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Farming & the land, 1894

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The Farmers' Conference

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 13

THE special conference of the Farmers and Settlers Association which met on Tuesday at Junes has fulfilled its object. This was to decide whether the fiscal issue…

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Farm Work

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 21

On well-managed farms there is no portion of the year which can be set apart for absolute rest. When the crops are ripe they must be gathered in. When the fields are cleaved of one crop they…

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Root Crops

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 21

In warm districts, an autumn crop of potatoes should be sown this month. In some localities, the autumn crop will naturally yi[?]ld a better return than either spiring or summer planted ones,…

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The Farmers' Conference. Junee

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 641

In accordance with the resolution passed at a meeting of the executive council of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, held at Young on the 9th February last, the April…

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Farm Topics for April

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 630

The recent weather experienced throughout this part of Australia very closely resembled what was reported during the corresponding term of 1893. There was a dry time for the harvesting, which…

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Goldfields and Farms

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 630

The opening of the Wyalong goldfield has caused such a stir amongst the agriculturists of the South that it is a matter for regret other quarters of the colony are not influenced by…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 634

Last week the agents for the P. and O. and Orient companies hod an interview with the Minister of Agriculture for Victoria relative to the freights on butter and other products shipped from here in the…

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The Junee Conference Farmers and Protection Delegates in Sydney

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 4

The Farmers' Association delegates having voiced the feeling of their class by declaring without dissent for the national policy of protection the leading free-trade journals…

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The Farmers' Conference. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 9

Sir,--There is a motto, which, I am afraid, is not meted out in this colony, i.e., "Justice to all men." Will you please grant me space in your valuable columns to make a brief…

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Farm Notes

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 10

NEVER Bet milk or cream in a cellar where there is the least smell of mold. To avoid white specks in butter, keep bite of coppered casein out of the…

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Farm Produce

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 6

This was, perhaps, the least attractive exhibit on the ground. Prizes were offered for wheaten hay and oaten hay. For the former, W H Tuckwell, jun, carried off first and…

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Farmers' Conference at Junee. the Central Division Leases

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 47

JUNEE, Tuesday— A conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales was held at the Council Chambers to-day. Mr. G. F. Plunkett (president) took the…

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Dairy Records

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 42

At a recent meeting of the Gerringong Council the local inspeotor under the Dairies Supervision Act gave in his quarterly report on the dairy premises and herds. Out of 2134 hoad of cows inspected only…

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Notes for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 21

Infertile eggs can never hatch, and never become rotten. A rotten egg is a sign that there has been a germ of life. There is no more healthy food than milk, but…

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A Model Syndicate. An Ex-School Teacher Shears the Sheep. How Mining Specs are Floated in Brisbane

Truth · Sunday 1 April 1894 · page 7

SOME months ago, flushed with the news from West Australia, a syndicate was formed in Brisbane for the ostensible purpose of working & claim somewhere in the…

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Australian Factory Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--The Australian factory butter by the steamer Nairnshire has realised 96s per cent…

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Australian Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--Australian wheat for present delivery is quoted at 25s per quarter…

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Rust in Wheat Conference

The Australian Star · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 6

The delegates from this colony to the Rust in Wheat Conference, which has been sitting in Brisbane, have returned to Sydney. The conference at its sittings decided…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondent.) Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 3

The following stock pa[?] are reported:—340 rams, Rye Park to Bourke, H, Hums (owner) in charge 600 swes, from Ko[?] waths to Gim Logan, S. Byan (owner) in charge [?]0 mixed cattle,…

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Australasian & Cape Wool Importers, 1893

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 3

The "DAILY COMMERCIAL NEWS AND SHIPPING LIST" is indebted to Messrs Messrs John Sanderson and Co. of this city for the following information relating to the Imports at London of Australian and Cape Wools for 1893. Forwarded by their London house Sanderson Murray and Co…

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