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Farming & the land, 1894

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The Flood in the Hawkesbury. Windsor Partially Inundated. Great Damage to Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 March 1894 · page 6

WINDSOR, Thursday. -- The river broke over the banks last night, and continued to rise till midday, and is this evening at a standstill. The greater portion of the maize…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 581

Considerably more than half the colony received good rain daring the 17th, 18th, and 19th instant, and Sydney has had an abundance. Bega had 4in. and Gape George 3in., and about Bodalla from…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 7

The quantities of wool manifested for week ending Friday areas follow:--By rail, 449 bales; coastwise, 187; total, 636…

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Latest Pastoral News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 40

Gunnedah.—Bacon and Company report, under date March 20: We quitted 3000 mixed sheep at auction at Coonabarabran last Wednesday. Bullocks of fattening ages in fair request. Our sales for week…

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Australian Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 7

LONDON, Friday.--Australian wheat, off coast cargoes, is quoted at 25s 6d per quarter…

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A Model Butter Factory

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 6

From the Wairarapa Observer (N.Z.), we copy the following, written by Mr. P. C. Freeth, late of the NEPEAN TIMES. The artricle is a particularly interesting one to our…

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Sale of Pedigree Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 42

In our business columns is announced the intention of Mr. Tom Mason, of Carnarvon, Tasmania, to dispose of his well-known flock of pure pedigreed Shropshire Downs sheep at an early date. When it is…

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Railway Freights for Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Minister for Railways, in replying to a deputation from the wimmer[?], district, finally refused any reductions in the wheat freights. He had,…

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Rust in Wheat Conference

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 22

AN Intercolonial Rust in Wheat Conference has been Fitting at Brisbane this week. It opened on Tuesday. The work of the past year will be con-sidered, especially in regard to rust-resisting…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondent.) Germanton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 9

Stock movements:—500 sheep, Albury to Maidstone, Little Billabong, James Coleman owner; 4000 mixed sheep, Tooma to Lake Albert Boilingdown Works, W. Jones owner; 650 ewes, Tugford…

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Taralga Pastoral and Agricultural Show. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 10

The annual show of the Taralga Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Wednesday and Thursday. The weather was unprepitious, but the attendance was fair. Many exhibits were kept away…

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The Bradford Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 7

London, Friday.--In the Bradford wool market tops were yesterday quoted 60's at 20d, supers at 21d, crossbred at 30d, and 6's at 13¼d…

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Wool. Notes on the Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 42

No auction sales were held during the week, but it is said that a few odd lots were secured privately. Wool continues to arrive in the metropolis by rail and coastwise, the total number of bales for the week…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 13

For the fortnightly sales held on Wednesday and Thursday, the catalogues which had been prepared consisted chiefly, in the greasy section, of wools of an unattractive character, such as station oddments…

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London Wool Market. the Antwerp Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 7

LONDON, February 16.--The first series of River Plate wool sales for the year has been held this week in Antwerp, occupying three days (13 to 15), when about 6500 bales were…

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Cultivator and Grazier. Cattle. (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.") British Domestic Breeds. the Kerry and Dexter Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 21

Among British breeds of cattle the Kerry and Dexter occupy a place in Ireland analogous to the West Highland cattle in Scotland. These animals are descended undoubtedly from the…

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The Churn Test and the Chemical Test for Butter Production

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 22

Just now, when so much is being said by dairymen as to payment by results, and the employment of apparati for determining the butter-fat in milk, the following article, detailing actual…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the First Series

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 42

Latest mail advices to band contain particulars of the close of the January-February series, the first of six of the London auction sales of Australian and Cape wools. A correspondent writes: The London…

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The Butter Trade. Ought to Be Chilled Before Shipping Grader's Report

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 44

Very little fresh can be reported in the matter of our butter trade, any further than shipments continue to go forward, and prices on the London market do not present any very great difference…

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The London Wool Market. (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 13

In view of the fact that the prompts for last sevies' purchases are not yet espired, and that the selling brokers meet next week to arrange the programme for the next and second…

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