Sydney Wool and Produce Reports
FOR week ending September 5, 1008 Wool.—Auction sales were held on Wednesday and Thursday last, when 12,422 bales were offered, and the…
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Farming & the land, 1908
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Cattle
The cattle maintain their standing as one of the best features of the show. This year they are a very fine lot right through…
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The entries in sheep are not numerous. In fine-combing classes, B. Camming secured three firsts, and he also prevailed in strong combing exhibits. Winners for…
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Fat Cattle: Fat ox, W. C. Sylvester. Fat cow, W. C. Sylvester 1, A. C. Pleton 2…
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Fat Sheep: Pen of two fat sheep, James Lonergan 1, A. C. Pleton 3…
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Bull is years and over. George Loder. Bull tooth. George Loder. Cow in calf or with calf at foot, George Loder, Holfer 4-tooth, George Loder. Holfer 3-tooth, George Loder…
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Box of butter, Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd. 1 and 2, Gordon and Binnie 3. Butter suitable for export, Singleton Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd. 1 and 2. Fresh factory…
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The annual meeting of shareholders in the Denman Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, is to held in the School of Arts, Denman, on Thursday afternoon, 24yh inst.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Produce Sales. J. H. Brunker's Report
There was a very heavy supply of produce forward at my union sale yesterday. Buyers were in large attendance, competition active especially for any lines showing good quality. Hay was in large…
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Forty-five days' continuous rain has greatly damaged the crops in Scotland, especially in the Perthshire lowlands. Much…
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Heavy rains have, seriously damaged the hop crops in England. It is estimated that the total acreage in England under bops is 38,196, the smallest…
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Schuto, Bell and Co. report under date 8th September :—Last week's sales passed off, on the whole, satisfactory, though, doubtless, in some cases owners were…
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According to the first return of live stock published in May, 1788, the sheep in Australia numbered only 29. Most of these had been purchased during the call of the…
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Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney, report,:—The fortnightly auctions commenced in this market on Wednesday, 2nd, and were continued…
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AFTER spending nearly three months in investigating the conditions surrounding the butter markets in Great Britain and on the Continent, and the methods of…
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Mr. G. L. Sutton, wheat experimentalist attached to the Agricultural Department of New South Wales, writes as, follows in the official journal:—"Statements regarding…
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The classes comprised fine combing and coarse-woolled. and the entries generally were small. It will be necessary to find out what types will give the best…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CATTLE. Judges: Durhams. W. H. Maskey and C. H. Tindale; Herefords. S. Reynolds: Devon Polled Argus. Hon. J. C. White: Ayrshires, T. Lindsay; Jerseys. M. O'Callaghan; all other dairy cattle. J. W. Cole; milk tester, John Searl; fat cattle, A. Bailey
The cattle maintained their standard as one of the best features of the show. This year they were a very fine Quality right through, and if anything of a…
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At 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning a Powerful motor-car belonging to the Tarrant Motor Company and occupied by six officers of the American Fleet…
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