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Farming & the land, 1900

4,882 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 245

Butter and Frozen Meat Export

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 10

The R.M.S. Or[?], which sailed on Wednesday for London via ports, took a quantity of butter and frozen meat. The butter shipment consists of 1866 boxes, 638 of which are from…

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Wool at Hordern Pros.'

The Australian Star · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 3

Everyone is so anxious to make a cap or something else Just now to swell the parcels which each mall takes to "our boys" in South Africa that where to get good, wool is one of…

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American Wheat Supply. London, March 29

The Australian Star · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Amerlian visible supply of wheat and flour east of the Rookies is 81,542,009 bushels…

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The Armidale Show. the Butter Business. Chapter Ii

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 4

Some men get rich by accident, and some by cunning, but nobody ever pets rich by hard work. Some get rich by the wills of wealthy relatives, but there's no money in…

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Wheat. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., Report

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 6

Market has been very quiet during the week, prices ranging from 2s 7 1/2d to 2s 8 1/2d for prime samples. Medium and inferior lost are still offering in large quantities, and…

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Co-operative Wool and Produce Company. Annual Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

The annual general meeting of shareholders in the Co-operative Wool and Produce Company, Limited, was held yesterday, at the company's offices, O'Connell-street, Sydney. The chairman…

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The Co-operative Wool Company. Annual General Meeting

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

The annual general meeting of the Co-operative Wool and Produce Co., Ltd., was held yesterday in the company's offices, 14 O'Connell-street. There were present the…

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Wool Sales. the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Report

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

The position of the market since our last report shows no material change. A few enquiries have been made, and in some instances business has resulted on the basis…

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Basils and Leather. To the Editor of the Sydney Wool and Stock Journal

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 12

Sir,—A day or two ago I noticed commentsin one of your contemporaries upon the proposed appointment of a Commercial Agent, to represent this colony in London that one of his…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. a Branch Formed at Armidale

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 5

A meeting was held on Wednesday night (March 21) at Jackson's Royal Hotel. The chair was taken by Mr. W. C. Higinbotham. Addresses were delivered by Mr. R…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. COOTAMUNDRA

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 3

A large meeting of the members of the above branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Town Hall on Saturday, 17th inst., to discuss important…

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Boers Looting Farms. London, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 5

The Transvaal Boers are looting farms in the Free State, and are attributing the depredations to the British troops…

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Dairy News. Milton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 9

Mr. W. M'Millan addressed a large meeting of dairy farmers yesterday in support of the Farmers' Co-operative Company, Limited. It was intended that all the leading dairying districts should be…

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Farm and Station Notes. (By Our Special Commissioner.) Manurial Value of Feeding Stuffs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 7

The opinion is generally held by farmers that the richer the feeding of the live stock the more valuable will be the manure made by them, especially in the matter of the element of nitrogen…

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The Famine in India. Serious Losses in Crops. London, March 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 5

The Right Hon. Lord Curzon, Governor-General of India, states in a despatch that the drought in that country has depreciated the wheat crop in value…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 729

There is a saying that the sun never sets on the Queen's dominions. We can add to this that however dark the horizon often is in this colony there is always some part that snows a gleam of sunshine,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 18
Also in Evening News

Mr. T. Brown, M.L.A., accompanied by Messrs. Spence, J. L. Fitzpatrick, W. Davis, Thomas, Carroll, and Barnes, introduced a deputation, representing the drought-stricken western districts, to…

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Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 8

The Bradford market remains depressed. Bradford "tops," common 60's, age quoted at 26d per lb.; and super. 60's, at 27d per lb…

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