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Farming & the land, 1893

4,521 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 227

Colonial Dairy Produce. London, April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1893 · page 5

Early this month the butter and cheese shipped from Melbourne by the E.M.S. Cuzco, was opened by Mr. D. Wilson, the Victorian dairy expert, in the presence of…

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Female Suffrage. to the Editor of the Dairy Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 April 1893 · page 5

Sir,--As the question of female suffrage is securing a considerable amount of attention at the present time in this and other English-speaking countries, any facts regarding its…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 801

Some rain fell over the coastal area of the colony between Friday and Saturday mornings of last week, with a maximum recorded at Gabo Island 2in. and 20 points. In the N.W. light rain fell, at Gulgong,…

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Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 15

A London cablegram, dated April 15, stated that Mr. D. Wilson, the dairy export sent to London by the Victorian Government in order to study the conditions of the butter and cheese…

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Bacilli in Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 22

Dr. Lafar, one of the most distinguished German bacteriologists of the day, discovers that butter is full of bacilli, their numbers being many when the outside of a pat is examined, but fewer…

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Seed Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 21

The Department of Agriculture has for distribution the seed of several varieties of wheat, in small lots, to experimenters who make early application. These wheats are those recommended by…

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Wheat and Flour

Evening News · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, April 20.—Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 33s 3d, quiet; Victorian, 33s, flat; New Zealand long-berried, 30s, market flat. Australian floor: Superfine, 25s,…

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London Wool Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 41

Under date London, March 8, Jacomb, Son and Company report: Since the close of the Colonial wool sales here on February 18 there has been a brisk demand in this market, chiefly from the Continent, and…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 6
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The following cables have been received, dated Loudon, Thursday, with reference to the progress of the April-May series of sales: --…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 10

During the past week little or nothing has been done in the local market, and although it is generally understood that large British and continental orders are still in the hands…

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Famous Wool Presses

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 23

For several years past Mr. F. Mason, the wellknown and successful agricultural implement and machine manufacturer and importer, of 239 Sussex street, Sydney, has made the manufacture…

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Distribution of Seed Wheat

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 6

THE following circular has been issued by the Department of Agriculture;— The Department of Agriculture has for distribution the seed of several varieties of wheat…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 10

Stock movements: 1500 merino wethers, from Round Hill to B[?] W. Newc[?] owner[?] 100 horses, from Albury to C[?], James Green owner…

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The Bradford Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 6

LONDON, Friday. -- At the Bradford wool market 60's are quoted at 21½d, and supers at 22¼d…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle. the Koch Test

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 23

The detection of bovine tuberculosis in its early stages by the ordinary methods is very difficult and in many cases practically impossible. By the time the disease has progressed far enough to be…

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The "Moffat-Virtue" Patent Sheep-shearing Machine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 23

The Moffat-Virtue sheep shearing machines are of the class commonly known as mechanical machines, so called to distinguish them from those known as pneumatic machines. The inventors,…

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The Export Trade. Meat, Fruit, and Butter. Meat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 15

New Zealand frozen mutton, first quality, was worth in London, April 13, 4¼d per lb; second quality was worth 3¾d; New Zealand lamb (Canterbury), first quality, 5¾d; New Zealand beef,…

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Breeding and Fattening Sheep in New Zealand. No. II

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 799

The Southdown or Sussex is the breed through which all the other downs have been improved. The head is small, and closely woolled on and up to the ears (naked ears are objectionable) and on the…

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Young. Once Called Lambing Flat. a Flourishing District, Devoted to Pastoral and Agricultural Pursuits. (By Our Travelling Representative.) (See illustrations on pages 26 and 27.) 1861

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 26

Over 30 years have passed since the historic "Lambing Flat riots" broke out, and which had to be subdued by the military forces of the Government of the day. It will be of interest to…

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