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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

5,080 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Wheat Harvest at the Cape

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

In August last the Secretary for Agriculture wrote to the authorities at Capetown, inquiring as to the prospects of their wheat harvest. He has received a reply that the district reports…

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Early Wheat Export From the Colony. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 3

Sir,—I have a "Monthly Mogazine" for 1797, and in looking through it, amongst " Provincial Occurrences," I came upon a paragraph, which may perhaps be interesting to those engaged in agricultural…

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Probable Decision of the Court. Dreyfus Not Guilty. Pastoral of the Archbishop of Paris. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

It is believed that the Court of Cassation will find Dreyfus not guilty of the charges brought against him, but will not carry the inquiry any further, leaving…

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Dairy News. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 7

The Fresh Food and Ice Company pay their milk suppliers 2¾d per gallon on a 3.6 test for the milk supplied during December. For butter, ex cream, the company pay 7d per lb. in advance and allow a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 6

KIAMA, Tuesday.—The Kiama Stock Board have resolved to protest against a movement instituted by the Denman Board to induce the Government to sell by auction the stud cattle, and other stock…

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Wheat and Flour

Evening News · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 3

LONDON, January 10.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2.350,000' quarters, against £2,410,000 quarters last week; and for the Continent at 990,000…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 4

LONDON, January 17.—The cargo of South Australian wheat by the barque Frances Fisher has been sold at 28s 4½d per quarter…

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Price of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--The cargo of wheat by the Frances Fisher has been sold at 28s 4[?]d per quarter…

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The Price of Wheat

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 5

The cargo of wheat by the Frances Fisher has been sold at 28s 4½d per quarter. A hitch has occurred in the engagement of the Sydney Cricket Ground for the match…

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Experimental Wheat. Glen Innes, Tusday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 5

Last August a number of farmers in the district were allotted a small quantity of improved Fifa wheat for experimental purposes, it being claimed that the variety of cereal was well adapted for the…

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The Wheat Market. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 7

The cargo' of South Australian wheat by the barque Frances Fiaher has been sold at 28s 4[?]d per quarter…

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London Wool Sales. a General Advance

Evening News · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 4

LONDON, January 17, 5.5 p.m.—The first series of colonial wool sales opened this afternoon. Competition was brisk, and there was a…

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The Wheat Returns. an Official Ukase. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 5

Instructions have been issued to the police not to supply particulars concerning wheat or other crops to the press; neither are they to add up the total of the yields or acreage, but are instructed to forward…

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London Wool Sales. General Advance of 5 Per Cent LONDON, January 17, 5.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 5

The first series of the London-colonial wool sales of 1899 opened with a brisk demand and a firm market. There was a general advance of 5 per cent. on the closing rates of the…

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Coolamon Farming Prospects

Evening News · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 3

COOLAMON, Wednesday.—The firming community is at present in a deplorable condition throughout this and the neighboring districts. The hardest has been the poorest ever…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 9

ROBERTSON, Tuesday.--For the month of December the Beehive Dairy Company received 11,534 gallons of milk, producing 4818lb. of butter, Suppliers were paid threepence a gallon for milk…

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Farm and Station Notes. Scarifying the Stubbles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 4

After the stubbles have been well gleaned by sheep, no time should be lost in starting the Scarifier in the paddooks where it is intended to take a crop of wheat next year. By this oporation…

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Prices of Farm Produce. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 9

Sir,—In your issue of Monday appeared a telegram from Junee to the effect that the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association had resolved in solemu concluve,— That the Government (of…

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Dairy News. Robertson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 9

For the month of December the Beehive Daily Company received 11,531 gallons of milk, producing [?], of butter. Suppliers were paid 3d per gallon for milk…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Thursday 19 January 1899 · page 7

JUNEE, Wednesday.—On Saturday last a well-attended meeting of the Junee branch of the Farmers' and Settlers Association was held. The chairman (Mr. P. Heffernan), submitted a…

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