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Farming & the land, 1898

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The Governor's Visit to Kiama. Opening the Agriccultural Show. Lokd Hampden on the Dairying Industry. (By Our Special Reporter.) Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor fulfilled a sixmonths'-old promise to the Kiama Agricultural Society by visiting their annual show, which commenced to-day. Several annual shows at Kiama…

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Hunter River Farmers' Produce Sales. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 7

Netwithslanding the continual web weather there were large supplies of farmers, produce forward at the weekly sales held yesterday. Buyers were in good attendance bidding fairly active, and taken all round the prices…

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Dairy News Industry. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 7

The Tintenbar Co-operative Butter Factory last month separated 11.395 gallons milk for 44321b. of butter. After deducting working expenes suppliers were paid 23-16d per gallon milk…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 4

The following are the latest stock passings:—[?] mixed cattle, Noorindoo to Singleton, A. A. Dangar owner, 325 mixed sheep, Narrabri to West Maitland, E. H. Wall owner: 425 mixed sheep,…

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New Zealand. Wheat Estimates

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Thursday,--The agricultural statistics show that the season's wheat yield is estimated at 6,770,253 bushels, oats 10,691,550 bushels, and barley 709,950 bushels. Including the…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 5

The wool market is firm, and prices are unchanged. There is keen competition. The following prices were realised:- Koolomurt, 125/8d; Mortat, 11¼d;…

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WOOL Manifested at Darling Harbour, Thursday January 27, 1898

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 3

E Rich and Co, Ltd— Bourke 102—Dunlop Do 3-GM/H Gilchrist Watt ana Co—…

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London Wool Sales. a Firm Market. Prices Remain Unchanged. LONDON, January 26

The Australian Star · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 6

At the London colonial wool sales to-day the market was firm, while prices remained unaltered. There was keen competition among the…

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N.S.W. EXPORTS For Half Year. JULY 1st to Dec. 31st, 1897. WOOL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 3

ross total output from New South Wales for the six months ended December 31st, 1897, 593,707 bales. The 31st Dec. saw the closo of the first half,…

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Dairy News. Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 7

The supply of milk to the various district creameries for the week ended Saturday last was as follow:—Coraki, 3220 gallons; Swan Bay, 3891 gallons; Tatham, 6747 gallons; Bungawalbyu,…

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The Dairy Industry. Conference at Kiama

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 6

KIAMA, Thursday.--The third meeting of the Co-operative Council which is the outcome of the recent conference of the co-operative factories and the South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Company was held this…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops. &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 215

The weather for the week ending January 25 was of a variable character. On the 19th a wave of heat passed over portions of the colony. In Sydney the thermometer recorded 98-2, and some of the readings,…

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Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 40

According to our cablegrams muggr weatner and heavy supplies are depresaine the English batter market. Australian is selling in London at 92s to 9[?]a, a few boxes realising 96s. Danish ranges in London…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 10

The following are the latest stock movements:— 4460 [?]wes, from Malonga to Goulburn, J. Marsh owner: 2576 wethers, from Cobar to Wh[?], Bank of New South Wales owner; 100 lambs, from…

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The Butter Export Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 9

A shipment of 2493 boxes butter for Capetown was taken away yesterday by the steamer Thermopylae, the shippers being:--A. M'Arthur and Co., 120 boxes; French Cheese and Butter…

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Faults in Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 213

So much has been written about wool, and yet so rarely do we see anything mentioned save of its good properties, that we are almost given to understand that there are no faulty wools. This is…

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Record Loads of Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 23

102 BALES AT NARRABRI. WEIGHT 18 TONS 3CWT 2QR. 113 BALES UNDUMPED GREASY WOOL. WEIG[?]T 20 TONS 3CWT. LOADED AT TEMORA NOVEMBER 6. 1896. A RECORD FOR AUSTRALIA…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 16

The last of the weekly sales for the season took place on Thursday last, and, like the sales held since the new year, opened, were characterised, by the same eager spirit to secure wool, the change being in marked…

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Seasonable Topics. Thread Lung Worm in Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 214

Mr. Arthur Darby is rendering service to pastoralists publishing the results of some experiments in the direction of discovering a means of causing sheep to expel lung worms…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 12

Although the weekly series of sales has been brought to a close, and auctions will only now be held fortnightly, the activity and strong demand manifested publicly are still apparent in the…

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