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Farming & the land, 1901

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The Wool Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 9

The wool receipts at Newcastle for direct shipment to London during the week ended to-day amounted to only 229 bales, making a total of 57,120 bales received since the commencement of the present season,…

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Agriculture in Victoria. the Butter Market

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 831

Victorian butter sent away from here in March is now selling in London at about 9½d wholesale. It would if in Melbourne bring 1s 3d per lb. wholesale, and the situation is a curious one, attracting…

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Two New Wheat Pests. (See illustrations on this page.) 1.—Aphis Destroying Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 29

The action of different groups of suctorial insects upon the growth and malformation of plant tissue is well-known to both entomologists and botanists, and the same cause that produces the typical…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 11

It was mentioned last week that a considerable amount of private business had been done in previously passed-in and other lots. How important those transactions have been is gathered…

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COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. Tuesday Evening

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 867

It is with much satisfaction that we are now able to record the establishment during the past week of s substantial advance in prices for merino wool. In out last issue an improvement was referred to, and…

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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 6 April 1901 · page 4

The battle of Austerlitz had been won. But at what a fearful price!—at what enormous suffering and loss of human life! At this moment whilst Ronayne, sick of the…

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A New Idea in Farm Gates

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 851

Gates which can be opened from the waggon are always in demand. A most convenient one is shown in the illustration. It has no hinges and does not swing open, but turns over on its tuner end, which…

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Dairy. the Margarine Question

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 830

Readers interested in the margarine question will be interested to learn what has been done by the Belgian Government. A new law came into force on January 1, by which it is provided that all margarine…

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Dairying in Denmark

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 829

The dairying industry of Denmark is full of interest for farmers in all parts of the world engaged in supplying milk and cream to factories. Australians have been accustomed to having…

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The Farmer. Stringhalt

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 830

Among the veterinary questions received by the Agricultural editor of this journal those relating to stringhalt largely predominate. Hardly a week passes without an appeal for a cure or the best…

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Farm Products

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 890

Taking into consideration that the first six months of the season were unprop[?]tious to the farmer, the display of agricultural produce in the pavilions is far above expectations. At. former shows the exhibits…

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Dairy Produce

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 890

The exhibits of butter this year are quite as numerous as those in 1900, notwithstanding that the Government Board for Exports prizes are absent from the schedule. The quality is more usually…

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"The Farmer and Grazier.'

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 5

The special Show number of the "Farmer and Grazier" is in every way a most creditable production. Probably the most conspicuous feature is a series of articles on…

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The Natal Train Wreckers. Affray at O'neill's Farm. the Biters Bitten

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--Particulars of the train wrecking and subsequent: affray near O'Neill's form, north of Newcastle, reported yesterday, are now to hand…

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Government Agricultural Exhibits. Wagga Experimental Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 10

The exhibit from the Wagga Experimental Farm is undoubtedly ahead of any previously shown by Mr. G. M. M'Keown, the energetic manager…

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Why Boer Farms Are Burnt

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 11

In a brief but nicely pointed letter from Vandermerve, in the Transvaal, dated January 5th, one "Miles" observes:-- ''What strikes me forcibly in all the…

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The Fruit Industry. the Crops and the Date Storm. Preserved Passionfruit for London. Planting Currant Grapes. a New Peach Tree Disease

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 12

In all parts of the fruit country, except those visited by the hailstorm on Wednesday, the coming crops look remarkably well, and previous remarks as to the prospects of the season do not…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Celeriac or Turnip-rooted Celery

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

THIS plant partakes of the general character of the common celery in flavour, so far as the leaf is concerned, and is simply a variety with a…

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Asparagus—a Good Profitable Crop

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

With proper care an asparagus plantation can be made to last for years, and it seems strange that people who make any pretension to growing vegetables do not…

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The Model Dairy Cow

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 31

Dairy breeds are lank in form, and of a nervous, sanguine temperament, nervous, excitable, quick-motioned, and disturbed by everything strange. The famous Jersey-cow, Ida Marigold,…

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