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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Sale of Ayrshire Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 10

A consignment of pure-bred Ayrshires are catalogued for sale at Inglis' Bazaar on the 24th instant. They are to arrive from New Zealand in the steamer Talune, and as they represent that well-known breeder of…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 3

At Tuesday's wool sales 6319 bales were reported as sold. The offerings catalogued amounted to 8160 bales, of which a large proportion, nearly one-half (3759 bales) was withdrawn. The day's…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 9

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report that sales were held yesterday (Tuesday) at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie-place, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8160 bales, and the sales amounted to…

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London Wool Sales. Market Hesitating

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 6

LONDON, January 16, 5.25 p.m.—The first series of wool sales for the year opened this evening hesitatingly. Prices were from par to 5 per cent, decline…

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London Wool Sales. The January Series. An Unsatisfactory Market. LONDON, January 16, 3.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 5

The first series of the London-colonial wool sales for 1900 opened to-day. Operators displayed much hesitation in buying and the Prices realised ranged from…

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Dairy News. Milton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 9

At the half-yearly meeting of the Conjola Dairy Company the report showed that 22,177lb. of butter had been manufactured during the six months ended December 31. This realised £926, and…

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Wheat Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The quantity of wheat and flour now afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,860,000 quarters, or 80,000 quarters more than last week. The…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 10

The following are the stock passings to date:— 4700 wethers, Keera to Graham's Valley, T. Cook and Co. owners; 3400 ewes, wethers, and lambs, Yalla[?] to Waitara, T. Sievers owner; 400 fat…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 4

LONDON, January 17.—The first series of this year's wool sales opened to-day. Messrs. Buxton, Ronald, and Company, Messrs. Charles Balme and Company, and Messrs. Jacomb,…

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Low Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 5

The following private advices have been received respecting the London wool sales:— From Goldsborough, Mort, and Co.:—"Sales opened with good attendance of home and…

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Wool and Tallow. London, January 17

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 3

Messrs. Buxton and Ronald, Balme and Co., and Jacomb aud Son offered catalogues aggregating 8471 bales, comprising a fair selection If meriuoes. There was a moderate…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 6

The first series of this year's wool sales opened to-day. At the commencement of the auctions buyers bid hesitatingly at par. The prices declined 5 per cent…

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Wheat Supply. London, January 17, 8.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 6

The supply of wheat visible east of the Rockies is 88,992,000 bushels, as compared With 89,252,000 bushels last week…

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London Wool Sales. January Series Opened. a Less Bouyant Tone

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--The January sales of Australian wool opened yesterday. Messrs. R. Buxton and Co., Charles Balme and Co., and Jacomb, Son, and Co., submitted catalogues…

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London Wool Sales. a Slow Market. LONDON, January 17, 8.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 6

At the London wool sales today there was very little inclination on the part of buyers to operate, and there was a slow sale, with large withdrawals of wool from offer…

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Fire on a Farm

Evening News · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 6

BURROWA, Wednesday.—On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out on Mr. Sam Hughston's property. Great damage was done. Forty tons of hay and fifty bags of wheat, together with two drays, a…

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Farm and Station Notes. (By Our Special Commissioner.) Burning Off Stubbles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 9

It is well-known that the feeding value of wheat or oaten straw is not very high, yet a good deal depends on the stage of ripeness at which it has been harvested. When the crop is cut early,…

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Dairy News. Robertson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 10

For the month of December the Robertson Creamery received 83,5751b. cream, producing 52,021lb, butter…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 14

On Wednesday 1,530 cattle were yarded, comprising 700 from the north-eastern district, 650 from Gippsland, 150 from the westward, and the remainder from the northern districts…

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Wheat and Flour

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 14

Jan. 17.—Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited: The market is inactive…

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