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Farming & the land, 1896

4,084 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 205

Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 8

The butter market in London continues dull, our cablegrams quoting Australian brands at 94s to 98s per cwt, showing an average fall of 2s on the week. Danish has advanced 4 kroner (4s 5½d) per cwt…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 17
Also in The Daily Telegraph

DELEGATE, Tuesday.—A smart capture of an alleged sheep-stealer was made by the local police on Sunday afternoon. Numbers of sheep have been missed from different…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 10

Auction sales took place in Sydney on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, most of the selling firms offering catalogues which amounted in the aggregate to 4895…

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The Sale of Diseased Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 3

Further proceedings have been instituted in several instances by carcase butchers against Flemington cattle salesmen, five of whom were summoned before Mr. Johnson, S.M., at…

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The Angers Shipment of Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 423

Of the 383 head of cattle shipped to England by the steamer Angers from Gladstone, Queensland, for London, only 34 arrived. The loss is stated to be the result of the rough weather…

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Cattle, Meat, and Produce Export

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 424

Messrs. Harrison Brothers, of Benalla, shipped by the Damascus, in June last, 18cwt. of honey, which realised in London £8 17s 1d, and when charges were deducted left a loss of 17s 10d…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 44

After the busy rush of the wool season proper, last week by comparison seemed very dull in wool circles, as most of the held-over lots with anything like approachable reserves on have been quitted, the private…

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Cattle Sales at Muswellbrook. MUSWELLBROOK, Feb. 21

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 433

Fourteen hundred 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 £32s 6d. The splendid rains have caused a change which has given…

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Wool Market. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 11

The current London colonial wool auctions here progress with the same animation that characterised them during the first week. Augmented numbers in attendance have imparted zest to the…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 7

Partly, no doubt, owing to the encouraging tenor of cable news received from Europe, the fortnightly auctions of wool, which were held this week, aroused much interest. Notwithstanding the…

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For Our Farmers. The Sydney Market. One Week's Imports. Supplies from Outside--Flour, Wheat, Fruit, Vegetables and General Produce

The Australian Star · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 6

Our farmers throughout the country are having brought home to them in a startling way what the meaning of free-trade is to them. They are naturally the first…

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Catholic, the Cardinal's Pastoral Letter. the Infallible Authority of the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 15

WE have authority to publish the following Pastora Letter of the cardinal-Archbishop of Sydney to the clergy and faithful of the Archdiocese:— Very Reverend Fathers and Dearly Beloved in…

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The Wool Fleet. London and Local Sales. Sydney's Shipping and Broking Firms

The Australian Star · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 2

Signs are not wanting to point to the fact that the wool season is rapidly drawing to a close, although taken all round there was a fair amount of business got…

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The Wool Fleet. the Exports for the Week. Tonnage on the Berth. Movements of the Vessels

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 10

Since last report the export of wool amounted to 9986 bales. Of this the China Navigation Company's steamer Changsha for Japan took 42 bales, the Orient liner…

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The Poet-laureate's First Ride. the Comes an Awful Cropper

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 7

MR. Alfred Austin's poem on Jameson's filibustering ride (says a London paper, jan 13)had simply pulverized and seattered to the wind whatever reputation he possessed as a poet. The…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 424

The Board for Exports have recommended the council of the Royal Agricultural Society to have the judging of the butter for the export prize performed at the Metropolitan Ice Company's stores, and that…

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Dairy Records

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 17

The inspector of dairies for the Borough of Central Illawarra reports that during the last year there were 154 dairymen, 13 milk vendors, 2 factories, and 4 creameries within the borough. The dairies had…

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The Typhoid Outbreak. Its Connection With the Milk Supply, the Absolute Necessity for a Pure Article. How it is Obtained on the Continent. A Fine Object Lesson for our Dairymen —All Milk Should be Sterilised—And How to do it

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 March 1896 · page 5

A BOOK by Dr. Thomas Morison, M.D., Oxford, just issued upon the subject of " Public Health in European Capitals," contains much that is of great moment for Sydney…

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The Wheat Markets

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1896 · page 6

LONDON, February 29t.—The English wheat markets are strong in tone, but prices are unchanged. The Continental markets show no alteration. The American market…

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