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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

4,882 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 245

Mortality Amonc Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 8

A strange case of mortality among sheep is reported from the Horsham district in Victoria. During last week Mr. John Powell, of Kewell, purchased 1,800…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Du[?]bo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 6

The following are the stock passings for the past week:—70 head of cattle, from Quantambone to Dubbo, Meads and Co. owners, F. Delaney in charge; 40 head fut cattle, from Coo[?]amble to…

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Suspicious Case at Wool Loomooloo

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 6

A suspicious case of illness, which has been reported from Woolloomooloo, is being inquired into by the health authorities, with a view of seeing whether the case is or is not one of plague…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 7

Business in the local market Una week has been confined to limited transactions in passed-in lots and fellmongers' parcels: but there is a marked general disin[?]lination on the part of buyera to…

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Sale of Jersey Cattle. William Inglis & Son., Report—

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

On Monday, February 26, we sold at our Bazaar (in conjunction with Messrs. H. Chisholm and Co.), 53 pare-bred Jersey cattle, on account of Mr. [?] S. Mackellar…

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Another Combine. Cotton and Wool Dyers

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 4

LONDON, March 5—The British Cotton and Wool Dyers' Association is being floated with a capital of £3,000,000. The association represents 80 per cent of the entire trade…

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Why Colonial Crossbred Wool is Grown

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

Under the above hauling the "Manchester Guardian" gives reasons why Australians have gone in for growing crossbred wool. In was done, it days, so…

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Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Monday, March 5, 1900. SHEEP

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 7

14,983 sheep and lambs penned, the quality being only fair, with primes scarce. The usual buyers were present, and competition throughout was very slack. The…

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The Cotton and Wool Trade. an Association Formed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The British Cotton and Wool Dyers' Association is being floated with a capital of £3,000,000 sterling. The firms in the association represent 30…

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The Teeth of Sheep. to the Editor "Stock and Station Journal."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 7

SIR,—Portion of paragraph headed "Teeth in Sheep" "Lana" states:—"In the first case, as regards the teeth of a sheep, one reason why there are…

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Wool Exports. Season 1899-1900. Eight Months Ended Feb. 28, 1900

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 3

The returns of wool transmitted border wise not as yet being to hand, the total output of the colony cannot be completed . The total quantity of wool exported from…

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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, March 5, 1900

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

The offerings at the Homebush sales last week totalled 55,049 sheep and 2,309 head of cattle. As compared with the offerings of this three previous weeks…

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SUMMARY. For European Mails. SYDNEY, March 6, 1900. Wool Exports, Season 1899-1900

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 5

Since July 1st, 1899 the total quantity of wool exported from Sydney and Newcastle AMOUNTED TO -491,407 BALES, being a decrease of 118,890 bales as compared…

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A New Definition of Marsupial Scalp. to the Editor of the Sydney Wool and Stook Journal

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

Sir,—At the last meeting of the Barcoo (Q.) Marsupial Board, a most extraordinary definition of scalps, for which bonuses would in future be paid by the Board, was adopted…

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Reapers and Binders. the Farmers and Settlers' Association and the Massey-harris Coy

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 2

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FARMERS AND SETTLERS' CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, LIMITED, PER FAVOR "STOCK AND STATION…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 7

SINGLETON, Monday.—The continued dry weather is causing great loss. The maize crops are nearly all ruined now, and other crops are in the same state. Since last August the monthly falls…

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London Wool Market. Causes of the Relapse

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 10

LONDON, February 2. -- Since the sales closed just a week ago, the general topic in wool circles on this, and in fact, on all the centres of the industry, has been the "slump" in values, its…

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London Wool Sales. Opening of the Series

Evening News · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 4

LONDON, March 6, 5.35 p.m.—The second series of colonial wool sales opened this evening. Busi-ness was brisk at from 5 to 10 per cent, decline on last series…

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Australian Produce in British Markets. the Butter Season. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 5

The wonderful recuperative power which appears to be an inherent virtue of the natural productiveness of Australian soil, an well as the splendid characteriatic of the Australian people, is just now…

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Farm, Station, and Dairy. Does Feeding Pay?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 9

Does it pay to feed the soil? We cannot give a definite answer -- positive or negative -- without knowing the attendant circumstances about the soil, proximity to a market, nature of crops…

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