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Farming & the land, 1896

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The Wool Fleet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 5

Three wool ships from Sydney are reported by cable to have reached London on the 2nd inst. They were the Annie Maud, S. D. Carleton, and Armida. The first-named…

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Wool to Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 10

The steamer Airlie, which leaves to-day for Japan, is taking 1000 bales of wool. The trade, say the agents, has grown from a sample three years ago to its present proporsions…

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Colonial Butter. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 14

Since September the officers of the Board of Agriculture have analysed 291 samples of imported butter, Of these samples all the colonial butter was found…

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Butter Tests. the Result of the Inquiry

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 21

The result of the inquiry (says the "Shoalhaven Telegraph") into the disparity between the re sults obtained by Messrs. "Foley (Brothers and the Farmers and Dairymen's. Company, of Sydney,…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 6

A fair private inquiry a moderate amount of business so passing have been the only features of a quiet week. Buyers are, however, returning to town for the auctions that will be resumed on…

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Exports of Wool From New South Wales. Destination

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 7

The following is the destination of the wool exported from New South Wales since July 1st (as far as manifests are completed) to the 24th Dec. instant…

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Australian Timber Trees. "White Wood" or "Cattle Bush." (Atalaya Hemiglauca, F.V.M.). (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 22

A small tree found principally in the arid interior of several of the Australian colonies, and in some districts it is fairly plentiful. The leaves are usually pinnate, with a few narrow leaflets; the flowers are…

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The Wool Fleet. the Exports for the Week. Tonnage on the Berth--movements of the Vessels. Shipments to Date

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 10

The export of wool since last report amounts to 12.246 bales. The M.M. liner Australien, for Marseilles, took away 2000 bales; the R.M.S. Oroya, 1748 bales, for London;…

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Granny's Old Hen. the Growth Of. a Visit to Bonaventure Poultry Farm

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 2

Being an amateur poultry fancier I have been greatly interested in the poultry column set apart in each Monday's edition of the Daily Telegraph, which contains some…

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Mayor Ives. Farmly Congratulated

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1896 · page 5

THE Mayor of Sydney, Isaac E. Ives [?]mly congratulated on Thursday when[?] officially entered upon the duties as first [?] istrate of the city. A contingent of…

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The Butter Market

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, January 3.—The butter brought from Adelaide by the P. and O. steamer Ballaarat and the Orient line steamer Oruba has been sold at 102s per cwt…

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Wholesale Cattle Poisoning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 6

ALBURY, Saturday.--A teamster nam[?]com has lost eight of his team of bullocks, presumably through eating poisonous weed. The animals were turned into a…

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The Wheat Markets

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, January 4.—The English markets continue steady. The Continental markets are dull. The United States markets are changing slightly for the better…

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Australian Butter London January 3

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 6

The South Australian butter by the R.M.SS. Ballaarat and Oruba has bee sold at 102b per cwt…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 5

The following are the latest stock passings:— 2000 Stora wethers, from Young to Bathurst, C. Boyd owner, 700 fat sheep, from Grenfell to Sydney, P.Madden owner, 55O sheep, from…

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English Commercial. the Wheat Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--The English markets continue steady. The Continental markets are reported dull; but the United States markets are now changing slightly…

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Summary for European Mail. January 6th, 1896. Wool Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 2

The amount of wool manifested outwards during the week exceeded 21,900 bales, making the total sent forward to oversea ports, from New South Wales since July 1st 1895, up to 475,917 bales, as…

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Suicide of a Farmer

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A shocking domestic tragedy is reported from Ultina, near Clunes. An old farmer Laughlan Byrns quarrelled with his wife on Saturday and struck her on the head…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Formation of a Farmers' League the Question of Freights. Bellingen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 6

At a large meeting of farmers and others held here to-day a farmers' league was formed. Officers were appointed, and the question of freights was considered. A complaint was made…

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The French Cruiser Scorff in Farm Cove

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 3

The French cruiser Scorff returned to her anchorage in Farm Cove on Saturday from a long spell of service on the New Caledonian station, and naturally one of the…

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