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Farming & the land, 1898

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Australian Wool. London Docks Storage. LONDON, March 23

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 5

The London docks have made a rebate of 1½d per lb. on wool in their stores. This is in reference to the present storage rent per week made after the lapse of 12…

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WOOL Manifested at Darling Harbour, Wednesday March 23. 1898

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 7

E Rich and Co, Ltd— Bourke 48—SWILSON/Urisino Do 10—Berriwinia/Downs Dangar, Gedye and Co—…

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London Wool Sales. Spirited Competition. Extreme Prices Realised. LONDON, March 22

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 6

At the London-colonial wool sales-to-day there was spirited competition between buyers. Continental buyers were the principal…

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Dairy News. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 7

For the month of February the Taralga Butter Factory. Company-treated about 18,000 gallons of milk, yielding 7300lb. of batter. The average price paid suppliers was 2·4d on a 3·5 test, the general…

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Serious Assault on a Farmer. Four to One. the Assailants Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 6

To be set upon by roughs and almost killed, after going through nearly 60 years of life without accident to health or limb, is one of the hardest experiences we know of. Such, though,…

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Adaptability of Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 6

Says a New Zealand paper: "One of the most eminent of English agriculturists, writing on the evolution of farm animals, says that, of…

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The Wool Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 7

WELLINGTON, Thursday.--The wool trade at the port of Wellington has doubled within the last eight years…

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Demand for Scoured Wool

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 6

The past week's business in the Sydney "Wool Marked includes some dales of scoured fleece and pieces. About 75 bales in all of the YCH…

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Export Duty on Cattle. a Curious Fact

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 4

We have recently had pome correspondence in our paper iu regard to an export duty on cattle. This seemed such au extraordinary thing that we…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 5

At the London wool sales competition on the part of Continental buyers continues. The sales will close on April 1…

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New South Wales and Victorian Butter. Serious Statements Refuted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 6

Somewhat sensational statements have received publicity in Melbourne regarding the alleged packing of New South wales butter in Victorian boxes by Sydney manufacturers. On this subject the…

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The Wool Fleet. Decrease of 57,101 Bales

The Australian Star · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 2

News from London regarding the March sales is of a more reassuring character. A regrettable feature is the absence of American buyers. Regarding first-class wools,…

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London Wool Sales. Continental Buyers Competing. LONDON, March 23

The Australian Star · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 6

At the London wool sales to-day the competition of Continental buyers continued. The sales close on April 1. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, advise…

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Wyly, Trenchard & Co. Change of Name of a Wool Firm

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 6

It will be seen by advertisement in another column that the constitution of the firm of Campbell, Nimmo and Wyly has been altered. Mr. Wyly…

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Experimental Farms. to the Editor " Stock Journal."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 4

SIR,—In yours of 11th instant, "Observer" writes on Experimental Farms. You have a sub-leader on the same subject, in which you say…

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Hunter River Farmers' Produce Sales. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 7

There was a large attendance of buyers, including a number from Newcastle and the metr[?], at the usual weekly sales of Hunter River farmers' produce yesterday. Large supplies were offered in nearly every section, and…

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The Country. Co-operation for Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 3

ALBURY, Thursday.--A largely attended meeting of Riverina farmers desirous of establishing a co-operative flour mill was held at Walla Walla on Tuesday, when an address on…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 632

A few coastal rains and some light showers on the Darling at Bourke and Wilcannia, and a fall of 2in. at Gunnedah, and about 60 points in the Narrabri and other northerly districts sum up the rainfall for…

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Drilling in and Ma[?] Wheat Crops. Very Gradual Progress

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 629

My first trip into the country in New South Wales was to a place which was described to me as a progressive agricultural district. I reached it by a coach route which rambled through some…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

LONDON. March 25.—At the colonial wool sales yesterday the following prices were obtained: Momba. 7 1/8d; Breeza, 8d; Angledool, 8 5/8d; Dungalear, 9d; Euglo, 9¼d; Yallum…

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