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Farming & the land, 1894

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Farm Notes. Laying Out Orchards

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

Those who intend planting evergreen fruit trees should see to it at once. The site most suitable for this class has been explained in these columns already, and case should be eeercised in this as…

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Prize Farm Imlements

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 22

THE 1894 National Prizes offered by the New South Wales Government for the best collection of machinery and implements has been secured by Messrs. James Martin and Co., of Sydney. The…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 477

The annual meeting of shareholders in the Hawkesbury Butter Factory was held on the 28th February, when a very satisfactory report and balance-sheet was presented by the managing director,…

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Messrs. Farmer and Company's Autumn Costumes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 496

At Victoria House there has also been a show of costumes very varied and extensive, from which some of the most distinctive are selected. 1. The first is, without exception, one of the…

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The Sewage Farm

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 4

IT was very pleasant, at Monday’s special meeting of the Borough Council of Parramatta, to hear Alderman THORPE pass a tribute to the…

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Sewage Farm. Parramatta Granville Scheme. Consideration Postponed

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 7

The tenor of the evidence tendered recently by the Mayor (Ald. Withers) before the Public Works Committee in Sydney led to the convening of another special meeting on Monday…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 42

The various branches of this association have been called upon to meet again in conference, this time in Junee, on Easter Tuesday, March 27, and following days. The following is the circular;…

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Great Floods. the Macleay, Hunter, Paterson, and Williams Rivers in Flood. Kempsey Flooded. Immense Damage to Crops: Flood Att-port Macquarie. Immense Areas Submerged

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 13

KEMPSEY, Tuesday Night.— The heaviest rain ever recorded here fell on Monday night, and the river rose and filled all the low-lying land round the town. The water…

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The Brush Farm Job Dundas Ratepayers Protest

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 4

The audacious announcement made in the Assembly a few weeks ago that it was the intention of the Government to lease whit was left of the Brush Farm estate for ten years at…

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Home-made Measures for the Farm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 10

It takes but little time to nail together several bushel or half bushel measures. The former are the more convenient. A standard bushel contains 2,150 2-4 cubic inches…

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Making Hard Soap on the Farm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 10

Nearly every farmer's wife can save the grease necessary for making all the soap needed in the family. One who has taken the first prize for hard soap at the country…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 7

The following quantities of wool were manifested on Saturday:--By rail, 148 bales ; coastwise, 107; received at Newcastle on Friday, 23…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Louth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 6

Eight thousand wethers have passed through Louth from Nelyambo station for Bourke boiling-down works, E. H. James in charge, Wallace Ross owner. Sixtysix points of rain have fallen here during the past…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--At the current London wool sales 120,000 bales have been sold. The Browne clip realised 8d per lb., the Cungera clip 8¼d per lb., and…

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Summary for European Mail. Wool Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 5

The following shipments of wool from New South Wales have taken place during the week. FROM SYDNEY. BALES Mar 10 Wilcannia, s, for London ... 2647…

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The Weather. a Southern Change. Some Phenomenal Rainfalls. Flood on the Hunter Feared. a Steamer Ashore. Damage to Crops in the Country

Evening News · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 4

The south-easterly change taken by the wind on Saturday morning brought about the rain that has for some time past been threatening in the city. Heavy showers fell during Saturday…

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Hawkesbuky Agricultural College. the College Experimental Farm. Honors Avon by Students

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 2

Saturday was a day on which the students at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College received their annual treat in the shape of a visit from the Minister in charge of the…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 7

The following quantities of wool were manifested yesterday:-- By rail, 63 bales; coastwise, 93…

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Victorian Butter

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 5

LONDON, March 12.—The War Office ex-perts who were requested to inspect Victorian butter report that the samples tested in the Woolwich and London hospitals were…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 7

The following cable intelligence has been received with reference to the progress of the March series of London wool sales :-- The New Zealand Land Association, Limited…

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