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Farming & the land, 1894

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Pastoral Intelligence. (Ffrom Our Correspondents.) Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 9

Stock passings: On the 3rd 5500 ewes, from Memagong to Goulburn, W. W. Young owner; 6009 sheep, from Niela, Cowra, to Meat Chilling Works, Young, James Ewan owner, 6th, 200 fat 6heep,…

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Butter, Bacon, and Bulls. No. III

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 267

While taking part in the Wollongong Show last week I had a friendly chat with some of the dairy farmers about the country milk trade with Sydney. The great centre of supply on the coast…

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Disease in Wheat and Oats

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 4

Mr. Charles Mapperson, a well-known agriculturist of Moama, has, in response to a circular recently issued by the New South Wales Agricultural Department in regard…

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The Cost of Wheat-growing

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 267

Recent statistics from the United States of America favour the view that it costs more to grow wheat there than it does in Australia. The Statesman says, in effect, that Mr. J. B. Stump…

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The Wool Trams From Parkes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 5

In The Daily Telegraph of Wednesday last there appeared an interview with Mr. Kirkaldie on the subject of the competition between horse teams and the railway line in…

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The Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 9

After an interval of about 10 days, the local wool sales were resumed to-day. In consequence of the smallness of the catalogues, the whole of the Melbourne selling brokers—viz., seven—sold…

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Wool to Sydney by Team

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 269

On Tuesday morning an unusual sight was witnessed in Sydney—the passing through the main thoroughfare of four teams of wool. They were drawn by horses, and had come from Warrigal…

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The Wheat Market. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 9

Two cargoes of wheat comprising 7500 quarters, February and March shipment, hare been sold at 25s 6d per quarter…

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Anthrax in Sheep. M. Pasteur's Specific. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 9

M. Pasteur, the eminent bacteriologist, lins offered an Australian syndicate the sole Australian rights in regard to his specific for the cure of anthrax, for a sum…

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THE N.S.W. Butter Export. (By Our Special Commissioner.) No. Ii. the South Coast Dairies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 13

The little seaport of Kiama may justly claim the credit of having been the birthplace of ce-operative dairying in Australia.Here, within a mile or so of the tiny harbour, the first factory was…

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Fire on the Dorunda. Great Damage to Cargo. Wool and Hides Jettisoned. One Man Drowned

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 12

THURSDAY ISLAND, Tuesday.— Captain Prentice, of the steamer Duke of Argyle, from London, reports that a serious fire was burning on the British India Company's steamer Dorunda,…

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The Season's Wool Fleet. Australasian Exports. Nearly £18,000,000 Worth of Fleece. London and Local Sales-Sydney's Shipping Firms

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 3

The London January sales were concluded on Tuesday, the total number of bales sold being 234,000, of which 139,000 bales went to the Continent and 1000 bales to America,…

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The Weather. Good Crop Prospects. Welcome Showers in the Country

Evening News · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 4

Throughout yesterday rain was pretty general in the metropolis and country districts. It had little effect, however, on the temperature, an unpleasantly close and oppressive atmosphere…

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The Farmers' Platform

Evening News · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 5

YOUNG, Saturday.— Mr. G. F. Plunkett presided over a meeting of the executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association yesterday. The following platform for the general election…

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Farm Notes. Watering

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 21

THIS is a most important operation during this season. He who never allows his plants to become too dry or too wet, whether they be in pots in the greenhouse, is the soil in the garden…

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Tee Farmers' and Settlers' Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 9

The executive council of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association met ut Young this afternoon, those present being Mr. G. F. Plunkett, president; Mr. J. J. Miller, vice-president; Mr. F. Pinkstone, treasurer…

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The Farm in February

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 266

There have been fair opportunities to cart the wheat to market, and, therefore, the ploughing may commence some weeks earlier than was possible last year. Place the harvest machinery safely…

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Crop Reports

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 269

New maize has arrived in this city from the northern rivers. The young sugarcane of the Clarence looks better than any crop known during the last 12 years…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 269

The butter grader of the Dairy Farmers' Export Association reports for last week that the export was about 1836 boxes, equal to 46 tons, of butter. The butter arrived in so soft a state that it is apparent…

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A Check on Farm Hands. Being the Suggestion of Mr. Silas Peters, Agriculturist, of Sch0harie

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 4

Thet new hired man o' mine,it seems to me, Ain't allers workin' hard,'s he oughter be. I ain't got time to watch him all the day, To see ef he's at work an' not at play…

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