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Farming & the land, 1902

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Dairy. the Best Breed

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 137

I am frequently asked to name the best of all dairy breeds, and the question is cropping up more frequently as dairying extends to districts which previously relied upon other industries. It must be…

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The Farmer. Harvest Labour in England

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 137

In connection with the subject, the recent report of the British Board of Trade on the harvest wages paid in Great Britain during the last harvest there is very interesting. The report states that the returns…

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Weather, Pastures, and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 140

Since we wrote last, the 7th instant, a number of predicted monsoons and Arctic disturbances have been productive of rain, but it has been extremely patchy, several of them resulting in dry…

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The Milk Records of a Danish Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 139

A short tune ago (writes Mr. C. W. Sorensen in the "Live Stock Jourual") I had the opportunity of perusing the milk accounts of a Danish dairy farmer, and, as the record contained many points of interest,…

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The Fruit Industry. Ruined Crops. Sicilian Versus Local Lemons

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 6

The hopes of fruitgrowers for an improvement in the prospects for next season's citrus crops are gradually becoming less, and the outlook is now very poor, indeed, even if rains did…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 13

MOLONG, Friday. -- Owing to the long spell of dry weather, business with the Molong district Dairying Company fell off considerably during December, with the result that payments to milk suppliers amounted…

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Farming on a Large Scale. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 28

The accompanying illustration depicts an immense [?]traiction engine, and three sections of dises (twenty-four in all) behind it, and shows how land is worked in some sections of California. It…

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Dairy Records

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 19

Coramba reports that the local dairy company has been registered with a capital of £1500, and that a site for the factory building is being cleared in the township…

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Yesterday's Sport News: Turf, &c Starting Prices of Yesterday's Winners at Warwick Farm

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1902 · page 3

A meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association is to be held to-morrow evening. The Kensington Racing Club has received…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 9

BERRIGAN, Saturday. The Berrigan Progress Association met to-day and decided to ask the Minister for Lands to have arrangements made to make Berrigan the centre of…

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Dishorning Cattle

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 5

Dishorning has rapidly grown in favour during the past few years, and at the present time it is commonly practised in many sections. The prejudice…

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The Branding of Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture has received a letter through the Agent-General from the Home and Foreign Produce Exchange Company, Limited, London, stating that the committee of the Exchange had…

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Cattle for South Africa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 8

A cable was recently received from the High Commissioner of South Africa inquiring at what price young breeding cattle could be supplied from Queensland. The Government replied that cattle…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 3

There is very little of an unfavourable character to report regarding the progress of the local sales during the post week. The attendance of buyers has been larger than ever,…

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Securing the Wheat Trade for This State

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 6

COROWA, Friday.--The wheat market is very dull, the ruling prices, 2s 6½d to 2s 8d, not inducing owners to part. The bulk of this season's wheat has been stored locally or at…

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New Zealand. the Butter Export Trade. Proposed Reduction of Freight. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 8

An effort is being made to induce the Union Company to reduce the freight of butter to Australia from ½d gross weight to ¼d per 1b. net. The idea is that with this concession and with the superior…

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London Wool Trade. Competition Keeps Active and Prices Firm

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 2

Another week of good business has been done, interest, life, and competition being wanting nowhere. If anything, the firmer tone noted at last…

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Sydney Wool Trade. the New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 2

The sales during the past week have been very successful, and very heavy catalogues have been submitted large clearances being effected. For the great…

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Farm Laborers. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 7

Sir,—While glancing through, tie columns of your esteemed paper, I note in the column headed To-day's Commercial" where a farmer writes concerning the scarcity of labor in the…

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The Dairying Industry. Mr. O'callaghan at Gundagai

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 4

The Gundagai "Times" gives a lengthy report of a lecture given at Gundagai on the 11th inst. by Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, Government Dairy Expert. We…

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