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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

4,882 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 245

News by the English Mail. the Boers in Natal. Their Treatment of Colonial Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1900 · page 8

The following description by Mrs. H. E. Kirby of the visit of the Boers to the farm Klipfontein, in the Natal Highlands, and their conduct, is published by the " Natal Mercury ":—I had scarcely finished…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Mount Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 5

Trucked from here for Flemington this afternoon: 539 fat sheep, from Burns and Stevenson's Liddleton station; also 266 fat sheep, from D. Macarthur's station, out Hampton way…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, report having held their usual sale to-day, when they submitted a catalogue of 1395 bales, of which they sold 1097 bales. There was a good attendance of…

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English Commercial. Wheat Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--The quantity of wheat and flour now afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,355,000 quarters, or 315,000 quarters more than last week. The quantity afloat for the…

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Australasian Produce in Europe. Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 7

LONDON, January 19th.--The market is easier, and the latest prices for wheat arrived are: Australian 29s 5d, Indian 29s, New Zealand 27s. The world's production is much heavier than was at…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 9

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, report having held their usual sale to-day, when they submitted a catalogue of 1895 bales of which they sold 1097 bales. There was a good attendance of buyers, considerably augmented…

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Hunter River Farmers' Cooperative Company. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 3

The seventh half-yearly meeting of the Hunter River Farmers' Co-operative Company, Limited, was held to-day. The half-yearly report expressed the regret of the directors that the flood in the Hunter…

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Dairy News. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1900 · page 9

During last month Gurrundah Butter Factory paid suppliers 3½d per gallon for milk, 21lb loz. making 11b of butter. At Taralga Factory last month 6000 gallous milk were received, yielding 2400lb butter…

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Sheep and Wool

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 5

867.—I promised you in our last issue that you should have next turn, so before I start any other yarn I must, finish off with you. No, I have…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 4

1,125 yarded, chiefly from the north and Hunter River districts, and included a large number of modium and light weights. Prime beef scarce; cows were…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 13

580 forward, including 50 Victorian, 240 from the north of this colony, 160 from the south and the east, the remainder from the Lakes district and local paddocks. Amongst…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 7

The past week has been a quiet one in this market, many buyers having journeyed to Melbourne to attend the final auctions of the season, winch were held on Tuesday and…

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American Wheat

Evening News · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 4

LONDON, February 22.—The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Bradstreet's," amounts to 85,750,000 bushels…

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Muswellbrook Store Cattle Market

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 13

Mr. EDWAKD HIGGENS (for Messrs. HILL, CLARK, AND Co.) reports:— About 1,800 yarded on Friday to a good attendance of buyers; competition, however,…

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Top Price for Scoured Wool

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 11

REPORT OF THE UTICA POWDER AND SOAP FOR WOOL SCOURING. Having made a most careful examination of the skin wool scoured with the above-named…

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English Commercial. the American Wheat Supply

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.--The "visible supply" of wheat in the United States amounts to 85,750,000 bushels, as compared with 87,473,000 bushels a fortnight ago, and with 52,244,000 bushels at this…

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Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Thursday, Feb. 22, 1900. SHEEP

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 7

37,902 sheep penned, consisting generally of fair to good quality, with prime sheep somewhat scarce. The usual buyers were in attendance, and bidding was good. The…

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Advising the Farmer

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 14

It's agreed that the cobbler should stick to his last, And the cooper to barrels and kegs; There's a rule against giving your grandmother…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Meetings in the Country. Narrabri

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 4

A good meeting of the local branch was held at Narrabri on Friday, 16th instant, Mr. Williams, in the absence of the President, occupying the chair…

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Farm and Station Notes. (By Our Special Commissioner. Deep v. Shallow Ploughing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 4

The principal aim and object of ploughing is to get the ground into a suitable condition to receive the seed and to promote the growth of the cultivated plants. If the question were put to all…

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