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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

4,882 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 245

The Grazier. Goats from an Economic Point of View. (From Annual Report Farmers Institutes, ontario.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 31

To such an extent has the goat come to he looked upon as merely a theme for humorous writers in the slack season of the deg days that we are apt to forget that apart from its propensities for…

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Conformation of the Dairy Cow

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 31

The types of dairy and beef cattle are well illustrated by the Shorthorn cow. and the Holstein (says W. D. Hoard in an address before the New York State Dairy Convention).One is almost…

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Country Farms

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 4

In our advertising columns to-day is announced, a big sale of farming properties on the Richmond River. Under instructions from Mr. David Dale, Mr. J. B…

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North Rocks and Farm Progress Association

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 12

This Association met on Wednesday, Mr. J.J.. Catt presiding, and there being a good attendance. The Roads Department wrote that…

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London Wool Sales. Good Money Dost by Not Selling in Sydney —Another Bad State with Merinos and Crossbreds, Down a Penny—bill of Fare —Have Prices Reached a Safe Footing? —London Broker Interviewed—heavy Charges Against Continental Operations in Australia—a Firmer Market— Selling Prices and Particulars—conditions at Bradford. (From Our Special Corerspondent.) London, March 9

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 19

Once again the noise, din, and cammo[?]ion of Colman-strect Wool Exchange is to be heard, and everyone is busy and active. There are some things wh[?]ch one could have liked to have seen more [?]aple and…

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Capturing Cattle

Truth · Sunday 22 April 1900 · page 2

Boer cattle, to the number of 200, have been captured by the British and taken to Bo[?]of, Lord Methuen's head-quarters…

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Farm Work for Women. the Lady Warwick Hostel

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 April 1900 · page 11

Is there scope in New South Wales for aa establishment like this ? I am glad to know, through the second report or the Lady Warwick Hostel, that…

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Supposed Drowning Case. at Farmer's Baths

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 7

A strange is reported from Farmer's Domain Baths. About 9.45 a.m. yesterday William Creber (17), in company with Thomas Hickman went to the baths for a swim. After some time Hickman left the baths…

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Mortgaging Sheep and Wool

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 7

Does a mortgage on sheep include the wool? asked a correspondent of the "Pacific Rural Press." Its answer is as follows : " A man gave a chattel…

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Butter Deterioration

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 2

At a recent meeting of the Victorian Butter Board, the evidence tended to show that the quicker transit of cream from the farms to the factories, by the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 3

JUNEE, Monday.—As evidence, of .the returning prosperity immense quantities of stock, principally sheep, are daily passing through Junee for stations down the south-west. Traffic on the…

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Cattle Poisoning

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 7

Cattle in the Strathbogie district (Vic.) are alleged to possess the strongly depraved taste which induces them to eat the bodies of rabbits poisoned by…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 4

Stock passings: Pindari to Inverell, F. Borthwick, 480 sheep; Bundarra to Gunnee, A. Furraud, 347 cuttle; Albion Park to Eddy Park, P. B. Eddy, 680 sheep; Eurie to Bundarra, White and Lambert,…

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New Zealand Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 2

Mr. S. W. Luxford, the well-known Ayrshire breeder of Awapuni, New Zealand, has been paid a high compliment by the Government. At their request he…

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Wool Review

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 4

The "Annual Review of the Wool Trade" just issued by Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., deals in a able and comprehensive manner with our staple export for the year ended…

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Shorn Sheep for Shows

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 6

The sheep exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition, to be held in June next, "must within 15 days of the date of exhibition have been…

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Sheep Skins (Friday, April 27, 1.45. p.m.)

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 7

1. JOHN BRIDGE AND CO., LIMITED. 2. A. P. WYLY AND CO. 3. DALGETY AND CO., LIMITED. 4. PASTORAL FINANCE ASSOCIATION, LIMITED…

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The Best Farmyard Fowl

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 3

An English contemporary writes as follows on this question:—"We seem to be as far off as ever from agreeing as to what breed of fowls are the most…

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Farmers' Co-operative Company.'

Evening News · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 6

In the Equity Court on Wednesday, April 11, the matter of the Companies Act, 1899, and the matter of the Farmers' Co-operative Company of N.S.W., Limited, and in the matter of the…

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Cropley's Boots

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 6

Hundreds of our Inlanders buy their boots from John Cropl[?]y and Sons, of 800 George-street, and some of them have bean dealing at this establishment for many…

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