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Farming & the land, 1900

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 368

Since our last report, 6th inst., the colony has been virtually in a state of dryness, for, with the exception of 55 points at Inverell, the records show only a few scattered showers. And neither our Government…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 18

There are likely to be high prices in the horse trade in India for some time to come. A contemporary remarks that some of the Native Cavalry Regiments which have supplied horses…

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Coastal Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 365

In the January number of the "Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales," Mr. George Valder, principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, contributes an article on suitable sheep for the…

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Wool

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 25

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report that sales were hold on Monday at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie-place, whon the quantity catalogued totalled 8199…

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Australian Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday. -- Ten thousand quarters of South Australian wheat, February shipment, have been sold at 29s 6d per quarter…

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Carriage of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 8

The Railway Commissioners state that the traffic on the various lines is proceeding satisfactorily. At the present time very considerable quantities of wheat are coming down by the…

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Dairying on the South Coast. Cambewarra and Meroo Butter Factory

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 27

The dairying district of Cambewarra is situated at the foot of the Cambewarra Range, and is due west four miles, and a half from Nowra. The district comprises some good grazing and…

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The Markets. Wool

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 13

The Sydney wool sales were resumed on Monday, after a three weeks' interval. Good catalogues, reaching in all 8199 bales, were brought forward, of which rather more than one-half (4599 bales) found…

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Tbe Wool Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 14

The quantity of wool received at Newcastle for direct shipment to London during the week ended to-day was 172 bales, making a total of 36,952 biles received since the commencement of the seasons…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday. -- The second series of London-Colonial wool sales will commence on March 6, and the third series on May 8, the latter sales being limited to 300,000 bales…

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The Grazier. Teeth of Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 366

Now and then I get letters anking for information en sheep, some of the queries being of a decidedly curious order and clearly demonstrating that the writer is much abroad on the history and constitution…

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Locally-grown Duluth Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 4

Mr. William Conolly, the well-known Goulburn miller, is still interesting himself in the question as to whether the hard Manitoba and Duluth wheats, which are so highly valued by New South Wales…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 19

The anxiously looked for resumption of auction sales in Sydney, began on February 12, and will be continued on February 13, 14, and 15. It is not often that such a period of suspense occurs as prevailed during the past…

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Dual Markets for Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 371

The course of events in the wool trade since the year began has done much towards showing the unwisdom of allowing sales to run concurrently in London…

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The Sydney Wool Market. Effective Foreign Competition. the Big German Wool Carriers

The Elector · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 8

There is no doubt that the main reason why our wool growers have now got a wool market in Sydney, almost wholly independent of the London…

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Our Wheat Yield. Extensive Milling Operations

The Elector · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 10

It is satisfactory to find that, as our wheat production increases, we have a marked development in our milling operations—an advance which may, in…

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London Wool Sales. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 10

The third series of London wool sales will open on May 8. The quantity to be offered is limited to 300,000 bales…

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Milk and Butter Test Prizes at the Shoalhaven Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 56

The dairy herd book milk and butter test in connection with the Shoalhaven Show was won by D. Hyam, with his Jersey cow Alice, which gave 561b of milk in two milkings, testing 4.6,…

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Our Bradford Wool Letter. BRADFORD, Jan. 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 367

We are bound to say that the "carry over" of the year in wool has been a good one, both in point of quantity as well as quality. By quantity we mean that profits have been on a fairly liberal…

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At the Sheaf of Wheat. a Tale of the Rising of 1803. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xxi

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 2

"THAT was an uncommonly near go, "said the first officer, lifting himself to his feet. " That is the guardship making her rounds, and precious near she came to making a discovery. If I did not know…

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