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Farming & the land, 1901

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Homebush fat Stock Sales. (The Official Reports of the Fat Stock Salesmen's Association of Sydney, Published in the Order of Sales As Arranged Each Day by Ballot.) Thursday, April 11. SHEEP

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 3

28,853 penned, representing about 113 consignors, consisting chiefly of fair to good quality, with a few lots of prime, both merinos and crossbreds. Sales were…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 8
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

ULMARRA, Friday.—One hundred and fifty thousand gallons of milk were supplied to the local factory last month, and the sum of £2300 was paid out to suppliers. The average test was 3.8,…

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Cattle Awards

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 892

Herefords.—Judges: Messrs. Frank King, R. B. Barnes, R. Wyndham, J. A. Badgery, R. G. Hassall Bull, 3 years old and over; J. H. Angas's Count Comely XI., 1. Bull, 2 years old and under 3 years; J. H…

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Fat Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 15

The display of fat sheep was a great improvement on that of last year. The pens containing sheep "suitable for export" were filled with an even lot of good quality, and the same may be…

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Dairy Cattle at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 890

The Royal Society has been well rewarded for the increased encouragement offered to breeders of dairy cattle to exhibit at the Easter shows. This part of the schedule is by so means as strong as…

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Stud Cattle Sales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 892

Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Limited, report having sold at the show sales a large number of stud cattle. Included in the catalogue were the following:—…

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Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 6

The Australian Mortgage, Land, Finance Co., Limited, has received the following cable from Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartze and Co., under date 11th instant: -- "The fourth series of…

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Boracic Acid in Butter

Evening News · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, April 12, 2.30 p.m.—At Southwark (London) Police Court to-day a grocer was fined for selling French butter in which there was 62 grains of boracic acid to the pound…

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Northern Territory Cattle Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 9

A leading article in the "Northern Territory Times" criticises the proposed establishment of freezing, works on the Victoria River, recently referred bo at a meeting of enthusiasts at Scott's…

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London Wool Rales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.--The fourth series of the London and colonial wool Bales commences on July 2, the catalogue being limited to 359,000 bales…

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Adulterated Butter. London, April 12

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 5

A Southwark grocer has been fined for selling French butter containing 62 grains of boracic acid to the pound…

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The Wool Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 9

The wool receipts at Newcastle for direct shipment to London during the week ended this afternoon amounted to only 98 bales, making a total of 57,218 bales received since the commencement of the present…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 18

In our previous review we referred to the first of two days' auctions held last week, and now it is satisfactory to report that the second day's sale was quite equal to the first, the general advance of 7½ per cent…

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The Wool Trade. Friday evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 12

A very b[?]yant fesling prevails in the trade, one which not even the intervention of holidays has prevented from being asserted. During the few days available for business this week there…

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The Grazier. Fat Cattle at the Royal Show

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 890

The Commonwealth show is over, and one can review at leisure some of the principal features of the live stock show. One of these was the exhibits of fat cattle and sheep. Of the former there was…

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The Wool Sales. London, April 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 9

The fourth series of wool sales will be opened on July 2. The limit of bales to be offered is fixed at 350,000. The fifth series will be opened on…

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London Wool Sales. London, April 12

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 5

The fourth series of wool sales will be opened on July 2. The limit of bales to be offered is fixed at 350,000. The fifth series will be opened on September…

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Farm and Dairy Produce

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 891

As mentioned ia the first day's report of the agricultural section of the show, the backwardness of the exhibitors in having the trophies arranged in time caused the judging to be started later than usual,…

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London Wool Letter. Current Factors in Bradford and Elsewhere—crossbreds at "Record" Prices— Present Values for N.S. Wales Wool Same As in July, 1897—How Wool Contracts Are Made and Carried Out—interesting Particulars Concerning Wool Futures. (From Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON. March 1

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 19

Since the close of the first series of London wool sales, business has continued in a very quiet way, the only item of interest being the closing of the list of arrivals for the next series of sales. It will be…

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