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Farming & the land, 1896

4,084 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 205

Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 7

ALSTONVILLE, Friday.--The Rous Co-operative Dairy Company, for the month ended January 25, treated 23,932 gallons of milk, yielding 9540lb of butter. The average test…

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Dairy Records

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 42

The Mudgee Eutter Factory paid £ 657 to milk suppliers during January, and the Burrundulla Factory paid £ 180. The Alstonville Dairy Company for the month…

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Imperial Parliament. Farmers' Grievances. New Irish Land Bill

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 12

LONDON, February 9— Mr. A. J. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury, in replying to a deputation of farmers which waited upon him yesterday to urge the introduction…

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Queensland Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- Some of the, Queensland cattle by the steamer Angers have been sold at prices varying from £7 to £8. The remainder were…

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The Wheat markets

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 6

LONDON, February 15.—The English wheat markets are dull. The American and the Continental markets axe changing a little for the worse…

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Summary for European and American Mail. Sydney., February, 17th., 1896. Wool Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 2

The amount of wool manifested outwards daring the week exceeded 20,000 bales, making the total sent forward to oversea ports from New South Wales since July lst, 1895,…

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Crops Damaged by Floodwaters

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 6

GLEN INNES, Saturday.--There was a heavy fall of rain last night, 173 points being registered. The creeks are flooded and great damage has been done to the crops on the…

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The Cropping of Dogs' Ears

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 2

By all accounts the cropping question is not yet settled, at least so far as the American fancy is concerned. The American Kennel Club is differently constituted…

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Experience of a Cattle Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1896 · page 5

The steamer Fiado, which trades regularly between New Caledonia and Sydney, and has for some time been carrying cargoes of live bullocks from Australia to Noumea, arrived at the last named port on the 7th…

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Cattle Steamer in a Storm

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1896 · page 5

The steamer Fiado, a regular trader between New Caledonia and Sydney, which has for some time been carrying cargoes of live bullocks from Australia to Noumea, arrived at the lastnamed port on the 7th instant. The Fiado had…

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Arrival of the Polynesien. Tragedies in New Caledonia. Accident to a Labour Vessel. a Cattle Steamer in a Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1896 · page 5

By the French mail steamer Polynesien, which yesterday came from New Caledonia in the Messageries Maritimes line, a number of passangers, in all 33, arrived. They bring accounts of several…

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At the Central. The Crop of "Drunks." Break Up of the Drought

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1896 · page 7

The rain has produced a fresh crop of drunks as well as plenty of grass. There were nearly 200 cases on the lists in the charge and summons courts and 65 of the…

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Pastoral Products. Station Produce Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 7

The Sydney Wool-Selling Brokers' Association (the Australasian Mortgage aud Agency Company, Limited, John Bridge and Co., Campbell, Nimmo, and Co., Dalgety and Co.,…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 6

LONDON, February 17. — At Mark Lane to-day wheat generally. showed a reduction of 6d per quarter…

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The Wheat Supply

Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, February 18. — The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,710,000 quarters and for the Continent 705,000 quarters…

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Bradford Wool Market

Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 6

LONDON, February 17. — The Bradford wool market is quiet. Prices axe unchanged…

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The Price of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--At Mark Laue to-day Wheat generally showed a reduction of 6d per quarter…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 5

The following stock movements are reported:— 200 sat sheep from Wangaratta for Homebush, W. Gagie owner. COONAMBLE, Thursday…

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The Bradford Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The Bradford wool market is quiet, and prices are unchanged…

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The Wheat Market London, February 17

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 7

There has been a general decline in the value of wheat, and prices are now 6d per quarter lower than at last quotation…

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