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Farming & the land, 1899

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Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 8

The Aberdeen White Star liner Australasian sailed yesterday for London and Capetown, via ports, her departure being witnessed by a large concourse of people. She took away 775 boxes…

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State Butter Competitions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture has received from the judges a statement showing the points gained by each competitor in the above on the day the butter was received, and also the number of…

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The Wheat Markets

Evening News · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 6

LONDON, May 5.—The improved crop pros­pects are weakening the American wheat markets, but the English and Continental markets continue firm. The cargo of the Mermerus sold at 28s…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 6

LONDON, May 5.—At the colonial wool sales yesterday the following prices were realised:— Raincliff, 75/8d; Malonga, l01/8d; Bundalear, 103/8d;Balmoral, 107/8d; Culloden, ll1/8d; Mimosa, 21¼d;…

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The Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

The following prices were realised at the wool sales on Thursday:--Raincliff, 75sd; Malonga, 10[?]d; Bundalear, 10[?]d; Balmoral, 10[?]d; Culloden, 11[?]d; Mimosa, 21¼d;…

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The Wool Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 9

The quantity of wool received at Newcastle for direct shipment to London during the week ended this afternoon was 14 bales, making a total of 59,392 bales received since the commencement of the…

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Sheep Feeding Experiment in England

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 31

Among the experiments carried out at the Cumberland and Westmoreland Dairy School Farm, during the year ended August 31, 1898, was one on sheep feeding, the abject being to ascertain whe…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 18

Wool prices maintain the inflated condition prevailing during the past fortnight, and every line of wool available out of the meagre stocks on hand ia eagerly, examined by purchasers, who aiiueeze their limits…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Unchanged

Evening News · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, May 5, 6.35 p.m.—At the colonial wool sales this evening business was animated, end prices were unchanged…

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Wool Sales. London, May 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 9

The wool sales were continued to-day. The market was very spirited. Prices were firmer. May 5…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 12

It may safely be said that the news regarding the opening of the current wool sales in London has equalled, if it has not exceeded, the expectations of the most sanguine on this side, for though…

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The Liverpool and Glasgow Cattle Markets. a Colonist's Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 10

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--An interesting letter has just been received from Mr. J. W. Boydell, of Caergwyrle, Upper Paterson, a grazier well known throughout the Hunter River district,…

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General Cable News. the London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The bidding to-day continued very spirited, and prices were generally firmer…

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Late Commercial. Rise in the Price of Wool

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 13

GOOD news for the graziers and selectors. A cablegram reached Sydney on Wednesday, May 2, notifying that a considerable rise has taken place…

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Farm, Station, and Dairy. Potash Manures

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 14

The soils of New South Wales are not naturally rich soils, though it pleases some of our agricultural writers to describe some districts as "exceedingly fertile." Why is it the first settlers…

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Boracic Acid Butter: To the Editor of the "Town and Country Journal."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 7

Sir,—A Melbourne morning daily prints all the faverable paragraphs it can, re the continued use of boracic acid in butter, but the doctors who say that these preservatives in food are most…

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WOOL Manifested at Darling Harbour, Friday, May 5, 1899

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

Dangar, Gedye and Co— Emu Plains 27—M B in diamond/Nepean Brown and Co— Emu Plains 21—MB in diamond/Nepean;…

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The Grazier. Tenterfield Station. a Noted Cattle Run. (By Our Special Reporter.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 30

Tenterfield Station is situated in one of the most picturesque parts of New England. It lies at an altitude of 2327ft, and has a mean annual rainfall of 30.8in. The mean temperature is 57.5deg…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 4, 6.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 6

At the London-Colonial wool sales to-day the competition was very spirited, and prices were firmer…

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The Outcast or The Black Sheep of the Family. By the author of “ UNDINE.”

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 6 May 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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