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Farming & the land, 1899

5,080 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 250

Wool Exports. Season 1898-9 Ten Months Ended April 30, 1899

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 3

The total quantity of wool exported from New South Wales (intercolonial excepted) amounted to 641,062 bales,…

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A Big Rise in Wool. Joyous News. High Prices Probable for the Next Few Years

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 15

This is good nows anyway after the drought:— LONDON, May 2, 4.30 p.m.—The third series of colonial wool salon opened this…

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The Settler. Items of Interest to Farmers and Graziers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 26

The establishment of bacon factories on the same principle as that adopted in regard to butter and cheese making seems now only a matter of time in every dairying district in the colony…

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State Relief to Boer Farmers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 1039

The Executive Council of the Transvaal Republic has approved of the following regulations with regard to the fund passed for relieving the bonds on farms whereof the owners cannot meet their…

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Dairy. Foul Milk Tanks

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 1019

Suppliers to separating stations and factories who take their returned skim and feed calves and pigs on it should make it their business to see that the tanks are scalded regularly. At some places these…

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The Farmer. State Assistance

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 1019

The South Australian Government evidently recognises the importance of assisting the producers of the colony to send their produce forward to the markets that are out available in Australia. The usual outcry…

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Dairying on the Macleay River. II

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 1017

Mr. W. D. Scott has about 5000 acres of freehold in Moparrabah, and a run as well. For many years he has kept up good strains of Hereford, Devon, and Durham blood, and this year he…

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The Fruit Industry. Citrus Crop Prospects. Cold Storage Temperature Theories. Treatment of San Jose Scale. Summer Fruit in London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 6

It is now possible to estimate the probabilities of the main citrus crop with regard to its probable relation to the season's export trade, and the prospect is one of a somewhat mixed…

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The Dairying Industry. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 5

Sir,--In your issue of 25th April last appears an article under the above heading, purporting to be the emanation of a country correspondent, but evidently a contribution of one interested in…

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Farm & Garden Original Articles

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 9

No. 85. Magnolia (continued)—The Tulip— Appearance and uses—Leaves—Buds— Flowers—Wood—Bark—Vegetable Products—Ornamental and Otherwise—…

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Dairy Records

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

A report from Berry states that during the mouth of March the Par Meadow Creamery treated 13,404 gallons of milk, producing 56111b pf butter fat, an average production of 1lb butter from…

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Warwick Farm Entries. May 13

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 51

Flying Handicap, 6 furlongs.—Beachcomber, Virginius, Feu-de-joie, Auld Laug Syne, ch f by Cranbrook—Sierra, Sovereign, Kalingo, Whakawatea, Carldale, Mica, Alannah, Sterling, Hild…

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Lower Clarence Crops

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 58

MACLEAN, Tuesday.—At present the crops on the Lower Clarence present a magnificent appearance, and the cane fields surpass anything experienced for years past. Farmers here…

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Concrete Floors for Farm Buildings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 28

If the merits of concrete were better understood, undouhtedly it would supersede all other material for ground floors in outbuildings on the farm. It is cheaper at first cost than wood, and…

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Furracabad Farms

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 4

The Haymarket Permanent Land, Building and Investment Company have subdivided this famous estate in the New England district into farms of from 10 to 100 acres…

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London Wool Sales. a Firm Market. London, May 5

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 May 1899 · page 7

The wool sales were continued to-day, when bidding was animated, and prices remained unchanged…

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Victorian Wheat Satistics

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 4

Melbourne reports a moderate supply of wheat is coming forward from the country, but, as usual at this season of the year, its extent is not material, farmers being busily…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 3

At the Wool sales on Friday competition was spirited, values for all merinos tending upward. Low crossbreds advanced ¼d. The quantity of wool catalogued was 52,272 bales,…

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General Cable News. the London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. Afternoon.--At the London wool sales to-day the bidding was animated. Prices were unchanged…

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Wool Exports. Season 1898-9 Ten Months Ended April 30, 1899

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 3

The total quantity of wool exported from Now South wales (intercolonial excepted) amounted to 641,062 bales,…

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