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Farming & the land, 1898

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 7

The late nine have had a most beneficial effect upon the pastures in several northern districts, which should prove of special value to dairy farmers. Prom other parts of the colony reports are not so…

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Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 4

The high prices ruling for butter from April to September proved very remunerative to the producer. When the drought was at its worst and butter was scarce 1s 6d per lb, was paid—the…

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Butter Imports

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, December 31, 6.55 p.m.-Messrs. W. Weddel estimate that the imports of all butter (colonial, Danish, etc.) during January will amount to 30,000cwt. below the imports for the…

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The Butter Market

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, December 31.-The market for colonial butter is slack, but prices are unchanged. Danish is slightly firmer…

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Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 9

The P. and O. R.M.S. Rome, sailing hence on Monday for London, will take a shipment of 100 tons of butter for the English market. A shipment of 394 boxes of butter for Capetown was…

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Milton. a Charming Homestead. Some Good Dairy Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 22

Milton is situated within a short distance of the flourishing town of Cootamundra, and is owned by Mr. W. H. Matthews, the well-known merchant of that place. The house is…

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The Wool Clip

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 16

The clip of wool in N.S.W. has not all been marketed yet, but, up to the present the variation in condition as between clips from different portions of the colony is so great that…

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The Wool Fleet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 12

The departures with wool since last report comprised the following vessels:--Orotava, R.M.S. (Orient line), for London, with 665 bales; the North German Lloyd liner Bremen, for Bremen…

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Butter Market. London, December 30

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 3

The butter market is slack, the prices remaining unchanged. The position of Danish butter in the market is slightly firmer…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 16

The closing sales for the present year were held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last, upon which days 33,318 bales were offered, and at auction and privately 29,605 bales were reported sold. The…

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A Large Load of Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 22

Our [?] shows a load of wool which attracted a great deal of attention as it was drawn through Sydney on the 21st ultimo. The imposing pile of ba[?] numbered 70, and was loaded by Mr…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 9

The holiday season and the partial cessation of business it has brought about have made the past week a very quiet one, many of the buyers being out of town enjoying a well-earned rest…

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The Butter Trade. Supply for January. LONDON, December 31

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 15

In their review, W. Weddel and Co. estimate that the import of butter from all parts for January, 1893, will show a decrease of 3 80,000 cwt. as compared with the imports for…

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London Wool Market. LONDON, E.C. Nov. 26

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 14

The sixth and concluding series for the year of the London colonial wool auctions commenced yesterday and will continue as at present arranged until December 7…

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The Farm in January

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 5

Operations on the farm during this first month of the year might be very easily described in a calendar if custom and usage were taken as the only guide for what is to be done in the future…

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Crop Reports

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 7

Harvesting operations ate now nearly completed in the Carrathool district, and already about 4000 bags of wheat have been delivered at the railway station here. The yield is not as good as was…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 7

At the Taralga Butter Factory for November 21,000 gallons of milk were treated, yielding 70001b. butter. Suppliers received an average of 2d per gallon for a 3-1 test, also their skim milk free…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 9

No. 14. — GRASSES (continued) — WATER MEADOW—DWARF MEADOW — CREEPING BENT — COUCH — COCKSFOOT — MILLET, GUINEA CORN AND SORGHUM—MILLET, ITS…

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Dairy Records

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 17

The Narellan Factory, paid suppliers 2¼d per gallon for milk during November. The Cobbitty Factory paid suppliers 2[?]d. The Camden Park creameries are paying suppliers 2 15-16d. per…

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The Wheat Yield

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1898 · page 8

THE complete official returns show that the actual area sown to wheat was 3,191,309 acres, which is an increase of 10 per cent, over last year's area. Of this, it is estimated that the…

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