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Farming & the land, 1899

5,080 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 250

London Wool Market

The Australian Star · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Limited, have received the following cable from London, dated 19th Instant:--"The sales beginning on May 2 are expected to open at advances on…

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Stray Cattle on Railway Lines

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 10

At the Blayney police court on Wednesday several people at Millthorpe were charged with allowing cattle to stray on the railway lines. The police magistrate stated that the offence…

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Experiments in Wheat Growing

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 10

With a view to ascertaining the beat varieties of wheat most suitable for the various wheat-growing districts of this colony, the Minister for Agriculture has directed that…

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State Butter Competition. Berry on Top

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture has been furnished with the decisions of the judges in connection with the State butter prizes, which embraced…

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Scoured Wool. a Record Price

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 5

Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., have again made a record price for scoured wool in this market by having sold a line of 50 bales of extra…

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WOOL Manifested at Darling Harbour, Thursday, April 20, 1899

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 3

H Haigh and Son— Liverpool 36—Randwick Do 15—Bondi Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd—…

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A Clip of Wool. From Shearing Shed to Ship. Xviii

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 10

The regulation regarding small and irregular packages, partly referred to in last article, goes on to say that "butts, fadges, pockets, bags, etc., are to be…

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The Farmers and Settlers. Dubbo Waking Up

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 8

The Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales is doing great work. It is marching through the bush, waking up the sleepy Inlanders, and opening up their…

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Dubbo Farmers. Co-operation and Organisation

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 7

A great meeting of the Farmers' Union will be held in Dubbo on Tuesday, May 9. The speakers will be J. J. Miller and F. Pinkstone, of…

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Dairying News. Pambula

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 7

The dairy company has decided to make a call on their capital owing to the severity of the season. The yield last month was 3600 gallons of milk, 1485lb. of cream, 20971b. of butter, being a…

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King Wheat

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 26

You may tell of your armoured cruisers, And your great ships of the line; And swift and slow may steamers go Across the billowy brine…

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Commercial. WOOL

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 20

At the sales held this week 4732 bales were offered, of which 4219 were sold at auction, private transactions during the interval bringing the sales now reported up to 10,476 bales. There was an…

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The Cattle-driving Nuisance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 15

At the meeting of the Camperdown Council, on Tuesday, a letter was read from the Leichhardt Council, inviting delegates to a conference to consider what steps should be taken with a view of preventing, in the interests…

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The Wool Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 9

The quantity of wool received at Nowcastie for direct shipment to london during the week ended this afternoon was 227 bales, making a total of 59,312 bales received since the commencement of the…

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Wool and Fat Stock

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 17

In further pursuance of our desire to place woolgrowers and raisers of stock in possession of the opinions of competent authorities.In the city as to the probable trend of the Homebush and…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 19

Not since 1889 has there been the same pleasant duty of recording anything approaching as high a range of prices as rules at the present time. Following on gradual rises for the past five years, the local…

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Pastoral Leases. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 11

Sir,-When roading " J.P.'s " letter in your issue of the 8th instant,, I could not help feeling amused at the weak arguments he uses in advocacy of " renewal of leases to present pastoral tenants." First of…

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The Points and Breeds of British Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 900

At a recent meeting of the East Sussex Farmers' Club Professor W. J. Maiden, of the Agricultural College, Uckfield, read a paper on " The Points and Breeds of Sheep." He said:—It may appear at first sight that the history of…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 12

Last week it was mentioned in this column that any good lots of scoured wool submitted on this market would go to extreme figures, and during the past week this has had ample…

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Messrs. Lillis Brothers, Wool and Produce Merchants

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 35

Messrs. Lillis Brothers are a wool, and produce buying firm, carrying on an extensive business at Goulburn, Young, Temora, and Towrang. The headquarters of the firm are situated in…

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