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Farming & the land, 1898

4,300 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 215

The Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.--At Mark-lane yesterday, wheat was very firm foreign arrivals being held for a further is Gd per quarter advance. This checked sales…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 6
Also in Evening News, The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, report receipt of the following cable message:--"The wool market is firm, with an improved tone."…

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Melbourne Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 6

The wheat market is easier, and holders are showing a disposition to sell. A thousand bags were sold for 4s 9d per bushel today…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Firmer

Evening News · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 5

At the wool sales this evening prices were firm, and there was an improved competition for merinoes…

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The Wheat Market. London, May 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 5

The wheat market is very firm. Foreign is held for an advance of 1s 6d per quartor. Sales have been checked…

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Wool Sales in Brisbane Southern Opinions

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 3

Now that the Queensland Government has promised to assist the wool brade in Brisbane to the extent of 20s a ton on all wool sold locally; the…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 5

There was better competition at the opening rates of the wool sales to-day. May 5. At the Colonial wool sales last evening…

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Brisbane Wool Sales. Deputation to the Premier

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 4

A deputation waited on the Premier (the Hon. T. J. Byrnes), in connection with the Wool Sales movement on Wednesday afternoon last…

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The Continental Wheat Supply. Suspension of French Duties

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The. French Government have suspended the import duties upon cereals until July next…

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English Commercial. (Our Special Messages.) American Wheat Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.--The "visible" supply of wheat in the United States amounts to 31,042,000 bushels, as compared with 35,045,000 bushels last week, and with 49,684,000 bushels in the…

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American Wheat Supply. a Big Decrease. LONDON, May 4

The Australian Star · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 6

The visible supply of American wheat and flour east of the Rockies is estimated at 31,042,000 bushels, as compared with 35,045,000 bushels last week and 39,141,000 bushels the…

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An Agricultural Farm at Berdischeff

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 3

A number of Jews at Berditscheft have leased from the Town Council 22 acres of land, situated in the neighbourhood of the town, in order to establish an agricultural farm for the…

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The Farmers and Settlers' Association. a Manifesto. Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 6

The president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales has issued a manifesto, which declares that having read and carefully considered the Commonwealth Constitution Bill it is…

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Dairying Industry. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 7

The Mudgee factory treated during April 43,126 gallons of milk with an average test of 3·77, the lowest being 3·1, the highest 4·47, requiring 2·07 gellons per 1b, of butter…

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Hunter River Farmers' Produce Sales. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 7

The usual weekly pales of Hunter River farmers' produce were held at South Maitland Yesderday. There were large supplies forward to a good attendance of buyers. All kinds of produce realised excellent prices, prime lucerne…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 7

WINDSOR, Thursday.--Last month 11,454 gallons of milk were treated by the Jersey Butter Factory, yielding 4240lb, of butter. £185 was distributed. MUDGEE, Thursday:--During the month of April…

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Wild British Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 971

The proposal to establish somewhere in England a "sanctuary" for wild animals, birds, reptiles, and insects gains additional interest from the suggestion that British cattle should be included among the…

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