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Farming & the land, 1896

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 411

The information received by the Railway Department on the 13th instant shows that the damage to the Western railway line is still more serious than was at first supposed. Mr. Eddy, the Chief Railway…

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Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 43

Our London cablegram of February 14 states' that Mr. Rein's shipment of Australian, butter packed in plaster arrived in a rancid and shrunken condition; having apparently heated on the voyage. Mr…

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Lenten Pastoral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 9

THE Lenten Pastoral of the Cardinal-Archbishop is in the printer's hands. It will be published next week…

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The Butter Market

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 5
Also in Evening News

The butter market is dull, and best Australian factory is quoted at from 94s to 98s per cwt. The price of Danish butter has been raised 4s per cwt…

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The "Ideal" Butter Box

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 385

It is important that there should be circulation of air around buter boxes when placed in a cold chamber, especially of a steamer going on a long voyage, Messrs. John Barwise and Co., of…

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Merino Sheep in England

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 373

Quite a century before the British imported merino sheep they were fully aware of the prestige and excellence of Spanish wool. Indeed, in 1678, when Sir William Godolphin was the British ambassador to…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 6

LONDON, February 21.—Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, weaker at 29s 9d per quarter; Melbourne wheat, ex warehouse, quiet at 29s 9d; New Zealand long-berried, is…

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Bradford Wool Market

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

LONDON, February 21.—The Bradford market is quiet but firm. Common 60's unchanged at 19d, super 20d per 1b…

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The Wool Fleet

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 2

The departures of the Sydney wool fleet since our last Saturday's review comprised the R.M.S. Arcadia, for London, with 2000 bales; R.M.S. Alameda, for San Francisco,…

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Cattle, Meat, and Produce Export

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 371

Our London correspondent cables as follows:—The Journal of Commnerce, published in Manchester, contains an article reflecting, upon the alleged mismanagement of the cold stores on the…

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Mortality Among Horses and Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 17

NARRANDERA, Tuesday— There has been great mortality amongst horses and sheep on Benerembah, Bringagee, and Wyvern Stations during the past week; 50 horses and 300 sheep…

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Charge of Cattle Stealing. Murrumburrah

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 6

A tenant farmer at Galong named Daniel M'Guigan was arrested at Galong yesterday by Constables Murdock and Tracey, and appeared at the local court on a charge of…

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Cattle Sales at Muswellbrook. Muswellbrook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 11

Fourteen hun[?]ed store cattle were sold at the municipal yards to-day at a great improvement in prices. Bidding was spirited and prices ranged from £2 10s to £3 2s 6d. The splendid rains have caused a change which has given…

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The Country. Charge of Cattle Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 5

MURRUMBURRAH, Friday. -- A tenant farmer at Galong, named Daniel M'Guigan, was arrested yesterday by Constables Murdoch and Tracey, and pleaded guilty at the…

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WOOL WeeKly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 43

At the local sales last week a rather larger quantity than expected, viz., 9862 bales, was catelogued, and the sales, including the private transactions of the past fortnight, amounted to 12579 bales. The…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 5

An exceptionally quiet week has been passed in the local market, for the sole reason that there is so little to offer privately. Last week's passed-in lots have been dealt with, and some fellmongered…

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English Commercial. London, Feb. 11. Wheat Statistics

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 380

The quantity of wheat and floor afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,580,000 quarters, as compared "with 2,503,000 last week and 3,330,000 last year, the increase for the week…

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Diocese of Goulburn. Pastoral Letters of the Bishop and Coadjutor. Sisters Received

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 17

PASTORAL letters from the Bishop of Goulburn, Right Rev. Dr. Lanigan, and from the Coadjutor-Bishop, Right Rev. Dr. Gallagher, were read in SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral on Sunday at 11…

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