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Farming & the land, 1897

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London Wool Sales Opened Fairly Brisk. LONDON, March 9

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 March 1897 · page 6

The London wool sales have opened with a fairly brisk demand, and buyers are in moderate attendance. Prices on the whole show no alteration on late…

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Dairying News. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1897 · page 7

A creamery was started at Redbank by Mr. George Murray on Monday…

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Dairying in the Colonies. Paper Read Before the Colonial Institute. London, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1897 · page 5

Mr. Samuel Lowe, the representative of Messrs. W. Weddoll and Co., produce salesmen, read a paper before the Royal Colonial Institute last night on…

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

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 March 1897 · page 7

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

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Dairying in the Colonies. a Paper at the Colonial Institute. Recommendations and Suggestions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 March 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A paper was read at the Royal Colonial Institute last night by Mr. Samuel Lowe, of Weddel and Company, on "Dairying in the Colonies."…

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Seed Wheat

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 4

By advertisement in another column it will be seen that Messrs. Wise Bros., of Sydney, Jerilderie and Narandera, can supply good seed wheat…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Mount Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 3

Eight hundred fat sheep from New Zealand Land and Investment Company's station, Kanimbla, were trucked here for Homebush, consigned to Warden Harry Graves…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

LONDON, March 10.—At the London wool sales yesterday a moderate selection was offered. The best descriptions were keenly competed for. Faulties were slightly…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 11

The Australian Star · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 3

There was a moderate selection to-day and the best descriptions were keenly competed for. Faulties were slightly easier. The following prices were…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 10

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

At the London wool sales this evening the opening prices were maintained. March 11. There was a moderate selection, and the…

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Williams River News. a Poor Harvest. Butter Factory and Refrigerating Works. Local Politics--The Local Agricultural Show. DUNGOG

The Australian Star · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 4

The farmers are beginning to harvest their maize crops, and many find that the dry weather experienced since Christmas has proved very disastrous,…

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The Dairying Industry. Port Macquarie

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

A representative and enthusiastic meeting was held on the show ground this morning, with the object of furthering the dairying industry in this district. Mr. W. H. Morris, president of the…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 536

The rains, which were pretty general over the colony at the beginning of the month, are reported to have had au exce lest effect upon the prospects of dairymen and pasturalists. Here and there districts…

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Apple Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 23

pples and cider are put to great use in some parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvan'a in the…

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Bacteria and Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 20

For some time past the bacteria have been, in the popular mind, a byword for producing all the diseases, that flesh is heir to, and for promoting to a very large extent that decay which seems…

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Butter and Cheese

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 8
Also in Evening News

LONDON, Friday.--The market for butter is unchanged, but business is brisker. Much of the Oceana's shipment arrived in a heated condition, especially the consignments from Sydney,…

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Preservitas in Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 25

A cable message published on the 24th ultimo states that the health officer of Merthyr Tydvil, in Wales, has commenced proceedings against a local firm for selling butter imported from…

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Inspection of Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 536

A large and representative deputation of carcase batchers who have business relations with the Glebe Island Abattoirs waited upon the President of the Board of Health on the 3rd inst. to draw attention to…

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