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Farming & the land, 1894

4,815 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 241

The Butter Glut. [Some of the Following Items Appeared in Our Late Editions of Yesterday.] Necessity for Cooperative Action

Evening News · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 5

The present heavy stocks of butter, even at this period of the season, owing to the greatly developed production, makes the question of handling the market in the farmers' interest a…

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Export of Butter. the Winter Surplus. Indications of Over-Production. Relieving the Local Market-- Exportation at a Loss-- A Proposal for Cool Storage-- Development of the Industry in Victoria

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 3

The question of the export of butter during the winter months was fully discussed at a meeting of persons interested, held yesterday at the offices of the Dairy Farmers…

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Suicide of a Farmer

Evening News · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 6

ALBURY, Tuesday. Ernest Pech, a farmez residing at Doodle Cooma, committed suicide by hanging himself in an outhouse on Sunday. Pech, who until recently was in fairly good…

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Dairy Supervision at Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 6

The report of the inspector to the Board of Health on the condition of the dairies in the Leichhardt district, which was severely criticised at the time by the local aldermen,…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 7

Mr. R. D. Bennett, Australasian representative of Messrs. Henry S. Fitter and Sons, London, desires us to point out, with reference to a paragraph appearing in our Monday's…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 4
Also in The Australian Star

LONDON MAY 8.—At the London wool sales yesterday the following prices were obtained for special clips: Lindsay,8 1/2d; and Canowie, 7 3/4 d per lb…

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Butter Export. an Enormous Increase. Producers' Price Raised. Dairy Farmers' Association--Pro Rata Contributions--A Promising [?] Outlook--Weight, Value and Profits of Exports for This Year--No Bonus Required--Building the Industry on Natural Lines

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 5

New South Wales is now a strong competitor in the London market with Victoria in the important article of butter. Our exports of butter are increasing at an…

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The American Tariff Bill. Final Revision.-- Free Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. --The Finance Committee of the United States Senate have finally revised the New Tariff Bill, and have reported in favor of free wool…

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The Price of Wool. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 9

Sir,—It is constantly assumed by a certain class of writers that over-production has been the cause of the fall in prices during the last 20 years. Being interested in wool, I have frequently tried to obtain…

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Among the Ponies. Racing at Canterbury and Kensington. Notes of the Week—Lillie Bridge and Liverpool, Botany, &c.—Selections For Warwick Farm and Kensington

Referee · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 5

To-day the Canterbury Handicap course will be the scene of the pony racing, when the Warwick Farm Club meeting will be brought off. Trains will be despatched…

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H.m.s. Cruiser Crescent. the Largest British Warship Seen in Australian Waters. Her Arrival in Farm Cove. Incidents of the Voyage.—lists of Officers. the Relief Crews

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 7

Without doubt the handsomest British man-ofwar that has visited Sydney, as she is also the largest and fastest, is the first-class cruiser Crescent, which yesterday afternoon…

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H.M.S. CRESCENT. Arrival in Farm Cove

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 2

As announced in yesterday's STAR; H.M.S. Crescent arrived in harbor, and after obtaining her clearance from the health officer at Watson's Bay she…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 7

The following quantities of wool were manifested yesterday:--By rail, 56 bales; coastwise, 5; received at Newcastle on Tuesday, 44…

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Australian Butter

Evening News · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 4

LONDON MAY 9.—A co-operative scheme has been formed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire butter salesmen for the distribution of Australian butter. Under the scheme…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 4
Also in Evening News

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, have received the following cablegram from London:-- Wool sales continue without further change…

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Australian Butter. London, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 5

A co-operative scheme has been formed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire butter salesmen for the distribution of Australian butter. Under the scheme part of the…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondent.) Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 6

The following is the account of stock passiugs during the last few days:—From Nuneham Park, near Lyndhurst, to Carcoar, thence to Messrs. Cobb and Co.'s boiling-down establishment. Bathurst, 370…

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Visit to the Pastoral Country. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 6

The Commissioner for Crown Lands, the Hon. P. P. Gillen, and Messrs. Moule and Blacker, Ms.P., left this morning for Port Augusta and Gawler Ranges to examine the pastoral country…

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