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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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The Wool Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 9

The quantity of wool received nt Newcastle for direct shipment to London during the week ended to-day was 72 bales, making a total of 37,230 since the commencement of the season,…

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London Wool Letter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 18

Opening of the First Series of Sales.—Lower Prices —Decreased Quantities Availale.— Was in Suth Africa Operating Adversely upon the Home. Markets.— wool in America.—The Great Movement Outlined…

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The Grazier. a Sheep Disease

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 486

The "Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society" of England, contains an account of a disease known as "Louping Ill" that is troubling some of the flocks in Great Britain. It is said to be occasioned…

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New South. Wales Sheep-breeders' Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 486

Mr. A. H Prince, secretary of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association, writes :—Permit me to offer to you a few explanations in regard to the article appearing in your issue of the 24th…

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The Pastoral Leases. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 14

Sir,—As you were kind enough to publish n previous letter of mine, I trust you will insert this in your valuable paper: I am pleased to see others have been making known the state ef pastoral…

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COMMERCIAL The Wool Trade. Tuesday Evening

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 523

The solution of the problems surrounding the future of wool has not been materially assisted by any decided market movements during the past week. In our own market business is practically at…

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Two Pastoral Letters. By Archbishop Carr and Dr. Moore. the War. the Church, Society, and Questions of the Day

The Catholic Press · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 8

In his Lenten pastoral, issued on Sunday, Archbishop Carr specially referred to tho war in South Africa, and enjoins prayers for the troops. Says his Grace:—"A deadly…

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The Wool Market. a Decline Anticipated. LONDON, March 2, 2.5 a.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 6

Bradford operators are slow in dealing with wool, awaiting the opening of the London sales on Tuesday next, when they anticipate a decline of 10 per cent, on the rates which…

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

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 2

MEANTIME the banker passed his time in a state of dazed sorrowfulness. The hopes of a lifetime were broken and scattered. He could have borne with the loss, for although…

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Farm and Garden Seasonable Reminders for March

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 7

Vegetable Garden.—Sow largely cabbage (imported seed only), radish, spinach, lettuce, onions, broad beans, parsley, watercress, and smaller sowings of turnip, beet, carrot, parsnip, peas and…

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The Clarence River. the Noblest Waterway in Australia. Ulmarra, Cow Per. and Brushgrove. Rich Land and Prosperous Farmers. No. 11

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 24

Although our illustrated number of the Clarence ran into fix pages, a tour through such an extensive district necessarily left a lot of interesting matter over which it was utterly impossible to squeeze into…

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The Settler. Farm Items

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 26

It has been decided to bring the matter of the need of better trucking and unloading facilities at Isarrabri East before the Railway Commissioners. Great satisfaction was expressed Walget on…

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Delegate Co-operative Dairy Company. Liability of Shareholders. Delegate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 7

At the police court yesterday the Delegute Cooperative Dairy Company proceeded against 17 persons for arrears of calls and fines for non-compliance with the articles of association. The cases created a…

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The Best Farm Waggon. an Indiana Experience

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 502

I have often wondered why it was that manufacturers did not moke farm waggons more especially and particularly adapted for use un the farm than they do. The kind that are usually put…

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Crop Reports

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 488

The continued dry weather at Millthorpe has had a disastrous effect on the potato crop. The early crop has been a failure, and very little is now expected from the middle and late crops…

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The Farmer. Food Supplies for Troops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 486

War sometimes confers a benefit upon the producers of a country, and surely if any laud in the world should benefit by an increased demand for food supplies abroad it is Australia. Production is…

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Dairy. a North Coast Herd Book

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 487

At the dinner held by the Alstonville Agricultural Society on the first evening of their show, recently, reference was made to the North Coast Agricultural Societies' Union. Mr. J. N. Ferguson, of Brooklyn…

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The Danger to the Dairying Industry

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 485

The course of events marking the progress of the rival industries in Australia indicates that the producers of the continent are singularly optimistic in their views. It is characteristic of the…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 9

No. 127. Packing Fruit—Uniform Package —Wooden Cases — Harket Values— Sterilised Milk and Cream—Tins—Uses —Butter-Making — Separating — Starter…

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Sheep and Wool. My First Shed.—continued

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 5

When I left off last Friday I was just about to leave North (nob West) Bourke in the coach, and cross the lovely plains a day after rain. This…

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