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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

5,239 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

Fat Stock Sales. Homebush YARDS.—Thursday. SHEEP

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 9

About 26,570 aheep and lambs penned at to-day's sales. The sheep mainly c[?]mprised medium and light [?]orts, prime [?]e, ewes rather plentiful, a good [?]kling of crossbreds. There was a moderate attendance of buyers,…

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Vermont Bred Wool. to the Editor of the Sydney Wool and Stock Journal

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 10

Sir,—I have read in your issue of the 15th inst, Mr. Horsfall's letter. He fairly proves my contention that the ewes he won the Wagga scouring test with were not Vermonts. He…

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London Wool Market. London, January 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 9

There has been a rather lessened attendance at the Wool Exchange during the week since last mail, and com[?]tion is not so general. The French sections have become much quieter, hence more or less…

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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 1 March 1901 · page 8
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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A Wool Museum for Sydney. to the Editor of the Sydney Wool and Stock Journal

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 9

Sir,—Inn your issue of 19th December last you published a letter from M. Ph. Pr[?] sounding "a strong warning" on the tendency towards an inferior spinning quality that is…

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The Wool Trade. Sydney, Thursday. February 28

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 6

The regular weekly sales, which were resumed on 7th January, were brought to a close on 21st inst., and, in accordance with arrangements made by the executive…

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The Wool Trade. The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., Report—

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

No sales by public auction have been held during the past week, but by private treaty we have placed a few lines tit prices on a par with the best rates…

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Rabbits. to the Editor of the Sydney Wool and Stock Journal

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 10

Sir,—With your permission I will give the public the benefit of my experience with rabbits. There in no hard-and-fast method of dealing J. D. S…

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Molong Dairying Company

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 9

At a meeting of shareholders of the above company on Wednesday it was unanimously agreed to Adopt the directors' proposal to increase the capital of the company to £5,000 by…

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Preparations in Sydney. the Landing at Farm Cove. Probable Route of Procession

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 5

The State Government is quietly preparing for the reception of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. Mr. See, who, it may be presumed, will be State Premier by the time the Royal…

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Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 8

The butter market is flat, with only a poor demand for colonial descriptions at unchanged prices (104s to 106s for choice), but the tendency is downward. Danish butter has fallen 3s on the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 7

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.-The crops in various parts of the district, particularly corn, are looking splendid. BALLINA, Tuesday.-The weather has been…

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The Wheat Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 8

The wheat markets are quiet but steady. Cargoes are neglected. Victorian, January-March shipments, are quoted at 29s 9d per quarter; and sailer parcels at 29s 3d…

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Record Wheat Loads

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 32

LAST week two teamsters brought into Wellington (N.S.W.) two loads of wheat, which up to the present constitute records for the district. Their names are Johnson and Busch, who have drawn in…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 8
Also in Evening News

Wool sales will be held at Antwerp from the 6th to the 8th instant, inclusive, when 7264 bales, mostly River Plate wools, will be catalogued. The Australian wools included will be 1414 bales…

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The Wool Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 10

The wool receipts at Newcastle for direct shipment to London during the week ended this afternoon amounted to 823 bales, making a total of 56,814 bales received since the commencement of the present season, as compared…

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Hay Sheep Sales. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 13

At the Hay stock agents' monthly auction of sheep sales 13,810 sheep were yarded and 8900 sold. Store wethers realised 8[?] to 10s 3d; fat fot wethers brought 12s, and fat ewes 10s 6d…

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Sheep of the Orient. PART I.

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 512

[?]wing is an interesting study of Asiatic and [?] types of sheep by Mr. N. S. Hansen, [?] scientist, published in the "Stock [?] Chicago):—"A little over two years ago I…

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