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Farming & the land, 1897

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Australian Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 8

The butter market shows a good steady consumption, and colonial sells well at from 88s to 94s per cwt. Danish is quoted at 85 kroner (18 kroner equal £1)…

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Cornstalk Disease in Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 20

At various times and places cattle have been affected, often fatally (says the "American Agriculturist"), when turned into the stalk field late in fall or early winter. The trouble is usually…

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Suppression of Sheep Stealing

Evening News · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 5

MUDGEE, Saturday.—At a meeting of the Mudgee Stock Board correspondence from the Merriwa Board was considered, in which co-operation was asked for in order to secure…

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Bradford Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 8
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The Bradford "top" market is firmer, but prices are unchanged. Common 60'S are quoted at 17d per lb., and super at 18d. Later.—There Is more business in the Bradford…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 6

LONDON, April 2.—At the wool sales yesterday the following prices were realised: Powell, 7 1/8d; Waitea, 7 7/8d; Clare, 8d; Brookong, 8 1/8d; Nyang, 9d; Bulie…

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The Wool Fleet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 13

The wool exports since last report totalled 3347 bales. Of this, 22 bales were forwarded to Japan by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer Omi Maru, 3179 bales were sent away by the…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 5

LONDON, April 2.—At the wool sales this evening business was brisk. Wasty crossbreds sold well…

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London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday Night.—The sales showed firmness to-day; and American buyers, after their recent pause, again operated freely. The following prices were realised:—Powell, 7%d; Waitoa,…

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The Suppression of Sheep Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 9

MUDGEE, Friday.—At a meeting of the Mudgee Stock Board yesterday, a communication from the Merriwa Board was considered, in which co-operation was suggested, in order to secure…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 17

No auction sales will be held this week, as owing to the paucity of supplies, it is found that monthly sales will meet the requirements of the trade. Up till the month of September, therefore, buyers will only be…

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The Church in New Zealand. a Lenten Pastoral

The Catholic Press · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 2

The following passages are taken from the Lenten Pastoral of the Right Rev. Dr. Grimes, S.M., Bishop of Christchurch, N.Z…

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London Wool Sales. London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 9

The wool market is firm. American buyers are operating freely. April 2. The following rates have been realised:…

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A Doomed Industry. Farming on the Richmond

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 22

THUS a Casino correspondent:—The farming community have not had an altogether prosperous year. There was too much rain in November, and not enough since for sugar-cane crops. The cane crops…

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Dairying Industry. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 11

The rise of one penny in the price of butter will be a great help to the dairying industry in this district. The milk supply is very short, as the farmers are almost bare of green feed…

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An American Farmer in South Africa

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 697

The following is an extract from the letter of a Minnesota farmer:—" It is now about six months since I left for this God-forsaken place, and did not know when I was well off. I left a glorious country…

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Farming Interests on the Clarence

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 697

On the 24th ultimo a large gathering of delegates from branches of the Clarence Farmers' Union was held at Maclean. The following motion was carried:—" That the secretary be instructed to write to…

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Near the Murray. the Corowa Dairy Co

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 694

Three paragraphs will suffice to conclude my recent trip in the south. One of these must be devoted to the Corowa Butter Factory, a very useful institution, which has been in force for three years…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 697

The supply of milk to the Coraki Creamery for the week ended Saturday was 5320 gallons; Tatham Creamery for the same time, 5125 gallons; and Swan Bay for the same time, 4750 gallons…

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New Zealand. the Ward Farmers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 10

WELLINGTON, Friday.—An order was made to-day for the examination before a Judge on June 15 of Mr. J. G. Ward, chairman; Mr. Fisher, manager; Mr. Anderson, secretary; and Mr…

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