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Farming & the land, 1897

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Bacteria in Butter Making

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 7

An article by Mr. Clarke Nuttall, in the current number of tho "Contemporary Review," conveys some interesting information about the extent to which bacteria have been cultivated for use in butter-making, and the large trade…

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Stock and Sheep Directors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 15

TAMWORTH, Saturday.—The polling took place in the courthouse yesterday for the election of three large stock directors and five sheep directors for the district of Tamworth, in…

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Fifth Day.—saturday. Morning Pastoral Session

The Methodist · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 3

The Rev. R. Bavin read a letter from the Rev. J. Monahan expressing his sincere thanks for the letter of sympathy received from the Conference…

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The Wool Fleet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 12

The export of wool from Sydney since last report has been confined to two vessels—viz., the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Massilia and the steamer Port Chalmers, the former with 165…

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The Butter Market. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 9

Australian butter is slow of sale, the ruling quotation being 90s to 94s per cwt. A few lots realised 96s…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 17

Thursday next being a holiday for electioneering purposes, the fortnightly wool sales which were to be held on Wednesday and Thursday have been brought forward a day, and will now be held to-day and…

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The Wool and Produce Business

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 3

Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery, the well- known firm of stock and station agents, have recently added to their business a wool and produce agency. Consequeut upon this new departure, tbe firm has secured the necessary pre-…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 11

Public business was resumed this week on 2nd and 3rd instant, when the usual fortnightly sales were held, 5993 bales being offered, whilst at auction and privately during the past fortnight…

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Numba. an Estate Noted for Its Rich Pastures. a Famous Dairy Herd. Some Splendid Holstein Cattle. Owned by Mr. E. PRITCHARD

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 35

Numba Estate, which is generally considered one of the best in the famous Shoalhaven district, is about seven miles in an easterly direction from the charmingly situated town of…

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The United States. the Duties on Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 17

LONDON, March 1.—A conference has been held between the Association of American Wool Manufacturers and the woolgrowers with regard to the new tariff. The growers declined to accept the duties offered by the…

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Wheat Lands of the South. II. Mulwala, Feb. 24

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 482

Since my last communication under this beading I have spent a week in and around Berrigan, which, as intimated in my report of its show, is the great centre of Riverina wheat production…

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Dairying in America

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 484

The magnitude of the daily interests' of the United States is not generally appreciated. Cows are familiar objects and milk and butter are seen everywhere…

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The Turk as a Farmer

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 485

Inured as the Turkish farmer has been to a struggling existence, it has had the effect of making him gloomy and taciturn. In place of a neat homestead, we and a hovel constructed of sundried mud…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 485

A sale of stock took place at the Powell Park estate last week. The larger portion of the dairy stock was obtained by a Cooma purchaser. Dairy cattle realised from 60s to 25s ; heifers, 2 years old…

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A Farm Gate

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 21

I have used (says an American authority) several gates made as the one shown in the illustration. They are light, cheap, and give good satisfaction. Construct it any desired height and any reasonable…

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Dairy Records

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 17

During January the Brushgrove Creamery treated 14,358gal of milk for 53901b of butter, the suppliers receiving 2?d. The Brooklet Dairy Company for the month…

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Lifting the Crop

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 22

In about nine or ten months (though the roots will not deteriorate if left in the ground for nearly twelve months) from the time the cuttings were planted, the crop will he ready for lifting…

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Major V.—A Champion Shorthorn Dairy Bull

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 23

THE PROPERTY OP J. W. COLE, JAMBEROO. During the last three years Major V. has been awarded thirty-five first and champion prizes for dairy bull, including first and champion prize at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, 1895-96, and first and champion prize at the last Kiama Agricultural Society's Exhibition, January, 1897…

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Fatal Effects on Crops Through the Use of Nitrate of Soda

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 22

The following article is translated from "Le Precurseur": Some days ago we heard that in different villages of the West Flanders, Silvezeele, Wygene, etc., the use of nitrate of soda…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Condobolin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1897 · page 7

Four thousand six hundred ewes, from Brotheroney to Mount Boor[?]thumble, S. Ba[?]ley owner; 5000 wethers, from Mowabla to Wooyeo, D. M'Kellor owner; 300 stud ewes, from Coree to Brotheroney,…

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