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Farming & the land, 1898

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New South Wales Butter in London. Dec. 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 162

It has been one of the just complaints of Australasian shippers of butter that their product was not sufficiently advertised and sold under its own name, but sold as Danish…

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How to Tell the Age of a Sheep

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

Our readers may just as well begin to gather up facts with reference to sheep first as last. One…

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London Wool Market. London, Dec. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 11

Since tho turbans clo'o 1 business lins resumed tho quietness which was characteristic, before the sales commenced. Very few inquiries are being made, and these come from the Continent, hut little result…

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London Wool Market. a Better Demand

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 12

LONDON, December 17,--It is a considerable cause of statisfaction that I am able to report a revival of inquiry for various descriptions of Australian and New Zealand wool on this market, chiefly relating to lots withdrawn…

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A Prize Dairy Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 161

If you travel by one of the "milk" trains on the South Coast line you will certainly discover that Albion Park is a prolific supplier to the Sydney householders. By the time you have…

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Our Note Book Turf Talk and Tips. Newmarket Chances. the Australian Cup. Notes at Moorefield. Selections for Warwick Farm

The Arrow · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 6

Since the weights were declared on Monday for the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup speculation appears to have been lively. Neither has it been confined…

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Dairy News. Mittagong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 11

Tho Mittagong creamery, of the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company, paid milk suppliers 3½d per gallon for December…

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Poultry and Kennel Notes. Pendulous Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 5

This complaint, commonluy called " slack crop " among breed[?]s of poultry, is the result of overdistension of the crop, and occurs, as a rule, in yards where the birds are fed with gra[?] at irregular…

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Handling the Grain Crop at the Port of New York

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 190

The wheat wheat reaches New York by rail is transferred to the great elevators at the terminals of the mads on the Jersey City side of the Hudson River. The train of cm is run through the centre…

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Crop Reports

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 164

At Gunning the district wears a dry and parched appearance, while swarms of grasshoppers have eaten all remaining verdure, even, fruit trees have suffered from their ravages…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 163

Some months ago Mr. D. C. Pryce, manager of the Kangaroo Valley Factory, obtained permission from his directors to send an experimental shipment of butter to Glasgow on his own account. He…

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A Poultry Farmers' Balance-sheet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 13

Last Saturday we published some particulars regarding Mr. Samuel Ellis' poultry farm at Botany, and as an evidence of his great success, stated that the net income last year from…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 10

No. 17.—TOBACCO—DERIVATION OF NAME— EXTERNAL DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS— CULTIVATION AND PREPARATION—WHERE FROSTS OCCUR—WHERE DROUGHT…

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The Storage of Farmyard Manure

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

Although this substance has been used from time immemorial, and is still to a greater or less extent employed on nearly every farm, it is surprising how little is accurately known…

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Dairy Records

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 16

The Grafton Dairy Company treated 33,338 gallons of milk during December. During December the Pioneer Dairy Factory, Kiama, treated 22,650 gallons of milk. The…

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N.S.W. EXPORTS For Half Year. July 1St to Dec. 31St, 1897. WOOL. Gross total output from New South Wales for the six months ended December 31st, 1897, 593,707 bales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 3

The 31st Dec. saw the close of the first half, or correctly speaking the major portion of our wool season /97 and /98, with a gross output of 593,707 bales, from which if deducted the…

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Warwick Farm Races. Giril and Dumb GIRl

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 January 1898 · page 3

Pleasant weather yesterday doubtless had much to do with the good attendance at Warwick Farm, both reserves being well patronised. The course was in excellent condition, and the racing proved to be well…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Dapio

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1898 · page 5

Another 100 head of young dairy stock passed through yesterday from the Kiam[?] district en route to the Richmond. They were culled from the best dairy herds of the South Coast, and have been…

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Adulteration of Butter

Evening News · Monday 24 January 1898 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

LONDON, January 22.-A grocer at Pontypridd, Wales, was yesterday fined £5, under the. Adulteration of Food Act, for having sold Irish butter containing 0.9 per cent of boraeie…

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