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Farming & the land, 1898

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The Attempted "Corner" in Wheat. a Speculator's Boast

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- Mr. Loiter, the Chicago speculator who was recently reported to be trying to effect a "corner" in wheat, and to have bought between 8,000,000 and…

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Wheat Supply. Attempt to Corner the Market. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

Mr. L. Z. Leiter, the Chicago million[?]re, who was reported to have recently Attempted to cornor the world's wheat market, now asserts that he owns every…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the First Series. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

At the first series of colonial wool sales 113,436 bales were catalogued, and 106,463 bales were sold…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 31 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 close of the first half,…

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Bathurst Model Farm

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 8

BATHURST, Monday. - The Bathurst Experimental Farm, which. consists of 18 acres of alluvial flats, will in future be run on commercial lines, and be devoted chiefly to the culture of vegetables with…

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Kempsey Farmers' Union

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Monday.-A special general meeting of the Farmers' Union was held on Saturday to consider the shipping arrangements for the coming season. A letter was read from the North…

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SUMMARY. For European Mail. SYDNEY, February 1st, 1898. Wool Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 5

Dating from June 30, 1897, the quantity of wool manifested outwards to oversea ports amounts to 494,142, being a decrease of 78,939 bales as compared with the corresponding…

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Kempsey Farmers' Union. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

A general meeting of the Macleay Farmers' Union was held at Kempsey on Saturday to make arrangements for the coming shipping season. The meeting appointed a committee to draw up a legal guarantee…

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An Object Lesson to Farmers. Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

An interesting meeting of farmers and others took place to-day at the dairy farm ot Mr. William Yabsley. About 100 farmers from the surrounding district assembled to sec a large stack of ensilage…

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Dairying Industry. Maclean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 7

During Junuary the Maclean creamery treated 7209 gallons of milk from 17 suppliers. The first annual meeting of shareholders of the Palmer's Island Dairy Company was held on…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 7

Stock passings: 300 sheep, M[?]ree to Inverell, W. J. Ogilvie owner; 12,000 sheep, from Nooroomoo to Wellingrove; 4979 ewes, from Cope's Creek to Sand Holes, Moree, J. Arnold owner…

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London Wool Sales. Steady Market. Prices Remain Unchanged. LONDON, January 31

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 5

At the London colonial wool sales to-day the market was steady, and prices remained unchanged. February 1…

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Dairying News. Ulmarra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 9

A large meeting of the suppliers and shareholders of the Ulmarra Factory was held to-day Dissatistaction was expressed at the arrangements now existing re management and export, and a motion…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 11

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday. -- The 20th half-yearly meeting of the Unanderra Dairy Company was held last evening. According to the report, which was adopted, 146,859 gallons of milk were treated during the half-year,…

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Wool Returns

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 5

The railway wool receipts at the seaside stations are gradually falling off as the season advances. Where in the height of the season the deliveries were counted by seven or eight…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Mount Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 6

A hundred and fifty lambs and 50 fat wethers were trucked for Flemington this afternoon from Burns and Stev[?]son's Liddleton station, eight miles from here, consigned to Hill and Clark…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 6
Also in Daily Commercial News and Shipping List

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Levlin Limited, report have received from their. London agents (Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co.) the following cablegram:--London, 31st…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 7

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report that sales were held to-day (Wednesday) at the Wool Exchange[?] Macquarie-place, when the quantity catalogued totalled [?]89 bales, and the sales amounted to 10,4[?]7…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- At yesterday's wool sales the demand for merinoes was slightly firmer. Good crossbreds brought ½d below top rates…

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