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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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This Season's Wheat. Berrigan

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 5

Berrigan does not occupy the proud position it anticipated early in the season relative to the crops. The highest average is four bags to the acre, and this is exceptional…

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The Wheat Supply. London, February 2

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 5

The visible supply of American wheat and flour east of the Rockies is estimated to amount to 51,105,000 bushels…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day the demand was steady and prices were unchanged. Feb. 1. At the wool sales yesterday the…

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WOOL Manifested at Darling Harbour, Wednesday, February 2, 1898

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 7

E Rich and Co, Ltd— Bourke 72— Dunlop Do 93—Lissington Dangar, Gedye and Co—…

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Dairying News. Coraki

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

The supply of milk at the Coraki Cr[?]mery for the week ended Saturday last was 35[?]0 gallons[?] at the Swan Bay factory it was 3760 gallons; at Tatham it waa 7633 gallons, and at Bongawalbyn 3190 gallons…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 7

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report that sales were hold to-day (Thursday) at the Wool Exchange. Macquarie place, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,145 bales, and the salen amounted to 24,627…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 5

Messrs. Dalgety andCo. Limited, have received the following cable from their London office, dated February 1:--"The third and fourth series of London wool sales…

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American Wheat Supply. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 5

The visible supply of wheat in America east of the Rockies, according to "Bradstreet," is 51,105,000 bushels as against 52,149000 bushels last week and…

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The Wool Sales. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 5

The Wool market has closed firm. Prices are unchanged. Feb. 3. The first series of wool sales has closed…

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The Wool Sales. Close of the Series

Evening News · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 6

LONDON, February 2.-The colonial wool sales closed this evening firm, with pricesunchanged. There were available for the series 171,000…

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The Wool Fleet. London Advance in Prices

The Australian Star · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 8

The week just closed shows that the busy season is drawing to a close. This was apparent both in actual shipments and the fact of the two fortnightly sales having commenced…

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Wool Returns. a Drop of 52,000 Bales

The Australian Star · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 6

The return of wool carried by the Railway Department to Darling Harbour, Morpeth, and Newcastle during the present season shows that the daily consignments are…

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Butter. Exported From New South Wales to Oversea Ports for Month Ended 31St January, 1898. Shippers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 3

BOXES. N S W Creamery Butter Co 5348 Foley Bros ... ... 4700 S C and W C Co-op Co, Ltd.. 4004…

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Public Works Committee. the Share System of Farming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 7

A meeting of the Public Works Committee was beld Yesterday, all the members being present, namely. Mr. T. T. Ewing (in the chair), the Hons. F. T. Humphery, J. Hoskins, C. J. Roberts, C.M.G.,…

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Hunter Eiver Farmers' Produce Sales. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 7

There were large supplies of produce forward at the regular weeklr sales held yesterday. Buyers were in large attendance, and satisfactiry prices were obtsined for all lots. Butter made from 8d to 8d per 1b,; eggs, [?] 1d to…

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Dairy Industry. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 7

The Mudgee Dairy Company treated in January 59,407 g[?]llons of muk, testing 2 87 to 3'55 per cent, of butter far, averaging 3'3. Burrundulla Factory treated 25,460 gallons,…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 268

During the week ending Tuesday last the South Coast was favoured with splendid reins, which cannot fail to further improve true pastures and green crops in that district. In almost all the dairying…

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Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 44

The London marktet in Australian butter is again lower this week, the fall being 2s per cwt (90s to 94s being quoted). The decline for the last fortnight is 4s, and since the beginning of the season 6s per cwt…

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Gippsland Bush Fires. Farms Like Restaurants Heaps of Boasted Cattle and Sheep. a Bush Philosopher. a Touching Incident

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-Heartrending accounts of the terrible bush fires in Gippsland continue to pour in from every direction. A telegram from Strezlecki Ranges states that a Mr. F…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 9

Stock movements:—TO fat bullocks, from Tabletop Tames Mitchi.ll oyvuer 560 mixed fat sheen, Walbundrie to Melbourne, W Kiddle 50 fat bullocks, Buiitoyvaiinah to Molbourno, W Cary, 3…

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