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Farming & the land, 1894

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--At the London wool sales there is no improvement in prices and 30,000 bales have been withheld from sale…

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The Wheat Harvest. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 9

The Register's estimate of the wheat harvest gives 1,725,423 acres reaped, yielding 14,042,125 bushels, or as average per acre of 8 bushels 8lb. Last year the acreage was 1,710,355…

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The Standard Weight of Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 214

The time is not far distant when this colony will take a large share in Australasia's exportation of wheat. New South Wales stands so high in the list of averages reaped per acre that her…

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Albury Wool and Produce Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 7

ALBURY, Friday.--The fortnightly auction sales of wool and produce from the boiling-down establishments in this district were held to-day. Melbourne and Sydney buyers were in attendance, and operated…

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This Wheat Yield. a Large Increase

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday.--An estimate of the wheat harvest for the season 1893-4 shows that there is a great increase on the yield for 1892-3, the average return being 1 bushel…

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Wheat and Rye on Corn Stubble

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 9

Many farmers plant corn stubble to wheat and rye, an I are usually in such a hurry that there lows of shocks are placed together and the balance of the field cowed. This…

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Australian Produce in Vancouver. Sydney Butter Spoken Highly Of

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 46

By the R.M.S. Arawa (says the Vancouver DAILY WORLD) there arrived in the city, consigned to Messrs. Oppenheimer Brothers, a couple of tons of butter, manufactured near Sydney,…

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United States Tariff. Free Wool Provision Postponed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 12

LONDON, January 29— The House of Representatives in the United States has postponed the operation of the free wool schedule until August 1…

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Duty on Wheat in France. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 9

The French Customs Committee has fixed the duty on wheat imported into France at 8 francs per 100 kilos, The amount of duty is to be reduced when…

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Farm Crops

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 21

The grain crop, with the exception of maize, is now over, and farmers who took the advice given in these columns are rejoicing over their success and their abundance of produce, while the…

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Butter, Bacon, and Bulls. A Few Notes on the South Coast. II

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 214

There can be no two opinions with regard to the merits of Shellharbour as an attractive resort for city folk who need a few days' rest combined with good air, fishing, and boating. It is remarkably…

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The N.s.w. Butter Export. (By Our Special Commissioner.) I.—the Sydney Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 13

"The difference between Victoria and New South Wales is just this: In Victoria they manufacture the butter expressly for export and sell the surplus locally, whilst in New South…

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The Season's Wool Fleet. New South Wales Shipments. Local and London Sales. Sydney's Shipping Firms

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 2

The London sales, as far as they had progressed up till Thursday, resulted in the withdrawal only of 11,000 bales out of catalogues of 140,000 bales. The latest news…

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The Ulster Farmers and Eviction

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 6

The farmers of the North are the same flesh and blood as their brothren in the past of Ireland. They have in spite of their loyalty the same rooted objection to eviction. We are not…

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The Farmers and Settlers' Association. Executive Council Meeting

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 8

A MEETING of the executive council of the above association has beers convened to be held at Young on the 15th inst. Mr. M. M. Ryan, secretary, explains in his circular to that effect that the…

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Meeting of Farmers and Settlers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 9

AN important executive council meeting of the Fanners and Settlers' Association will be held at Young on the 10th instant. According to a paragraph on page 8 the date is erroneously stated…

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Seasonable Farm Notes for February. General Remarks

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 21

HOT and scorching weather has been the role for the past few weeks over the greater part of the colony, and the result is that water and pasture is rapidly running short. Over the greater part of…

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The Farmers Movement

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 13

IT was hardly to be expected that the movement net on food at the late Cootamundra Farmers' Conference for the mobilizing— to the a military term, very suitable for the…

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Crop Reports

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 217

The rains of the past few days have done considerable damage to some of the crops in the district. This is due solely to the inaction of the farmers themselves, who neglected to get their crops gathered…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 216

The latest report we have from the grader of the Dairy Farmers' Export Association states that dry number of boxes packed and graded in connection with the Dairy weather has lessened…

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