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Farming & the land, 1897

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 17

In local wool circles the past week has been a quiet one, though here and there reports of sales of lines of scoured skin wools at curreut values are reported, which goes to show there is some vitality in the market; and now that…

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What is a Wheat "Option?"

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 984

Gambling in wheat and other grain is daily carried on in the great corn exchanges of America and the Continent. Attempts have at times been made by the Legislatures of various countries to abolish the…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 11

The past week in the local market has been very quiet and little business has been done. Privately, we understand, a few parcels of scoured woo have changed hands. The sales have not…

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COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. Tuesday Evening

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 976

In the local wool market the past week has been a dull and featureless one. Some fair-sized lines of scoured skin wool were taken for the Continent, but the prices realised are understood to be by no…

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London Wool Sales London, May 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 9

At the London wool sales this evening there was a good sale, though only a poor selection was offered. Prices are unchanged…

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London Wool Market. LONDON, March 26

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 976

The progress of the wool auctions at the Exchange continues without any material change from last report. The Americans still operate very extensively, and all suitable greasy fleece wools of merino…

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Wheat Growing in New South Wales. Interesting Figures

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 44

In the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, on May 4, the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, replying to questions, said: The cost of raising wheat depends entirely upon local…

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WOOL Manifested at Darling Harbour, Friday, May 7

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 2

H Haigh and Son Liverpool 46— Coogee Do 66— Woolahra Dangar Gedye and Co—…

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Wednesday, May 6. (Before Mr. MacNevir, P.m.) Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 11

Michael Naughton was charged with stealing" one red and white cow ut Auburn on or about the 11th June last. Constable Anderson, of Croydon, deposed…

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British Politics. Relief for Irish Farmers

Evening News · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 6

LONDON, May 7.—The House of Commons last night rejected a motion brought forward by Mr. E. F. V. Knox (Nationalist), M.P. for Loudonderry City, in favor of…

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Our Note Book Turf Talk and Tips. Selections for Warwick Farm. Derby Butting and Other Items

The Arrow · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 6

THE blank day last Saturday was filled up by two of the pony clubs, who catered for many of the followers of racing proper and the regular contingent of pony men as…

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The Coming Farmers' Conference. the Executive Committee

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 22

IT is about time the Executive of the New South "Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association held a meeting and decided upon some plan of campaign for the coming Conference, which will in all…

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British Politics. Relief for Irish Farmers. London, May 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 9

The House of Commons has rejected a motion brought forward by Mr. E. F. V. Knox, M.P. for Londonderry City, in favour of granting the Irish farmers relief…

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Dairy News. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 11

The New South Wales Creamery Company will now probably erect two garbering creameries in the neighbourhood of Wyrallah instead of one as previously decided. The cold nights are causing…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 970

The Corowa Dairy Company, Limited, has had to suspend operations for some months owing to the impossibility of getting supplies of milk, consequent on the long-continued dryness of the season. The…

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Proposed Agricultural Farms

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 10

BRISBANE, Friday.—Mr. A. J. Thynne, Minister for Agriculture, yesterday promised a deputation of the Central Queensland Farmers Association, to do all he possibly could in the way of…

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The Dairying Industry. Illawarra Shorthorns for Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 10

Professor Shelton, agricultural expert and instructor under the Queensland Department of Agriculture, who has been making inquiries into the dairying industry of this colony on behalf of…

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Relief for Irish Farmers. a Motion Rejected in the Commons

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.—In the Mouse of Commons last night. Mr. E. F. V. Knox, Nationalist member for Londonderry City, proposed that the Government should grant…

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Alired Wedlock's Prize Dairy Cows. (See illustrations on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 22

Mr. Alfred Wedlock, dairyimn, of Marrickville, is again to the front this year as a prizewinner in the milk and butter tests of the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, Moore Park. Our illustrations show…

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Dairy Records

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 17

Returns for six months ended March 31, supplied by the manager, Mr. S. Laws, show that during that period the Jindiandy Dairy Company, Limited, received at its creamery 500,565 gallons of…

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