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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

4,300 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 215

Wool and Produce Loading

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 8

Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co. yesterday [?] the L[?] steamer C[?]lgoa for London, via ports, with [?] wool, hides, 800 boxes of butter, and 7145 ca[?] mutton…

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The Wheat Market. London, January 17

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 6

The wheat market is rising. At the auction sales today there was a brisk demand, prime lots selling at 4s 6½d to 4s 7d per bushel. Farmers are holding their stocks for…

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London Wool Sales. Opening of the Series

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, January 18, 5.15 p.m.-The first of the series of colonial wool sales commenced this evening. Business opened brisk, with prices from…

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London Wool Sales. The Market Brisk. LONDON, January 18

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 5

The first series of the 1808 London-Colonial wool sales opened today. The market was brisk, and the prices ranged from par to 1 per cent, advance on the closing…

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Farm Cove Baths. Reasons for Removal

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 6

The objection which the Minister for Lands has, as published yesterday, to the renewal of the lease of the site occupied by Cavill's Baths is based upon the grounds that they are a disfigurement to the foreshore…

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Turf Topics. Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup. the Weights Reviewed. Racing at Moorefield. Cherry and The swell Earn Penalties Best Shot Performs—Lady Trenville Improves—The Swift and Prince Consort. Selections for Warwick Farm. Challenge Stakes and Anniversary Handicap

Referee · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 1

THOUGH Saturday was not a very inviting day to be out of doors, there was a large gathering at the Moorefield meeting. The threatened rain came…

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Mr. Lyne and the Farmers. to the Editor Ot the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 4

Sir,—In your issue of to-day appeared a report of Mr. Lyne's speech at the Protestant Hall on last evening. In one part of his speech he tries to show his hearers the benefit the farmers of Victoria receive…

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The Tick Danger. a Serious Outlook. Warning to Stockowners and Dairymen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 4

After a series of carefully conducted experiments in Queensland those in authority there seem to have come to the conclusion that the tick must eventually travel southwards, until the whole of the coastal…

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Dairying Industry. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 9

For the month of December the Taralga Butter Company treated 20,000 gallous of milk, yielding 7000lb of butter, nearly. The average test was 3·2, suppliers receiving from 1·96d to 2·57d per gallon…

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The Pitt Town Labor Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 4

The labor farm established at Pitt Town, on the site of the old co-operative settlement, is in operation. About a week ago 10 men were sent thither, and everything is proceeding…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 11

CAMDEN, Tuesday.--The Camden Park creameries at Cawder at Westbrook paid suppliers of milk during December up to 3 per gallon. The supplies of milk are keeping up well…

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Kensington Pony Races. Farmers' Troubles. Wheat, Potatoes, Onions. Scarcity of Prime New Wheat

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 5

A subscriber who has special sources of accurate information informs us that so much of the new wheat throughout New South Wales this season is damaged by smut, and by the effects of…

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American Wheat

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, January 19, 1.30 p.m.-The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Bradstreet's," is 52,680,000 bushels…

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Wheat and Flour

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, January 18.-The quantity or wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,850,000 quarters, against 2,880,000 last week, and 2,820,000 for the corresponding…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 7

Goldsbourgh, Mort, and Co., Limited, report by telegraph, from Melbourne:—We offered at sale to-day [?]5 bales, an exceptionally good catalogue for so late in the season. The market showed marked improvement,…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

LONDON, January 19.-At the wool sales yesterday Messrs. Balme and Company, Messrs. Buxton. Ronald, and Company, and Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Company offered…

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The Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Sales were hold by Messrs. Charles Balme and Co., and Jacomb, Son, and Co., and altogether 7279 hales were offered. The selection was a poor one, and…

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Sydnly Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 7

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report that wool sales were held, to-day (Wednesday) at the Wool Exchange, Macquaroc-place, when the quantity catalogued totailed 6883 bales, and the bales amounted to 6167…

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Movements of the Wool [?]

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 3

Since last report very little new has transpired in the wool shipping circles, several vessels and steamers have cleared at the Customs with wool. and are ready to put to sea, as the following will…

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