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Farming & the land, 1894

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A Big Load of Wool

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 22

THE biggest load of wool that ever came to Hay (says the GRAZIER) was brought in this morning by Mr. W. Spry. The waggon bore 100 bales of wool and six bales of rabbit skins, the total weight…

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Eating a Poisonous Weed. Many Cattle Fatally Affected

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

BOURKE, Monday— A mob of 600 cattle has been poisoned by eating weeds on the EnngoniaLednapper-road. Altogether 230 were affected, most of them fatally. Many of them developed…

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Disastrous Floods on Manaro. Thousands of Sheep Killed

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 10

REPORTS come from Cooma of damage by floods throughout the district. It is estimated that between 90,000 and 100.000 sheep have been I killed by the cold or drowned. Many small…

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Wool Scouring on the Bogan. Injunction Granted

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 5

A case from Nyngan came under the notice of Judge Manning, sitting in Equity Jurisdiction Friday, in the matter of the Attorney-General v. Joubert. It appears that Mr. J. E. Joubert is…

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Dairy Farmers' Export Association. Graders' Reports

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 16

Mr. John Russell, the grader for New South Wales Dairy Farmers' Association, has forwarded his report for the fortnight ended January 2, which reads as follows: During the past…

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The Wool-washing at Emu Plains. Progress of the Works

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 2

Daring the earlier part of the week we paid a visit to the wool-washing plant and machinery being erected at Emu Plains by M'Grath Bros., who purpose removing their…

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The London Wool Market. (From Our Correspondent.) London, Dec. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 11

The market has assumed a distinctly more buoyant tone, competition and buying m the saleroom are now very general on the part of all sections of trade, whether Home or foreign. All medium class wools…

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The Season's Wool Fleet. Australasian Exports. Local and London Sales. Racing Home of the Clippers--£13,700,000 Worth of Wool Shipped-Sydney's Shipping Firms

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 3

The principal event in wool circles next Week will be the opening of the premier sales of the world in London on January 16, when the operations of the home and…

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The Cowboy at Home. Life on a Cattle Ranch. the Bronco and Its Rider. Dangers and Delights. a Cowboy's Recreations

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 3

THREE years I was a cowboy, and in all that time I never saw a cowboy draw a pistol or flourish…

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(Per Favour of Thr Underwriters' Association of Victoria.) London, Jan. 11. Arrival of Wool Ships at London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 8

Arrived from Melbourne: Burgemeester Jonkheer [?], barque, sailed 31st August, Dharwar, ship, sailed 19th October. Arrived from Sydney: Derwent, shin, sailed 14th…

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The Australian Town and Country Journal. "Past, present, future." Sydney, Saturday, January 13. 1894. The Wool Duties

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 18

THE next few months will, as regards American politics, be fraught with issues of importance to the producing interests of this country. The last advices to…

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Melbourne Baby Farming Case. Mrs. Knorr's Condition

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.— Mrs. Knorr, who is in gaol under sentence of death in connection with the Melbourne baby farming cases, is in a hysterical condition to-day, and desponding…

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Russian Farming

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 1

A correspondent from the Government of Viatka, Russia, sends to a St. Petersburg newspaper an interesting description of the manner in which the peasants of the locality…

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Warwick Farm Races

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 5

The Warwick Farm Race Club proprietary has given notice that it will race ife pony race meeting off on Wednesday and not Thursday as originally announced…

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The Dairying Industry. More Co-operation

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 22

A. MEETING of dairy farmers was held in the School of Arts,NOWER, a few days since, to discuss the prospects of the dairying industry, and to suggest an improvement in the conduct of the butter…

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The Government and Irish Farmers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 6

A most important announcement was made at question time yesterday (says the Parliamentary correspondent of the Belfast Weekly, December 2) which illustrates forcibly the wisdom of those…

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Mr. Reid and the Farmers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 13

Following the new fashion in political manners as set by the leader of the Opposition-" a miner of the name of copeland," " someone of the name of See "we…

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Farm Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 21

In continuation of my notes on the subject of practical gardening in last issue, I beg to drew the attention of farmers to a lew piratical and scientific facts beating on the subject. In the majority…

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Crop Reports

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 61

The wheat harvest at Inverell is nearly finished. The yields will range from 12 to 25 bushels per acre. The maize crops of the Macleay have been much improved by the recent rainfall…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 60

Mr. John Russell, the grader of the New South Wales Dairy Fanners Export Association, reports on the 2nd instant:— "During the past fortnight shippers have been actively engaged packing for…

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