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Farming & the land, 1894

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Wheat Carriage. From South to North

The Australian Star · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 5

An indication of the difference between wheat cultivation in the southern and northern districts of the colony is shown by the fact than, recently the Railway…

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The Dairying Industry

Evening News · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 6

COOMA, Friday. The Mayor presided over a large meeting yesterday to consider the expediency of establishing at suitable centres through the district butter factories and creameries…

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Loans to Farmers. Savings Bank Deposits

The Australian Star · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 5

Replying to a question asked by Mr. Perry in the House last, night, Mr. Suttor said that the amount deposited by the people of New South Wales with the…

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Dairying in Victoria. an Interesting Report. a Thriving Industry. Increase In the Exports-- Accommodation on the Mall Steamers

The Australian Star · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 5

The report furnished by Mr. D. Wilson, the Victorian Government export, with reference to the progress of dairying in Victoria, is of a most interesting character…

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New Zealand. the Frozen Meat Trade. The Enfranchised Woman. Temperance Legislation-- Farmers' Associations-- Co-operation

The Australian Star · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 5

Interviewed in Adelaide, Dr. Cockburn, Minister for Education, spoke of his experience of New Zealand gained during his trip to attend the Postal Conference. He…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 2

Sir,--My absence near the Dividing Range, at Mimosa, since the Junee conference prevented me seeing your leading article designating the conference as a fiasco before…

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Butter Freights

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 5
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LONDON, Friday, 1 p.m.--Lund's Gulf line of steamers offer butter freights at [?]d. per lb. gross…

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The Butter Market

Evening News · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 4

LONDON, April 5. The butter market is depressed. The consignments of factory butter by the Austral and Ruahine sold at 98s and a few fancy lots up to over 100s. Danish butter is unchanged…

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Daisy Farmers. Butter Exportation. Meeting of Dairymen and Agents. An Excited Meeting -- A Wandering Discussion -- Irrelevant Remarks

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 6

The meeting of dairy farmers and persons interested in the export of butter trade, under the auspices of the Dairy Farmers' Export Association, which was opened on…

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Peculiar Sheep Disease

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 42

CROOKWELL, Tuesday.—A number of sheep in the Wheeo district, near Crookwell, are afflicted with a peculiar disease, which takes the form of blindness. It generally attacks one eye, then…

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Blindness in Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 5

CROOKWELL., Friday.--In regard to the strange disease affecting sheep with blindness in the Wheco district, it is stated that the sheep appear to have been stricken just…

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Farm Notes. Profitable Industries. Our Wool

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 21

UNDER this heading could be given a long list suitable for this country, and which would absorb all our surplus labour for many years to come. Our lethargy in respect of industries is all the…

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Australian Butter in London

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 18

We print elsewhere a report concerning the disposal of Australian butter in London, showing that there is a difficulty in securing perfect honesty on the part of agents, as…

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The Butter Export Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mr. J. B. Tomkis, a representative of Messrs. Kerley and Tonge, butler merchants of London, who are doing a very large butter trade, says that he has…

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Rust in Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 4

In connection with the rust in wheat conference held in Brisbane recently, areport was adopted, embodying the results of the investigations made in the various colonies…

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Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, March 28. Farmers and Seed Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 694

Mr. Slattery, in answer to Dr. Ross, said some years back seed wheat was supplied to farmers in the Bathurst district. The fanners were afterwards called upon to pay for the seed wheat, and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 11

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, report: -- Smallness of arrivals prevented presentation of large catalogues at the fortnightly sales held on Wednesday and…

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The Wool Market

Evening News · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 4

LONDON, April 5. There is more inquiry at Bradford for tops, but little business doing…

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Rust in Wheat Conference

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 2

The suggestion as to holding the rust in wheat conferences seems to have originated at a meeting of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science, and the…

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