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Farming & the land, 1898

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Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales will open on the 11th instant. The catalogue will comprise 3200 bales, of whioh 50 bales are Australian…

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Wheat Duty. to the Editor "Stock Journal."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 8

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me a few lines to reply to a letter by "Fair Play" in your issue of December 24th, or, rather, to that portion of it advising an import…

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WOOL Manifested at Darling Harbour, Thursday January 6, 1898

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 7

Bank of New South Wales— Cooma 18—WS/O Do 23—SL in square Dubbo 11—Run…

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The Wool Fleet. Review of the Half-year. Clip Valued at £5,095,540

The Australian Star · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 8

It is not a particularly pleasant task to Write up a wool review tar the first half of the financial year 1897-8. There are few pleasant episodes to note, the doleful strain…

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The Weather. the Crops in the North

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 5

ARMIDALE, Friday.-Rain continues to fall every day, causing great loss to the hay and wheat crops. Wheat is growing in the stook, and where it is not cut is spoiling. The maize and potato…

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Dairying Industry. Maclean

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

During December the Tully Morgan Butter Factory treated 2151 gallons of milk, yielding 11401b. of butter. PAMBULA, Thursday…

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Hunter River Farmers' Produce Sales. West Maitland

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

At the usual sales of Hunter River farmers' produce held yesterday very large supplies were forward. There was a good attendance of buyers, but biddings were exceptionally slow, and prices realised were considerably lower…

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Manning River Crops. Taree

The Australian Star · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 6

The weather is showery, and the crops look well…

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N.S.W. EXPORTS. For Six Months ended Dec. 31st, 1897. WOOL. Gross total output from Now South Wales for the six months ended December 31st, 1897, 593,656 bales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 2

The 31st ult. saw the close of the first half, or correctly spanking the major portion of our wool season /97 and /98, with a gross output of 593,656 bales, from which if deducted the…

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Wheat and Butter

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 57

The wonderful advance that New South Wales has made in agriculture in recent years has brought about a position that is worth considering at this juncture. The development has been…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 59

The northern districts are exceedingly fortunate in summer rains this season. On the 29th of last month there were further good falls on the coast, and on Monday last there were rains in the north…

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Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 44

The P. and O. R.M.S. Rome took from Sydney a [?]hipment of 100 tons of butter for the English market. A shipment of 394 boxes of butter for Capetown was taken by the setamer Nineveh. The…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 10

The following stock passings are reported:—2000 wethers, Ollera to Goondiwindi, Stewart owner; 4977 ewes, Coaues Creek to Moree, J. Arnold owner; 1200 wethers, Nooloomoo to Wellingrove,…

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The Butter Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 8

The unseasonably mild weather in England is depressing the butter market. Australian is rather lower, at 96s to 98s per cwt., a few of the choicest lots selling at 100s. The shipment by…

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Official Estimate of the Wheat Crop

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 59

We have now received from the office of Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Government Statistician, the official estimate of the wheat crop, from which it is evident that the harvest will not be far short of 10 million…

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Butter. the Market Depressed

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, January 7.-The unseasonable weather is depressing the butter market. Colonial butter is dull of sale at from 96s to 98s per cwt, a few lots realising 100s…

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The Wheat Markets

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, January 7.-The English wheat markets are firm, but with, little business doing; the Continental markets are inactive; the American markets are declining…

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The Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 8

The English wheat market is firm, but little business doing. The Continental markets are inactive, and the American markets are declining. Californian No. 1 milling (for early…

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Bradford Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 8

The Bradford "top" market is still improving. Common 60's are quoted at 18¼d, super at 19d. These prices support last week's advance…

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The Wool Fleet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 12

The tonnage at present in port for the berth consists of three steamers, aggregating 10,977 tons, and five sailing vessels, equal to 8787 tons. Three sailers--the Mary Augusta, Sigurd, and…

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