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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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The Farmers and Settlers

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 4

The Co-operative Association is moving along! There's nothing of the meteor about it. The men who have it in hand are producers. If it had been organised in the…

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Railway Produce Sales. The New Regulation. Another Embargo on the Farmers

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 5

The friction arising out of the new regulation respecting the delivery at produce at Redfern Railway Station has not been reduced by actual experience growing out of…

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Granville and the Sewerage Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 2

At Wednesday night's meeting of the Granville Council, Dr. Armstrong's report on the proposed Parramatta sewerage works was discussed at considerable length. The Mayor (Alderman…

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Farm, Station, and Dairy. Butter Milk for Pigs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 13

Many dairy farmers and factory managers treat butter milk as if it were a useless by-product, and either run it to waste so that it becomes a nuisance to the neighborhood, or they supply it to the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 3
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

SINGLETON, Friday.—At the meeting of the local Pastures and Stock Board on Thursday, it was suggested, in reply to a request from the Young Board, that a movement should be…

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Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 17

The American visible, supply of wheat and flour is cabled as no longer increasing, but from the end of July last it has grown by over 39,000,000 bushels, while for the corresponding period last…

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Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 9

The Bradford market is still hardening. Prices for "tops" are: Common 60's, 20d per lb.; super. 60's, 21d. Prices for common have risen ¼d on the week, but super is unchanged…

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Victorian Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday. -- Ten thousand quarters of Victorian wheat, to arrive during January, have been placed at 28s 9d…

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Australian Butter in London

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 6

Our London correspondent writing on November 25 regarding the butter market says:—There is very little to write about regarding this matter, for the simple reason that…

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American Wheat Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 9

The "visible supply" of wheat in the United States amounts to 50,126,000 bushels, as compared with 52,249,000 bushels a week ago, and with 54,173,000 bushels in the corresponding week last…

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The Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 9

The English wheat markets are new quiet, and rather inclined to weakness. The Continental markets are also weaker, and the American wheat market is flat…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday, -- The Antwerp wool sales will commence on the 10th instant. Of the 4670 bales available, there are 870 bales of Australian…

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The Wool Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 10

The quantity of wool received at Newcastle for direct shipment to London during the week ended to-day was 860 bales, making a total of 51,727 bales received since the commencement of the season, as…

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The Butter Market. London, January 6

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 9

There is a steady trade in the butter market, and colonial lots have hardened to 102s per cwt., while a few choice lots have gone off at 104s per cwt. Danish butter is…

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Australian Produce in Europe. Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 12

LONDON, December 2. -- The market remains extremely quiet, and prices are somewhat lower. Californian prompt can be bad at 30s 6d, Indian at 28s 9d, and North American at 29s 6d. The…

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The Influence of Manures on the Quality of Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 26

In a recent number of the Royal Agricultural Society's Journal (England), Dr, Voelcker contributes a short article in explanation of a recent investigation on the influence exerted by various…

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The Grazier. Sheep Yards and Race. (See Illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 28

A sheep race, recently invented by (Mr. Charles Woodhouse, is shown in the accompanying illustration. It will he seen that the man racing the sheep stands behind them, instead of in front of…

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Hints for Millers. Smutty Wheat and How to Treat It

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 8

Complaints are made in some quarters of smut this year, though fortunately they are not at all widespread. It is not sufficiently realised that the spores of smut are sown with the wheat; if the latter were…

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Wool Exports. Season 1898—9 4 51,109 Bales Six Months Ended Dec. 31, 1898

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 3

The quantity of wool received at Sydney and Newcastle for sale and export during the first six months of our statistical year amounted to 536,026 bales…

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