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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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Cattle in Streets. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 3

Sir,—The residents of this portion of the borough of Ashfield owe Mr. Bessemer thanks for ventilating in your issue of this day a crying evil—the unchecked wanderings of hungry horses and cows. Time was…

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General Cable News. Arrival of A. Wool Ship

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON. Thursday Night.--The ship Cimba, from Sydney, has arrived off the coast with the first wool for the January sales…

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The Butter Trade. the Unlicensed Use of Brands. the Shipment by R.m.s. Parramatta

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON. Wednesday.--The butter salesmen referring to the disclosures which have been made in Melbourne regarding the unlicensed use of brands…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 9

Not since the 21st October, or a little over two months ago, has a rainfall equal to that of the 28th ultimo fallen in Sydney. Within a couple of hours or so 68 points fell. Vivid lightning and loud peals…

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Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 9

We learn by cablegram that a society is being formed in London, with branches throughout the provinces, with the object of prosecuting…

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Inferior Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 21

True, some inferior samples of butter have been shipped from New South Wales which have had a depreciating effect on the whole-good, bad,…

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Fruit Butter

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 10

APPLE, or other fruit, butter is one of the big things in the backwoods of the United States of America, says an exchange. From one to three large…

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Cattle Yards

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 23

Fig. 1 shows a very convenient plan of a cattle yard. Nos. 1 and 2 are receiving yards; 3, fitting up yard; 4, forcing yard; 5, drafting lane; 6, pound; 7 and 8,…

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Butter and Eggs

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 3.-The eggs and butter brought by the R.M.S. Parramatta arrived in excellent condition. There were a few breakages among…

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Wool Imports

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 4.-During 1894 Messrs. Dalgety and Company imported 111,000 bales of wool, the Australian. Mortgage Loan and…

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Butter Stored in London

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 21

A recent telegram states that some 38,000 boxes of last year's colonial butter were stored in London awaiting sales. This brief announcement discloses another…

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Our Wheat Yield

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 20

MR. Coghlan's estimate of the wheat yield is 7.817,476 bushels form 653,735 acres of land, giving an average of 11.96 bushels per acre. The average yield for the previous 10 years is quoted at 12.5…

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Wheat as a Food

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 21

It is superior to corn, pound for pound, as a grain to produce healthful, well balanced growth in young animals. Mixed with corn, oats or bran, it is much…

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Export of Live Cattle to London

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 7

Inquiries are being made as to freight for further shipments of cattle by a steamer from Sydney to the [?]glish market. What is really wanted, it is said, [?]s to engage space at a rate of £6 per head freight,…

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The Carriage of Cattle by Sea

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 9

From the report of the Committee of the Board of Agriculture upon the transit of cattle, it appears that the depreciation in the value of Irish cattle imported into Liverpool and Glasgow alone in…

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The Wheat Harvest. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 9

The wheat crop is nearly all secured. The yield varics greatly in different parts of the district. The average is lower than formerly, owing to the want of rain in October and November…

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Colonial Butter in London. London. Jan. 1

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 14

The quantity of colonial butter stored in London on the 27th December was 54,600 boxes…

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Australian Butter and Eggs. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 9

The eggs and butter brought by the R.M.S. Parramatta have arrived in excellent condition. There were few breakages among the eggs…

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WOOL. Notes on the Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 17

In consequence of buyers and sellers, and in fact nearly everybody connected with the trade, being away from the metropolis enjoying a well-earned holiday, very little business…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 10

Transactions in the Sydney market this week have been confined to the holding of auction sales of small or "star" lots, three bales and under, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 2nd and 3rd…

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