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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 9

At the colonial wool sales this evening there was keen competition, especially for the better sorts of merino[?]s and crossbreds. Prices were very firm…

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The Blayney Butter Factory. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 21

The Blayney Butter Factory and Refrigerating Company's premises, which have just been completed, are built on the northern side of the town of Blayney, a short distance from the…

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The Farmers and Dairymen's Milk Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 10

The eighth annual meeting of the Farmers and Dairymen's Milk Company was held yesterday afternoon, at their offices in Harris street. Mr. George M'Phail occupied the chair. About 100 shareholders…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 3

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

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Our Note Book Turf Talk and Tips. Anniversary Day Doings. Selections for To-day. Warwick Farm Notes

The Arrow · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 6

WITH everything favorable as far as the weather was concerned, and a public holiday thrown in, the Sydney Turf Club ought to have had a bumper…

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Dairy News. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 11

At the annual meeting of the Grafton Dairy Company last night the receipts for the last year were reported to have totalled £4130, butter sales amounting to £3797. The sum of £3445 was distributed among…

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Crop Reports

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

From the latest information to hand from various important wheat centres in the Glen Innes district a, although in this latter case even the wheat, if n, greatly deteriorated. cannot be said to have…

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Dairy Notes

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

The supply of milk at the Coraki Creamery for the Week ended Saturday last was 3480 gallons. The Swan Bay Creamery for the same time received [?]679 gallons; Tatham Creamery, 7920 gallons; and…

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The Wotonga Poultry Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 242

On the southern line, 20 miles from Sydney and half a league from Cabramatta, lies the peaceful little hamlet of Bonnyrigg, a name identified in the past with that good fancier Mr. Walter Hope,…

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Race Meetings. Warwick Farm Racing Club

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 249

The January meeting of the Warwick Farm Racing Club held on Saturday was favoured with fine and cool weather and n good attendance. The racing track was in excellent condition, and some very…

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The State and the Dairy Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 4

The wealth and prosperity of a country depend upon the industrial progress oi the people who untilise the land. By the movement brought into action by heads…

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The Poultry Farmer's Balancesheet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 13

The publication of Mr. Samuel Ellis's balancesheet for last year in last Saturday's issue has evoked a friendly criticism from a correspondent, who writes:--"The large section of the…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 10

No. 18.—TOBACCO (continued).—TEMPERATURE — DISTRIBUTION — HANDLING — SWEATING — STRIPPING — MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO—THE SAUCE OR LIQUOR—…

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Cropsland[?]Pastures is the South Coast

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

Crops that were in a languishiimg condition before the recent rainfall have since revived wonderculily, and are mow making great growth. The maize crops are in a proimising condition, and…

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Farmers' Troubles

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 8

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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"Ittartindale's" Notebook. Warwick Farm Races

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 35

That the attendance last Saturday at Warwick Farm was good one was a fact not to be wondered at as the weather was most delightful, and every prospect of excellent sport. Taken right…

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Britain's White Slaves. the Bedford Wool-combers. Committee of Inquiry. Some of the Revelations

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1898 · page 3

A STRONG committee of the Bradford and District Trades and Labor Council has been formed, and is sitting weekly to enquire into the wretched…

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Butter for the English Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 4

A shipment of 6947 boxes of butter for the English market was taken away on Saturday by the R.M.S. Britannia, the shippers being -- Fresh Food and Ico Company, 950 boxes; South Coast…

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"Corner" in Wheat. a Speculator's Boast

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, January 29.-Leiter, the Chicago speculator who was recently reported to be trying to effect a "comer" in wheat, and to have bought between 8,000,000 and 10,000,000…

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