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Farming & the land, 1897

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The Butter Market

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's cable: London, February 10.—Butter market flat. Fine qualities Australian ranges in value from 98s to 102s per cwt…

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Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 5

Dalgety and Company's cable: The first series of wool sales, which opened on January 19, closed firm to-day, without further change on the last reported position. The total available, including…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

LONDON, February 11.—The closing sales were very brisk, prices for good merinos and greasy crossbreds being especially firm…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 6

LONDON, February 11.—The Antwerp wool sales will open on the 16th instant, and close on the 18th. The quantity available for sale is 8700 bales, including 400…

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Wool-Scouring With Bore Water

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 10

At the request of the Department of Mines and Agriculture reports have recently been obtained from experts on some samples of wool washed with…

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The Export of Frozen Meat and Live Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 5

Mr. Ismay, of Messrs. Ismay, Imrie, and Collie well-known English steamship owners, visited Newcastle yesterday, and returned to Sydney last evening. He was accompanied during his…

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The Wool Sales. London, February 11

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 3

The total quantity of wool catalogued at the first series of 1897 wool sales, which closed yesterday, was 234,468 bales. Of this the amount sold…

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London Wool Sales. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 5

The wool sales closed this evening with prices firm all round. Feb 11. The closing sales were very brisk, the…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales will open on the 16th instant and close on the 18th. The quantity available for sale is 8700 bales, including 400 bales of Australian…

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Close of the Wool Sales. London, February 10

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 6

The first series of 1897 wool sales closed to-day. Prices remained firm all round…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the Series. Prices Firm

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, February 10.—The wool sales closed this evening, with prices firm all round. Join Bridge and Company's cable: "The sales have closed with good competition. Prices, as…

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Dairy News. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 7

A cable advice has been received that the butter shipped by the New Zealand Dairy Farmers' Union realised 105s per cwt. in London. WOLLONGONG, Thursday…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 330

Speaking generally the weather has been very dry in New South Wales during the past week. In the most favoured localities the pastures have assumed a dried-up appearance, the remnants of the late crops…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Walgett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 9

The stock movements for the week are—2685 ewes, from Euroka to Keepit, Dalgety and Co. owners…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 15

The ordinary meeting of members of the Veterinary Medical Association of New South Wales was held at the School of Arts, Sydney, on Monday. Mr. J. Pottie occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance…

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Sheep in England

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 329

Towards the latter part of the first decade of the present century, very strong efforts were made to raise the Merino into the proud position of the most fashionable of the sheep-breeds of this country…

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A Successful Butter Factory

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 22

WINDSOR, Friday.—25,255 gallons of milk were treated at the 'Jersey Butter Factory at Windsor last month, yielding 8950 pounds of butter. £250 was distributed to the suppliers, who were paid…

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The Wool Fleet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 13

The departures with wool since last report comprised the ship Trafalgar, for London; the Orient liner Cuzco, for London via ports; the steamer Urmston Grange, for London via…

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Protective Inoculation for Cattle Plague

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 329

Twenty years have passed (says the Field) since the last outbreak of cattle plague occurred in this country, and, excepting the survivors of the stockowners whose herds were attacked, no one retains…

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