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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

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Price of Wool. London, January 29

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1897 · page 5

At the wool auctions to-day there were hat few withdrawals…

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Wool Sales. London, January 29

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1897 · page 6

At the wool sales to-day prices were well maintained, and only a small number of bales were withdrawn. Messrs. Campbell, Nimmo and Co…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1897 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day prices were well maintained. Only a small portion of the wool offered was withdrawn. Jan. 30…

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The Wool Sales. London, January 30

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1897 · page 2

The total quantity of wool catalogued to date at the current sales has been 113,294 bales, of which 99,240 bales have been sold. Special sales included Koon,…

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A Dairy Expert. London, January 31

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1897 · page 5

Mr. O'Callaghan, the dairy expert appointed by the New South Wales Government, has sailed for Australia by the R.M.S. Parramatta…

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The Poultry Farm

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1897 · page 5

Next Saturday's issue of the Australian Star will contain some useful information on poultry rearing. These wh are interested in the subject…

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Pastoral Finance Auctioneer

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 1

The successor to Mr. Geo. H. Moxham, at the Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd., is Mr. J. S. Golder, who is one of the most widely known…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON. February 1—At the wool sales this evening business was brisk. Best greasy wools were very firm…

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Wheat-growing on Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 4

The experiment of wheat-growing on shares, which was largely entered upon last year throughout Riverina, appears to have been highly successful. According to our…

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Increased Wheat Cultivation. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 6

There are numerous inquiries for land. Numbers of speculators are already, inspecting the district, and a largely-increased area will be put under wheat in the incoming season. Clearing is going on in all…

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South Australia. Seed Wheat From America

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--The Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Cockburn, has obtained a couple of sucks of two varieties of wheat, Kaffir and Jerusalem, from the Agricultural Department of…

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Effect of the Heat Upon Cattle. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 6

The weather was so hot at the Campbell's Hill saleyards to-day that it was found necessary to use hoses from the streets to supply and keep the cattle on their feet. Numbers of pigs died in the…

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The Produce World. Bags of Wheat. a Fairer Deal

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 8

Californian shipped wheat has fallen 1 1/2d a bushel on the Sydney market; making No. 1 milling Frisco wheat 4s 6d a bushel on the Sydney…

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The New South Wales Dairy Expert. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 5

Mr O'Callnghan, who has been appointed dairy expert under the New South Wales Government, sailed for Sydney in the R.M.S. Parramatta, which left…

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Dairying News. Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 7

The supply of milk to the Coraki Creamery for ast week was 7150 gallons; to the Tatham Creamery, 7300 gallons; and to the New Swan Bay Creamery, 4500 gallons. The supply is increasing…

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The New Dairy Expert

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Night.-- Mr. O'Callaghan, the dairy expert, appointed by the New South Wains Government, has sailed for Australia by the R.M.S. Parramatta…

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The Wheat Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 6

COONABARABRAN, Tuesday. -- There is a substantial increase in the wheat grown in the district this year. The yield last year was 15,356 bushels, and this year It is 21,929 bushels, an…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 7

Stock Passings.—1450 mixed sheep, from Wandsworth to Boggabilla, George Ferguson, owner: 80 store cattle, from Graham's Valley to Reedy Creek, E., S., and A. Bank owners…

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Pastoral Products. Station Produce Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 10

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

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The Wheat market

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 4

LONDON, February 2.—In Mark-lane to-day wheat was 6d per quarter (eight bushels) lower…

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