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Farming & the land, 1893

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Our Butter Export Trade

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 21

A DEPUTATION, representative of the dairy-farming industry laid before the Premier on Thursday the outlines of a scheme to develop the butter export trade. The proposal is that an Act should…

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Disease Among African Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 30

Within the past year and a half (wrote an American contemporary at the commencement of this year) a terrible epidemic had destroyed millions of the cattle of Africa, and inflicted a…

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Wheat and Flour

Evening News · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, May 4.—Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 33s 3d, firm.; Victorian, 33s, firm.; New Zealand long-berried, 30s, market firmer. Australian flour:…

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The Pastoral Industry. a Favourable Season

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 22

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 6

The following cable has been received dated London, Thursday :-- Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited:-- "The sales closed firm, and prices were…

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The Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 6

LONDON, Friday.--In the Bradford wool market 60's are quoted at 21½d, and supers at 22½d…

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Bradford Wool Market

Evening News · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, May 4.—The market for Bradford tops is quiet, though prices are very firm…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 9

The weather is fine and rather frosty. Farmers are all busy ploughing. The ground is in splendid order, owing to the late rains. The following are the crossings over the Common for the week:—29th…

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Victorian Wheat. London, May 5

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 5

Victorian wheat by the ship Gladstone has been sold in London at 30s 6d per quarter…

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Curious Sheep-stealing Case. Magistrates in Doubt

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 5

A young man named Jacob Davis was brought before the Ballarat Police Court on Thursday morning charged with stealing 21 sheep, the property of Thomas…

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The Wheat Market. London, May 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 9

The visible supply of American wheat, according to Bradstreet's Circular, is about 95,710,000 bushels. The cargo of Australian wheat ox ship…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 15

At a large-attended meeting of fruitgrowers recently held at Adelaide resolutions were carried to the effect that the Government should provide expertsto assist the fruitgrowers in…

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COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. MAY 3

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 936

The market is strong notwithstanding the unprecedented banking situation. Prices remain very firm, and there is no great pressure to sell, many growers preferring to hold wool rather than cash…

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Bradford Wool Market. London, May 5

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 4

On the Bradford wool market sixteen are quoted at 21 12d per lb, and superfines at 22 12d per lb…

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The London Wool Sales. Market Firm

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 16

LONDON, Tuesday.— The present series of wool auction sales continues, with an unchanged market. Tumbledool, Paiks, and Tabratong clips have been sold at 9d, and Haddoa Rig and…

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The Australian Wool Market. a Pleasant Review

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 21

THE following is extracted from the annual review of Goldsbrongh, Mort and Co., Limited:— The past year may be said to have been one of unparalleled succees for the local wool markets,…

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American Wool Items. New York and Chicago Markets

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 41

From New York exchanges dated March 23, we glean the following in regard to the wool trade in that city: The quiet waiting market of the past month continues. The week just ended has been without…

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Seasonable Farm Notes for May. the Adaptability of Crops

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 22

The majority of farmers rarely give this subject a thought. The idea of the crop he is sowing being suitable for the soil or the climate of the locality is seldom, thought of by the so celled practical…

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London Wool Items. the Apeil-may Sales. Cable Advices

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 41

The cablegrams from London during the week, it will be seen, have indicated that the firm tone so noticeable throughout the series now closing is being maintained, and that for some sorts an upward…

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Types of Wool. Plate Vii. (See illustrations on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 23

No. 53. Stud ram, evidently housed and artificially fed, bred by Messrs. Marshall and Slade, Glengallon, Darling Downs, Queensland. The staples measure 3?in long, having 23 curves…

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