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Farming & the land, 1897

3,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 184

Pastoral Mems

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 8

A Bit of Bad Luck.—Just as the Houlder Line is getting into full running and carrying our pas oral produce through to London with…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 7

The Melbourne Woolbrokers' Association reported by telegraph from Melbourne to-night that the Melbournewool sales were resumed on Wednesday last, after the Christmas recess, but owing to the unfavourable news from Europe,…

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New Zealand Wool Sales

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 2

The second wool sale of the season book place at Christchurch on January 8. About 8700 bales were offered. There was a large attendance of…

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The Wheat Harvest. Rylstone

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 6

Harvesting operations are somewhat retarded owing to the wet weather. The yield of wheat is much heavier than was anticipated in the early part of the…

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Wool From Rylstone. Rylstone

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 3

The total number of bales of wool despatching from Rylstone station during half-year ending December 31 was 1226, being an increase of 191 bales over…

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The Wool Difficulty. Meeting of Growers

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 6

A meeting of wool-growers was held at 39 Hunter-street this afternoon for the purpose of arranging for a large public meeting to deal with the…

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Wool Duties in America. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 5

Manufacturers in the United States complain that the demands made by the Ohio growers before the Tariff Committee of the House of Representatives were…

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A Terrible Death and Loss of Sheep. Thirst the Slayer

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 5

By telegraphic news from Normanton, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, we learn of an agonising death of a drover and the loss of a mob of 14,000 sheep…

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The American Wool Industry. the Demands of Growers. Framed to Limit the Market

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Night.--Manufacturers in the United States complain that the demands for an increased tariff made by the Ohio wool-growers before the Tariff…

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The Dairying Industry. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 7

The supply of milk at the local butter factories is steadily increasing, and at the present time is higher than ever it has been. CORAKI, Monday…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 3

The following stock, passings are reported:—300 sheep, W. C. Howard owner. Oakhurst to Sydney; 550 ewes, R. Dunn owner, Fairfield to Riverstone; 800 sheep, J. M. Cox owner, Coxville to Rosewood;…

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Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Mr. Mahon, the dairy expert to the Government, has been busy to-day branding and classifying butter which has been sent in by several dairies for export by the…

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The Export of Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 4

The loading of the steamer Buluwayo, of the British and Colonial line, was completed yesterday by Messrs. Dangar, Gedye, and Co., and left the harbor last…

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Maclean Matters. the Northern Crops

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 7

MACLEAN, Wednesday.—This year's grape crop exceeds all others for quantity and quality. On glancing round the farms a person is struck with the vastly contrasting appearance of the maize fields;…

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The Crops in the Maclean District. Maclean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 6

This year's grape crop exceeds all others for quantity and quality. Looking at the farms one is struck with the vastly contrasting appearance of the maize fields. Early planting was carried out extensively…

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Dairying Notes. Maclean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 9

The Fresh Food and Ice Company is offering £500 in prizes for a milk-selling competition. The first prize of £250 is to be given to the person who during the next 12 months increases by the largest quantity…

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The Country. the Sugar Crop on the Northern Rivers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 6

ALSTONVILLE, Tuesday.--The prevailing low temperature at night during the present season has seriously diminished the sugar yield of the cane which has been cut. The Rous Mill…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Blackheath

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1897 · page 6

Ten bullocks arrived at the railway station this afternoon in splendid condition, with 1 ton of wool from Mr. Cormack Smith's selection at Megalong, by the new road completed by the department about…

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Wheat Statistics

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1897 · page 6

LONDON, January 12—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,810,000 quarters, or 30,000 quarters more than last week. The…

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The Challenge Butter Competition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1897 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At the Warrnam-bool Exhibition the judging of butter for the grand challenge competition took place to-day, Mr. Wilson, the Government expert and…

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