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Farming & the land, 1899

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 17

Since our.last review a big turnover for this period of the year has taken place In the wool market, last week's business (including lots sold privately since the previous auctions) amounting to the good round…

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Australasian Produce in Europe. Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 11

LONDON, December 30. -- There is a rather better inquiry since the holidays. The best North American is quoted at 30s, Indian 29s, Argentine 28s 6d, and 9000 quarters of South…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 14

A comparatively quiet week has been passed in the local market, no auction sales having been held, and many of our local operators have taken this opportunity to attend tho sales in Melbourne,…

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How Wheat is Raised in Argentine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 26

Rosario is the Chicago of South America (says a correspondent of an American contemporary). It is the chief wheat market of the Argentine Republic. It ships thousands of tons of wheat,…

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The Outcast —Or— The Black Sheep of the Family

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 4

The Tale abounds with Startling Situations, and is Pathetic and Sensational [?] in the highest degree. It shows the Good and Bad Side of…

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Farm, Station, and Dairy. Brewers' Grains

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 13

It is a matter of congratulation to stock-owners in New South Wales that stops are being taken to put on the market another valuable foodstuff, in the form of dried brewers' grains…

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Crops at Adelong and Tumut

The Catholic Press · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 18

In some instances the crops have yielded as high as 60 bushels to the acre. In a good many instances the average will be 20 bushels to the acre. The summer crops of…

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Cootamundra Farmers & Settlers' Association

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 26

At a meeting of the above association on Saturday, 2lst instant, the question of co-operation in regard to the disposal of farm produce was discussed at length. The tenor of the meeting pointed…

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Items for Farmers and Graziers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 26

Mr. James O'Brien, of Nyanda, Booligal, is to be complimented on the high prices realized for his wool in Melbourne, viz., scoured, first combing, 16d; scoured, first pieces, 14d; scoured bellies, 11 1/3d…

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Dairy News. Bombala

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 13

The supply of milk to the Delegato River creamery last week was 1263 gallons, or a daily average of 210 gallons. PAMBULA, Friday…

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Tee Unemployed and Destitute Farmers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 11

Sir,—Referring to Mr. Simpson's letter in your issue of January 26, he advocates the right of the capable unemployed to wok from the State on terms which would enable them to live, but would not…

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Farmers' Telephone Lines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 248

A large number of the sparsely-settled towns in Vermont now have telephone systems of their own. The way these enterprises start is usually something like this: A few of the leading men of the community get together and…

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The Farmer. Royal Agricultural Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 246

The enterprise displayed by the council of the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W. in improving the grounds at Moore Park was illustrated in the speech of Mr. John See, M.L.A., the president,…

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Dairy. Profitable Cows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 247

Among the many test competitions arranged by agricultural societies in New South Wales, that in connection with the Kiama Agricultural Society is one of the best and most interesting The conditions…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 9

No. 71. Hemp (continued)—Various Soils— The Fibre—Its Uses—Uses of Seeds Leaves—Sowing—Quantity of seed to an acre—The Oak—Raising Oak Seeds—…

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The Dairy Thermometer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 28

One of the most difficult things to control in making butter on the farm during the hot months is the temperature. Few farmers have ice, and many no facilities for cooling the milk and cream…

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Cruelty to Trucked Cattle Present System-severely Condemned

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 7

There is evidently great room for improvement in the mode adopted by the Railway authorities in bringing live stock to market from long distance stations. The…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 9

The following quantities of wool were manifested on Saturday:--By rail, 539 bales; coastwise, 636; received at Newcastle on Friday, 24…

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Junee Farmers Want Seed Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 6

JUNEE, Saturday.--The largest meeting of farmers ever held in Junee took place tills afternoon. Mr. Heffernan, of Millbank station, presided. It was resolved to request the…

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Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 4

The R.M.S. Oroya, of the Orient line, which sailed on Saturday for London via ports, took away 2080 boxes of butter for the English market, the shippers being:--Denhnm Bros., 120 boxes;…

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