aale of 2800 4-year-old owes, on account of…

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Wool Ships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 8

Messrs. J. S. Mailler and Company cleared another wool ship yesterday for London. The Artemis has done fairly well, securing 4900 bales in a keenly contested season. She will put to sea to-day or to-morrow. Following her will be…

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Butter Export. a Circular

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 40

In the last circular issued to the various cooperative butter factories by the South Coast and West Camden Company, emphatic reference is made to the necessity for all companies allowing…

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Exports Generally. MEAT—FRUIT—BUTTER

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 27

MEAT.—New Zealand, where they have brought the export of meat to the highest standard on this side of the world, is now declared free from scab, and the…

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Sheep-Breeding. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 72

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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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 10

Stock movements: 440 mermo wethers, from Rotherfield to Melbourne, Wallace and Guenett owners; 2240 merino wethers, from Bra[?] Springs to Tumbarumba, T. H. Mats and Co. owners; 919…

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Exportation of Butter. Threatened Glut in the Market

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 16

IN the last circular issued to the various co-operative butter factories in the South Coast and West Camden Company, reference is made to the necessity for all companies allowing a percentage…

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Bradford Wool Market. London, January 13

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 5

The Bradford wool market is inactive. "Sixties" tops are quoted at 20d. per lb.; and superfine at 20½d. per lb. The demand for crossbreds is steady…

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The United States. the Wool Tariff

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 13.—The National Association of Wool Manufacturers of the United States, at a meeting at New York, passed a resolution protesting against…

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Wool. Notes on the Wool Trade. Weekly Review of the Australian and London Markets

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 41

Four auction sales were held during the holiday fleason, but those sales consisted of oddments and small "star" lots. At these sales there was a good attendance of buyers, and prices were well…

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Dalton Brothers' New Mill. the Wheat Season

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 10

THE whistle of Messrs. Dalton Brothers' new roller mills recently announced (says the WESTERN ADVOCATE, Orange) that they had commenced operations on the present season's wheat, now…

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Queensland News. Agricultural and Pastoral. Dranglit In the North-west. The Dynamite Outrage. Insolyency Business. General News. BRISBANE, January 9. Agricultural and Pastoral News

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

The second instalments (amounting to £230,000) due on lands recently sold under the Special Sales of Land Act were promptly paid into the Treasury at the end of…

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The London Wool Market. (From Our Correspondent.) London, Dec. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 11

At the wool auctions here there was apparent at the close of last week some unsteadiness, and for several days subsequently irregularity in prices for all but the best class of wools was manifest…

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The Price of Wheat. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star")

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 10

Sir, -- Your issue of yesterday's paper containing Article No. 5, entitled " Tile Truth About the Tariff," must be to the thinking population of New South Wales a pleasing…

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