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Farming & the land, 1901

5,239 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

Australian Butter in England. Cheering Outlook. the Work of a Butter Committee. London, January 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 8

The position of the butter market for some time has been somewhat puzzling to both buyers and sellers, but now there appears to be a solution. We are about to move up on to a higher piano of values. This…

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Spring Rust in Wheat Crops. From the Ag[?]ul Gazette of N.S.W.

Granville Independent and Parramatta Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 7

The Wheat Experimentalist has received complaints from farmers to the effect that their wheat crops are becoming very rusty, and asking what is the…

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Fat Stock Sales. Homebush YARDS.—Thursday. SHEEP

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 9

About 34,430 sheep and lambs penned at to-day's sales. The sheep mainly comprised fair to good quality, and a sprinkling of prime wethers suitable for freezing. Crossbreds were well represented, mainly good trade sheep;…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 9

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency company report:—To-day we brought forward a catalogue of about 3770 bales of wool, which met with good competition. The market for all descriptions of wool ruled very firm,…

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Wheat Cargo From New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 4

The first full cargo of wheat despatched from New South Wales has just been taken away by the steamer Melbourne, chartered and loaded by Messrs. W. and A. M'Arthur, Limited. This fine…

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London Wool Market. London, January 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 9

It has never fallen to the lot of anyone, nor perhaps will ever again, to chronicle such a year as that just terminated which the wool trade has experienced. The auctions in London from start to finish recorded a…

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The Wool Sales. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day the selection of fleeces was irregular Competition was less brisk, and prices were unchanged. Feb. 7…

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The Wool Slump. to Those Who Intend to Hold or Smarten Up Their Wool

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 11
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

In seasons like the present many do not consider it advisable to have their wool cut about at the low figures now ruling (in many instances not the half the prices of last season…

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First Wheat Cargo From N.s.w

The Australian Star · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 5

The first full cargo of wheat despatched from New South Wales has just been taken by the s.s. Melbourne, chartered and l[?]aded by Messrs. W. and A. M'Arthur, Limited…

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Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Thursday, February 7th, 1901. SHEEP

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 7

31,435 sheep and lambs forward, consisting largely of good sorts, with many prime freezers included, and a number of sheep only in store condition, The sales right…

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The Wool Market. London, February 6, 6.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 6

The wool market is at present irregular. The inquiry is less brisk, and prices are unchanged…

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Our Yorkshire Wool Letter. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 8

Taking up my pen once more to address the wool trade of New South Wales, one reflects very seriously about the past, and the fact that the twentieth century has dawned makes my review all the more…

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Sydney Wool Sales. The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co, Ltd., Report

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 2

For our first Feb. catalogue we brought forward 750 bales, containing wools mostly from the drought-stricken districts, and, consequently, the range of value appears…

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The Wheat Difficulty at Darling Island. Poor Wharfage Facilities. Where the Faults Lie

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 3

The great community interested in the production and sale of wheat in this State apparently have a legitimate grievance in connection with the manner in which the wheat is…

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The Wheat Traffic. the Darling Island Block. Accommodation and Facilities Absolutely Inadequate. an Unprecedented and Unexpected Rush

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 3

To-day on Darling Island there are over 100,000 bags of wheat awaiting shipment. Every day this enormous, stack of grain is added to, and although the stock is being taken from constantly…

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Redfern Auction Sales. the Farmers & Settlers' Co. Operative Association, Ltd., Report

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 2

The arrivals of chaff continue fairly heavy at Redfern, with a steady market ruling; prime green chaff is in good request, at values ranging from 3s 4d to 3s 9d per cwt…

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Dairy News. Millthorpe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 9

The half-yearly meeting of the Millthorpe Butter Factory was held to-day. The report showed that over 44,000 gallons of milk were treated, being an increases of 10,000 over the same period of last year…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 9

BERRY Thursday. -- The annual meeting of the Jasper Dairying Company was held lastnight, Mr. David Thorburn (chairman of directors) presided. Messrs. Thomas M'Intyre and Cecil and A. J. Herne were elected…

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Constituents that Wool and Sheep Take from the Soil

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 31

From 1893 till 1899 the export of wool from Australia was 2,111,863,8341b, containing 380,135,4841b of nitrogen, equal to about 1,697,000 tons of blocd manure. The potash contained in the grea[?]…

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