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Farming & the land, 1901

5,239 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 250

The Grazier. Forbes Sheep Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 767

In the report of last year's show held at Forbes in the "Sydney Mail" I referred to the splendid competition in the sheep classes, also to a difference of opinion from that of the judge held by one of the…

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Variations in the Quality of Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 30

At the Agricultural Station attached to the Illinois University, a test was conducted last year for the special object of studying the variations in the yield and quality of milk obtained…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 18

The auction sales held on three days of last week were as successful as any during the season, and probably more so as the offerings were mostly composed of shabby ill-favored lots, which of their own…

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Important Hints for Wheat Growers

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 9

A great deal of valuable work has been done in various ways in endeavouring to improve the method of wheat culture. Some of the results have confirmed…

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St. Marys (By Our Reporter) Cattle Sale

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 6

Messrs Weaver and Perry have 400 head of cattle to offer to-day at their Newmarket Yards. OUR NEXT ISSUE…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 11

The satisfactory news regarding the progress of the sales in London has caused quite a flutter in wool circles here, and a very considerable business has been done in passed-in and other…

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Our Bradford Wool Letter. BRADFORD, [?]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 768

Taking stock of the course of the market since we last wrote we mast say that in many details the market has suffered a fall. London, sales began well, but many people felt and asserted that things during…

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Quantity of Seed Wheat to Sow

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 29

Mr. A. L. M 'Ewin, in a paper on the "Quantity of Wheat to Sow per Acre," read before the Brinkworth Agricultural Bureau, S.A., made the following remarks:…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Rye Valuable As a Catch Crop

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 9

NITROGEN is the fertilising element most easily lost from manures and soils, also it is the most expensive. The readiness with…

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At the Sheaf of Wheat. a Tale of the Rising of 1803. [All Rights Reserved ] Chapter Lv. (Continued)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 4

The combat was fought with desperate fury, on each side. The plateau was covered was fallen forms, and riderless horses by the hundred were galloping madly about. But the…

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Farm and Garden Seasonable Reminders for March

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 6

Vegetable Garden.—Sow largely cabbage (imported seed only), radish, spinach, lettuce, onions, broad beans, parsley, water[?]ss, and smaller, sowings of turnips, beet, carrot, pars[?]ip, pens, and…

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The Dairying Industry

Evening News · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 6

KEMPSEY, Friday.-The annual report of the Smithtown Dairy Produce Company has been [?]. The output of butter during the year valued at nearly £16,000. A dividend of 6…

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The Farmer. Selecting Show Judges

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 767

The agricultural societies still experience great difficultly in obtaining judges whose knowledge is sufficiently wide, and who are at the same time comparative strangers to the exhibitors. It is very nearly…

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Dairy. the Influence of the Jersey

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 767

Mr. M. Hantrive tends me particulars of several sales of stud Jerseys in addition to that of Mr. G. T. Chirnside's Plinlimmon (imp.) to Mr. A. L. Manning of Bega. On account of the Kameruka…

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The Fruit Industry. the Coming Orange Crop. Progress of the Co-operative Movement. Practical Suggestions by a Prominent Shipper. Notes on the Castle-hill Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 7

The prospects of the main citrus crop continue excellent, and the yield, bar accidents, wily, he fairly heavy, with every prospect of high, grade fruit. The recent rains have been particularly…

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Dental Derangements in Farm Animals

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 30

Some few years ago a small pamphlet came under our notice written by a veterinary surgeon on the subject of diseases and irregularities in the teeth of the horse (says the London "Field")…

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London Wool Letter. Clore of the First Series—how Supplies Have Been Dealt With—a Continuous Fall—buyers Operate with Caution— an Expert View of the Series—special (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, February 15

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 18

The first series of sales have closed. The quantity held over was 94,000 bales, against 58,000 bales held over from the first series of 1900. The quantity actually sold amounted to approximately, 245,000 bales, of…

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The Wool Sales

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 March 1901 · page 8

The closing rates of the London wool [?] were the highest of the series. Home and Continental buyers operated freely. Compared with opening rates best merinos…

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Wool Ship on Fire

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 March 1901 · page 8

The four-masted ship Strathgryfe, 2276 tons, bound from Sydney to London, with wool, grain, &c., was towed into Port Chalmers, New Zealand, on fire, on Tuesday…

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Butter

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

March 20.—The butter market is [?] Australian is quoted at 100s, being a fall of from par to 2s per ewt. Danish is unchanged at 112s per ewt…

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