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Farming & the land, 1895

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Dehorning Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 22

An American discourses of the dehorning of catte as follows: Over two years ago I removed the horns from seventy head of cows, bulls, and young…

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Sheep Stealing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 13

ORANGE, Tuesday. — William Bell, charged with stealing 650 sheep fromWambina Station, and William T. Millgate and James Ivers, charged with…

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Stock Returns for 1894. Increase in Horses and Cattle. Slight Decrease in Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 6

The Stock Branch of the Mines and Agricultural Department have issued the following progress return of stock in the colony for the year ending December 31, 1894:…

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The Butter Market

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 5

LONDON, February 8.-Messrs. W. Weddell and Company state that the glut in the butter market may be regarded as serious, and that during the…

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New Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 7

GOULBURN, Friday.--Some excellent yields of wheat from the Bungendore district are shown by results of threshings, some cases averaging 30 bushels to the [?]…

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The Butter Export Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 267

A suggestion of some importance in connection with the butter export trade was made to a representative of the Herald last week by Mr. G. S. Jakins, a gentlemen well known in the produce…

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Cheese and Butter Brands

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 43

The regulations affecting the export of butter and cheese, under the Queensland Meat and Dairy Produce Encouragement Act of 1893 state that a bonus may be paid…

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Dishorning Cattle in America

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 269

An idea of the extent to which the practice of horn-cutting is gaining favour in parts of the United States may be obtained from the discussion at the Connecticut dairymen's meeting last winter:—…

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Wheat and Flour

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 7.-Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, flat at 26s per quarter; Melbourne wheat, ex warehouse, has a restricted sale at 25s 6d ;…

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Wool for Japan

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 4

The E. and A. Company's steamer Menmuir, sailing hence to-day, takes a shipment of wool for Japan, consisting of 520 bales. She will also take £10,200 in specie…

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British Wool Imports

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 8.-The returns of the Board of Trade show that during January the value of the importations of raw wool showed a…

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Bradford Wool market

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 4

London, February 7.-Bradford tops, 60's, 17d to 17½d…

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St. Marys News. Cattle Sale

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 3

Mr. J. W. Perry holds a big cattle sale Newmarket sale yards to-day. Dairy fat cattle. ROADS and BRIDGES…

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Agriculturist Sheep, Lean and Fat

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 10

Sheep starved through the water are not apt to r[?] in a prof[?] in the spring. It is true that th[?] will live on li[?]le, but it is well to heave in mind that a diet of…

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Wheat-growing in Australia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 269

Mr. Shelton, the Queensland expert, writes on this important subject as follows:—"Queensland people have a much larger interest in the future of the wheat-growing industry than it involved in the…

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Live Cattle Exportation. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 10

Sir,--My first experience of putting Australian cattle on board ship is over. I have just returned after seeing the s.s. Gulf of Bothnia, with my first consignment…

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Exhibition of Australian Cattle in England

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 266

Last week we published a paragraph to the effect that the Minister for Mines had communicated with the Agent-General in London as to the desirability of securing a public exhibition at…

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South Australia. the Wheat Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--The area cropped for wheat throughout the colony this season is about 1,601,000a., with an average yield of five bushels to the acre. The total…

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Diseases in Sheep. Worms, Fluke, and Footrot

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 268

The prevalence of worms, fluke, and footrot in the flocks of Australia this season prompts us to republish the following series of suggestions, prepared some time back by the Chief Inspector of Stock:—…

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WOOL. Notes on the Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 41

Between January 24 and February 2 no auction sales were held in Sydney. However, considerable business of a private nature was transacted, and several parcels changed…

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