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Farming & the land, 1899

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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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Mr. P. M'shanb's Wool and Produce Stores

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 38

The city of Goulburn has for its ex-Mayor Mr. Patrick M'Shane, produce, wool, and general merchant of Auburn, and; Bradley streets. Mr. M'Shane is the eldest son of the late Mr. John…

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Farm, Station, and Dairy. Nitrogenous Manures

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 14

Of the substances absolutely essential to soil fertility, nitrogen is perhaps the most important, because it is the one most easily lost or wasted cut of a soil, and it is the most expensive to…

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The Wheat Market. London, April 21, 2.10 a.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 11

The wheat markets are firm, and hardening. Victorian March and April shipments are offered at 27s 9d; steamer parcels at 28g. The Endymion shipment has been resold at…

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Feeding Dairy Cows and Milk Production

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 899

Mr. Harold Faber, agricultural commissioner to the Danish Government, London, recently addressed the members of the Newcastle Farmers' Club, England, on "The Relation of Feeding of Dairy…

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The Farmer. Water Foe Riverina

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 898

The existing drought in Riverina has preyed more disastrous than any similar dry period which preceded it, because settlement is closer now and large agricultural as well as pastoral industries have been…

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Dairy. Ancient Tuberculosis

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 898

Some references by English breeders to tuberculosis and the tuberculin test are amusing. Lord Stallbridge, in a recent speech, remarked that the disease was probably known in Adam's time, and…

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Farmers as Traders

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 903

The example of older countries in cooperation is being slowly but surely followed in Australia; A few years ago the sale of butter attracted the attention of…

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A Poultry Farmer's Balance-sheet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 14

It is easy to speak in broad terms of the profits of systematic poultry-keeping, but how much more satisfactory is it to give an illustration in exact figures of what actually has and, therefore,…

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Farm & Garden Original Articles

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 9

No. 83. Peppermint (continued)—Cultivation—Cutting — Distillation — The Oil— Soil—Yield—Various Oils—Mitcham Peppermint—Japanese—Camomile—Lavender…

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Dairy Records

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

During March (says a Bowral wire), the Pheasant Ground Dairy Factory treated 2808 gallons of milk, for which suppliers were paid 3¼d. per gallon…

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The Outcast or The Black Sheep of the Family. The Tale abounds with Startling Situations, and is Pathetic and Sensational in the highest degree. It shows the Good and Bad Side of .Human Nature, and the characters are Life-like and Real. Chapter Xxi

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 4

How lucky he was, everything seemed to go well with him ! They went into i-he drawing-room, and, in nicely-balanced phrases,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 3

WYALONG, Friday.—Nine areas ranging from 1100 to 2000 acres, situate near Barmedman, will be available for settlement occupation after June 1. All blocks are more or less improved. Rentals…

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Rise in Wheat

Evening News · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 5

The prices for milling wheat have advanced in the English provinces and at. Mark-lane, and wheatgrowers in the three colonies—N-S-W., Victoria and S.A.—are holding for a further…

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Pastoral Products. Momebush Fat Stock Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 9

The number of stock that will be offered by auction at llomebush to-day is 11,716 sheep and 983 cattle. The only wool manifested on Saturday was 78 bales, to arrive by rail…

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London Wool Market

Evening News · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

Dalgety and Company's cable: London, April 21—The wool market is excited…

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Dairy Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 9

NOWRA, Saturday.--There is a strong demand for young dairy cattle in this district, and high prices are the rule. Owing to the scarcity, buyers from the northern rivers have exhausted all good sorts, and local…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 9

BOMBALA, Saturday.--A number of dairymen at Catheart have leased the Bombala Dairy Company's Creamery at Cathcart. They intend to supply milk for the manufacture of butter…

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Seed Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 4

Several cases of attempted Imposition on the Government in connection with the distribution of seed wheat have come under notice. This is generally the reward of public beneficence. The…

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