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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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The Bushmen's Contingent. Two Days Manoeuvring. a Bivouac at Warwick Farm. a Test in Column Moving

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1900 · page 8

The average Australian is quite satisfied that the Bushmen's Contingent is the ideal forece to fight the Boers with. There is a good deal of justification, no doubt, for this spirit of complaceney, but…

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Sheep and Wool. the Sheepbreeders' Show

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 2

It has nob yet been decided where the next Sheepbreeders' Show is to be held. Pending arrangements with the Royal Agricultural Society, the…

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Australian Sheep and Wool. Alfred Hawkesworth's New Book

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 3

Some time ago we announced the issue of a volume by Mr. Alfred Hawkesworth, of the Technical College. No man in Australia is better…

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Teeth of Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 5

The other day some people were talking about how many teeth a sheep has. When somebody said that a sheep had no teeth in the upper jaw…

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North Queensland. the Pastoral Industry

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 8

In the "North Queensland Herald" the top end of the banana country has an able champion. In it's issue of February 5, this excellent journal…

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Muswellbrook Store Cattle Market

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 5

Mr. EDWARD HIGGENS (for Me[?]srs. HILL, CLARK, AND Co.) reports:—About 1,800 yarded on Friday to a good attendance of buyers; competition, however, was dull. Local men bought…

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Safe of Jersey Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 1

Messrs. WM. INGLIS AND SON (in conjunction with H. CHISHOLM AND CO.) have received instructions from Mr. H. L. Mackellar to submit to auction on Monday, 26th instant,…

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Branding Cattle and Flayinc Hides. to the Editor of the Sydney Wool and Stock Journal

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 7

Sir,—When our respected manager introduced me to a young man, who, as he put it, was seeking information about hides and leather, and asked me to attend to him, I had…

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Homebush Fat Stock Markets. Monday. Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 9

There were 14,134 sheep and lambs penned, the quality throughout being fair to good, with odd lots of primes, Ewes were plentiful. Competition was good, and values remained firm at late rates for all descriptions, at times a…

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Wheat. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Limited Report

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 7

Arrivals of wheat at Darling Harbor have fallen off somewhat during the past week, although supplies are still fairly extensive. Good business is being done is prime samples…

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To the Editor of the Sydney Wool and Stock Journal

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 7

Sir,—In your journal of 1st inst. I note particulars of an interviow your reporter had with Mr. Clapham, of Messrs. Brush and Sons. re the [?]ying of hides. In this interview Mr…

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Sydney Wool & Stock Journal. A Bi-Weekly Review of the Wool, Fat Stock, and Station Produce Trades. Published Every Tuesday and Friday. Monday, February 19, 1900

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 5

The offerings at the Homebush sales last week totalled 47,899 sheep and 2,119 head of cattle. As compared with the offerings of the three previous…

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SUMMARY. For European Mails. SYDNEY, February 20, 1900. Wool Exports, Season 1899-1900

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 5

Since July 1st, 1899 the total quantity of wool exported from Sydney and Newcastle AMOUNTED TO 488,430 BALES, being a decrease of 108,063 bales as compared…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Meetings at Narromine, Nyngan, and Nevertire

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 4

A good meeting of the Narromine branch was held on Tuesday afternoon, the President (Mr. W. O'Neill, J.P.) occupying the chair. After the…

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Dairy News. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1900 · page 9

The annual meeting of the Brushgrove Dairy Company was held on Saturday. The report shewed that the factory treated 181,113 gallons milk for the year, which yielded 71,169th butter,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Wednesday 21 February 1900 · page 7

ULMARRA, Monday.—About 120 shareholders attended the half-yearly meeting of the Ulmarra and Clarence River Pioneer Dairy Company on Saturday. The directors' half-yearly report…

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Wheat and Flour

Evening News · Wednesday 21 February 1900 · page 4

LONDON, February 20, 5.45 a.m.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,355,000 quarters, and for the Continent 960,000 quarters…

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Victoria. the Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1900 · page 7

The Melbourne wool sales were resumed to-day, when Dalgety and Co. offered a catalogue of 1100 hales, comprising a fair selection for the season of the year. There was a good attendance…

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Farm, Station, and Dairy. Lime As a Fertiliser

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1900 · page 5

Lime undoubtedly comes next in importance as a plant-food after the three notable requisites--nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash--but most soils, except the light, sandy loams derived from…

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The Cape Farmers

Evening News · Wednesday 21 February 1900 · page 7

A Berlin paper says it has seen a letter from a personage in a high position in South Africa, which contains the following interesting statement: "Those who expect a sudden general…

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