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Farming & the land, 1898

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Fluke in Sheep. Experiments with a Specific

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 3

Last year a board was appointed to make some experiments to test the value of a specific invented by Mr. L. G. Jones for the cure of fluke and other parasites in sheep. The report of the board has now…

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The Wheat Supply. London, March 16

The Australian Star · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 6

According to "Bradstreet's" the American visible supply of wheat and flour east of the Rockies amounts to 44,167,000 bushels…

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Wheat on Shares. Form of Agreement

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 8

We have had several applications for a form of agreement for wheatgrowing on shares. Some land-holders declare that they can make £2 an…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 5

At the colonial wool sales this evening competition was spirited. Prices showed a slight hardening tendency. March 17…

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London Wool Sales. Hardening Tendency. LONDON, March 16

The Australian Star · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 6

At the second series of the 1898 London-colonial wool sales, which were continued to-day, the bidding was spirited, and the prices realised show a slight hardening tendency…

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The Wool Fleet. Decrease of 54,813 Bales

The Australian Star · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 3

The event of the week was the opening or the March sales in London, and much more satisfactory news was expected than that prices were about on a par with the closing…

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The Wheat Growers' Position. to the Editor "Stock Journal."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 5

Sir,—Considerable interest has been taken for some time past, both in this and the other Australian colonies, in the question of how to dispose of the…

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Disease-infested Sheep. the Specific for Fluke and Worms. Result of Experiments

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 6

An experimental test of Mr. L. G. Jones' specific for fluke and worms infesting sheep was held at Mr. Morriee's farm, Bromley, Moss Vale, from August. 14, 1897, to January 28, 1893. The Stock Board, in their report, give…

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Specific for Fluke and Worms in Sheep. Reported Failure. Valuable Hints From Mr. Bruce

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 3

The Chief Inspector of Stock Mr. Alex. Bruce reports as follows with regard to Mr. L. G. Jones' specific for fluke and worms in sheep:—…

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A Farmer Killed

Evening News · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 4

BLATNEY, Friday.—A farmer named Thos. South, residing at Tallwood, Bowen's Creek, near Blayney, was thrown from his horse yesterday, sustaining serious injuries, from the effects of…

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Hunter River Farmers' Produce Sales. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 7

The usual weekly sales of Hunter River farmers' produce were held yesterday. Produce in all sections was offered in fairly large supplies to a good attendance of buyers, including metropolitan and South Coast…

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Improvement in Dairy Herds

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 4

The rapid advances recently made in connection with the dairying industry in this colony have caused special attention to be given to the important question of effecting an improvement in…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 580

The rains that have fallen inland since our last report have been be trifling that conditions generally have not changed save where the continued dry weather has mide matters worse than before. In…

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Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 40

The London market in butter is cabled as slow, and the prices obtained for Australian, 100s to 104s per cwt, show a fall of 2s, as compared with those ruling three weeks ago. Danish butter declined…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 9

Stock movements.—5 Lincoln rams, from Albury to Victoria, J. Chenery, 27 fat cattle, from Yarra Yarra to Melbourne, J. M'Donald; 50 store bullocks, from Rockwood to Wodonga, G…

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Deer and Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 13

The originator of the Rothchild house of finance was a careful old soul. A friend was once interrogating him on his taste for meat. "Do you like venison?" he asked…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 6

LONDON, March 18.—At the colonial wool sales yesterday the following prices were realised: Tolarno, 7d; Dunraven, 7 7/8d; Guman, 8¼d; Burrabogie, 8 5/8d; Barratta, 7¾d;…

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Wheat for South Africa

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 603

Our Wellington correspondent writes on the 5th instant:—I forward herewith a photo, of 7856' bags of wheat stacked at Wellington in readiness for transit by train to Sydney. The wheat was…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 17

The two days' auction sales last week were a marked success, and resulted in a clearance of 9023 bales, inclusive of private transactions between sales. Considerable eagerness was displayed on all sides toac…

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The Points of a Good Butter Cow

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 21

A good butter cow should have a long face, wide between the eyes, the eye alert and expressive, and placed a long way below the horns. A cow wich eyes near the top of the head does not know…

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