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Farming & the land, 1897

3,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 184

British Sheep Abroad

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

The pre-eminently noteworthy feature in the foreign demand on British flocks last year was, of course. that from Argentina for rams of the Lincoln breed (says the Mark Lane express). The boom at…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 44

COOMA, Monday.—Great surprise was, occasioned in Cooma last night by the arrest of two persons named John Perry and Thos. Westerman, on suspicion of being concerned in the recent case…

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The Albury Butter Factory

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 555

What may without the slightest tinge of flattery be described as one of the best butter factories in this colony was formally opened in Albury on the 27th ultimo. I was not at. the opening ceremony,…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star, The Daily Telegraph

LONDON, March. 11.—At the London wool sales this evening a fair selection of wools was offered. Business was brisk, but prices were unchanged…

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Bradford Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 8

The Bradford "top" market is very dull, and prices are unchanged. Common 60's are quoted at 17d per lb., and super at 18d…

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The Wool Fleet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 13

The Orient liner Ormuz and the White Star liner Nineveh for London, and the Australian (E. and A. line) for China and Japan, were the only steam departures with wool since last…

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N.S.W. Butter in England

Evening News · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 6

Under date Jan. 29; Messrs. Oetges and Gerritsen London, write the N.S.W. Fresh Food and Ice Co., as under: "We are really pleaded to say that so far we have not seen a bad lot of Sydney butter…

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New South Wales Butter. a Satisfactory Report

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 3

Under date, January 29, 1897, Messrs. Oetzes and Gerr[?]tsen, London, write to the Fresh Food and Ice Co.:-- "I am real pleased to say that so far I have not…

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The New Dairy Expert Arrival of Mr. O'Callagan. Interviewed at Adelaide. Views on Australian Butter Trade

Evening News · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—The recently-appointed dairy expert for New South Wales, Mr. A. A. O'Callaghan, is a passenger by the R.M.S Parramatta, which…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 12

The local market has had little opportunity to show much life this week, business being restricted to the disposal privately of some lots passed in at last week's auctions. Such…

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Wool and Pr[?]duce Salesmen

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 17

An announcement in our advertising columns states that Messrs. Pitt, Son, anil Badgery, Limited, one of the oldest and best-known stock and station firms in the colony, has added to its business that of wool…

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Wheat Lands of the South. III

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 533

My last letter on this subject contained the conclusion of my remarks upon Berrigan, which town I left on the 24th ultimo, bound for Cobram. The day was fine and hot, and the roads, cut up as…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 11

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

At the London wool sales this evening a fair selection of wools was offered. Business was brisk, and prices were unchanged…

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Seasonable Topics. Wheat-growing in the Colonies

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 534

If the wheat-growers of New South Wales could be assured that values and yields would always be as good as they hare been in the 1896-7 season, the present system of growing and…

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General Cables. The London Market. The Oo[?]ana's Butter Cargo. LONDON, March 12

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 3

The German barque Anna, which sailed from London, on February 22 for Melbourne, has put into Falmouth for repairs. She lost her sails and portion…

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Tuesday, March 9. (Before Messrs. R. Hilliand and G. Wicks, J's.P. Cattle Straying.)

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 5

John O'Grady and Joseph Byford, on larges of cattle-straying in the streets of Hunter's Hill pleaded guilty and were each fined 5s and 2s 6d costs of Court…

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Tuesday, March 9 (Before Messrs. R. Hillard and George Wicks J.'s P. Stray Cattle

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 12

Joseph Byford and John O'Grady for allowing their cattle to stray in Hunter's Hill, were each fined 5s and 2s 6d costs. Samuel Parne, Joseph Walters John…

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Wheat Stocks. In Riverina District. A Deplorable Position. Thousands of Bags Stored-- No Sale Owing to American Importations

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 6

A resident of Ganmain called at the "Star" office this morning to lay a few items of interest concerning the wheat crops of the New South Wales…

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