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Farming & the land, 1897

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Wool-selling Charges in Sydney. a Suggestion to Selectors. (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1897 · page 5

SIR,—Few people can understand the peculiar and heavy charges made by the Sydney brokers for selling wool. The figures given below (leaving oat odd…

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Constable Coutts. How He Came "A Cropper."

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1897 · page 5

AFTER the transference of the notorious, Constable Coutts from Leichhardt to Newtown, that blue-coated worthy lost no time in again distinguishing himself, the scene of…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1897 · page 3

Stock Intelligence.—The following are the stock movements for the past week:—Six lots, comprising 3500 sheep from Nyang, 3080 sheep from Barham, 846 sheep from Well Hill, 350 sheep from Oak View,…

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A Good Wheat Yield

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1897 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.—Four hundred bags of wheat have, been threshed at Broderick's Bungowannah farm from forty acres, or a yield of forty bushels to the acre…

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Wool Ships Arrive in London

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1897 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Company have been advised by cable of the arrival of the Aberdeen White Star dipper ship Samuel Plimsoll at London on Saturday last, 78 days out from Sydney. She took 5215 bales wool…

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Summary. for European Mail. Sydney, January 4th, 1897. Wool Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 4 January 1897 · page 5

The quantity of wool manifested outwards during the week, from Sydney to oversea reports, amounted to 19,128 bales, making a total exported for the six months ended…

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The Grape Crop. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1897 · page 5

Reports from various parts of the district show that the recent excessive heat has had a disastrous effect upon the grape crops. At Canley Vale and Cabramatta the crops, which promised a prolific yield…

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Dairying News. Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1897 · page 7

The milk supply in increasing rapidly. Additional plant is being added to the cre[?]mery here…

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The Poultry Farm. An Expert's Views on Poultry Breeding and Rearing

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1897 · page 8

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

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Pastoral Mems

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 12

Australian meat importers are contemplating trade with Australia, and two gentlemen are now in Queensland enquiring into things. Their…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Shows

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 10

[The Editor will feel obliged if secretar[?] if Agricultural and other shows will for ward dates and full pariculars of their [?]res, together with advertisements…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 5

LONDON, January 4.—At Mark Lane to-day wheat was 6d per quarter dearer…

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A Good Wheat Yield

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.—Four hundred bags of wheat have been threshed at Broderick's Bungowannah farm from forty acres, or a yield of forty bushels to the acre…

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The January Wool Fleet

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 4

Cable advices received yesterday from London announce the arrival of the ships Cimba and Samuel Plimsoll from Sydney with wool for the January sales. The Cimba made a splendid run…

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A New Market for Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 6

The United States Consul Holton at Athens in a report to the State Department, says that in consequence of the bad wheat harvest in Russia, which supplies nearly two-thirds of the wheat used in…

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The Produce World. the Board of Health and Dairying

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 8

The Board of Health Act is now in operation, aud will be administered by the new Board of Health, appointed about a fortnight ago. With the now…

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Dairying News. Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 7

The supply of milk to the Coraki Creamery for the week ended Saturday was 8900 gallons. The supply to the Tatham Creamery was 7800 gallons…

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Country News. Condition of the Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 6

ALBURY, Monday. The harvest is now nearly finished with results in most instances exceeding owners' expectations. Very little grain has yet been sold, the highest local…

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The Poultry Farm

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 8

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

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The Wheat Harvest. Warwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1897 · page 7

Wheat harvesting is practically finished on all parts of the Darling Downs. The threshers are now busy. The yield of grain is quite up to expectations. It is estimated that nine threshers treat an…

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