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Farming & the land, 1900

4,882 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 245

The Butter Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 8

The butter market is a shade better. Colonial is quoted at from 90s to 92s per cwt,, and occasionally 94s…

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The Wheat Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 8

The wheat markets are now steady, but inactive. Australian cargoes afloat are quoted at 29s per quarter, while for March-April shipment, 29s 6d is quoted, and parcels at 28s 9d…

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American Wheat Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday. -- The "visible" supply of wheat in the United States amounts to 81,542,000 bushels, as compared with 82,407,000 bushels a week ago, and with 51,686,000 in the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 19

Public auction sales of wool were resumed in Melbourne on March 21, after an interval of one month between dates. The quantity of wool available for offering to buyers was small, as is usual at this time…

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The Wool Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 10

The wool receipts at Newcastle for direct shipment to London during the week ended this afternoon amounted to 186 bales, making a total of 37,783 bales received since the commencement of the season; as…

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The Wool Outlook

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 26

While admitting the seriousness of the reaction, and the resultant loss of confidence and thorough disorganization of business in the manufacturing centres, we (H. Dawson & Co , London) think that…

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The "Fishiness" of Australian Butter

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 725

We understand that action in connection with the danger to the reputation of our butter, to which allusion has frequently been made, is being considered by the Department of Agriculture…

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Wool for Winter Wear

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 9

Woollen underwear is, of course, the nicest and most comfortable to wear in winter time, but the initial expense is rather more than we can cheerfully afford…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 18

The second series of London wool sales closed on Saturday amidst a considerable amount of gloom. Opening on the 6th instant at a reduction of from 7½ to 10 per cent. as compared with the closing rates of…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 7

There is practically nothing to chronicle regarding transactions in the local market, and conditions very closely [?]kin to stagnation exist. Several buyers are out of town, and those…

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Co-operative Wool and Produce Co., Ltd. Third Annual Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 12

The third annual meeting of the Co-operative Wool and Produce Company, Limited, was held at the company's office, O'Connell-street, on Thursday Mr. F. W. Bacon presiding. The directors' report…

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(All Rights Reserved.) Ia No Man's Land. an Australian Story. Chapter Xv. The Wild Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 33

Carew woke next morning to find that it was broad daylight, and the horses had been run in, caught and saddled, and were all ready for a start out on to the run. Breakfast was soon…

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

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

EMERGING from the stairway on to the deck, Dick Ronayne had no need to ask questions, if questions were of any use or anybody had time to mind him or them…

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Important to Dairymen

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 3

In accordance with the conditions framed by the Nepean District Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Society, Mr F Thornber has made the following declaration with regard to his cow…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

On Saturday night last a meeting of the Penrith branch of this society was held in the Council Chambers, Mr T J Loder in the chair. The business was of a formal character only, and was quickly…

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Farm and Garden Seasonable [?]minders for March

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 8

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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Commandeering English Farmers

Evening News · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 4

LONDON, March 30.—The Boers, who were at Clocolan, 25 miles north of Ladybrand, and afterwards returned to Ladybrand, are now posted at Plattberg, towards Maseru, and they expect to be…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 9

Lord Curzon, Governor-General of India, states in a despatch that the drought in that country has depreciated the wheat crop in value by £10,000,000,…

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Boers Entrenched Near Basutoland. Commandeering Farmers. London, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 9

It was reported on Monday that Commandant Olivier, with 6000 men, had arrived at Clocolan, 25 miles north of Ladybrand, and that afterwards…

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Dairy. Dairying in New England

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 728

It is very satisfactory to learn that the dairy factory system is becoming established in M[?] England. As I have frequently pointed out in [?] why the expansion of the…

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