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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

4,882 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 245

Extraordinary Charge against an Ayrshire Farmer. Thirty-seven Sheep Starved to Death

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 5

The following is from the London " Meat Trades Journal : "— " At Ayr Sheriff Court last week, before Sheriff Orr Paterson, John…

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Staggers" or "Shivers" in Sheep. Report on an Enquiry Made As to the Nature Op the Disease Known As "Staggers" or " SHIVERS " in Sheep at Narrabri

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 5

Mr. J. D. Stewart, Government Veterinary Surgeon, has submitted an interim report on a peculiar disease occurring among sheep in the Narrabri…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 14, 6.25 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day only the inferior selection was offered. The result was a dragging sale, but prices are unchanged…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. ARMIDALE

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 6

The "Armidale Chronicle" of the 9th inst tells as that there was a big attendance of the members of the local Branch of the Farmers and…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. DUBBO

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 4

On Wednesday last a most influential meeting of members of the Dubbo branch was held by permission of J. A. Ryan, Esq., Mayor of Dubbo…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. GUNBAR

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 4

From a report appearing in the " Riverina Grazier" we glean that the annual meeting of the Gunbar branch of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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Dairy News. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 9

Suppliers to the Kangaloon Dairy Company, Limited, were paul 4d per gallon for milk during the month of April…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 7

COROWA, Monday.—At the annual meeting of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mr. T. J. Gorman;…

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Exports of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 8

The annual conference of the Butter and Cheese Factories Managers' Association was opened this afternoon. The president, in his address, dealt with the large increase in butter exports during…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, May 13.—At Mark Lane yesterday wheat was 6d per quarter lower on the week…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports under date May 12:— This week the attention of all connected with the trade has been directed to the London sales,…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 11

Dalgety and Co., Limited, notify the receipt of a cable message from their London office dated 14th inst. as follows: -- "The fourth series of wool sales has been fixed to open on July 3. The quantity of new wool to be…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, Evening News

LONDON, Monday. -- At the London colonial wool sales to-day, the offerings consisted of an inferior selection, and consequently the sale dragged. Prices, however, showed no change…

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The Price of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Wheat is sixpence per quarter lower on the week…

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Victoria. Roofless Cattle Trucks. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 7

The reported success of roofless trucks for the carringe of cattle on the New South Wales reilways was to-day brought under the notice of Mr. Lockhead, assistant traffie…

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Wheat Market. London, May 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 7

Wheat is quoted at 6d per quarter lower than last week…

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London Wool Market. London, April 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 9

The presence of buyers at the salvage sale on Friday gave some an opportunity of testing importers regarting some unsold wools, resulting in the changing of hands of some 400 or 500 bales for foreign…

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London Wool Market. the Easter Respite

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 9

LONDON, April 12. --The advent of the Easter holidays has been welcomed as a boon by the wool trade, as affording another week's interval for recuperating the spent, forces of the industry…

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