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Farming & the land, 1902

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London Wool Market. Nov. 2[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 13

The sixth and last series for the year of the London-clo[?]al wool auctions began on November 26. Three brokers led off, with a total of 10,720 bales…

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London Wool Market. Opening of the Sixth Series

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 13

LONDON, November 29. -- The sixth series of sales is now in full swing, having begun on Tuesday last with a very poor selection of merinos, and an ample supply of crossbreds…

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Newcastle. the Chamber of Commerce. the Wool Rates. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 10

A meeting of the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held in the Hall of Commerce, Scott-street, this afternoon. The president, Alderman W. B. Sharp, occupied the chair, and there were also present Messrs. E…

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Our Bradford Wool Letter. Aspects of the Market. Bradford, Nov. 22

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 10

During the past month it has become a most monotonous task to report week after week intense quietness and falling prices, and to-day, in writing our monthly letter, we seem confronted with the…

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Farm and Garden Seasonable Reminders for January

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 7

Field.—It should be decided at once whether land that was under grain is to go to grass or be prepared for other crops. If the latter, or it is new land for cropping, then the sooner it is broken np…

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Dairy News. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 13

The business of the Laggan butter factory last year shows a great increase over any previous year. The milk treated was 105,822 gallons, the cream treated 55,003 gallons, yielding 71,328lb. butter, and the…

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Agriculture in Victoria. Retrogressive Dairying

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 9

There is so much talk about advancing the dairying industry in Victoria that nothing but facts and figures would be able to convince the community that the only progress being made is in a backward…

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Dairy. Preparing Cheese for Market

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 9

In order to get a first-class price on the market, of course, it is necessary to have a first-class article. Cheese, like anything else, to sell well must appear well. First-class cheese put up in a careless and…

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The Farmer. Harvest Wages

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 9

This subject is growing in importance every year. The farm labour in Australia has always been intensified at harvest, and since the introduction of the day labour on State works and a minimum wage of 7s in…

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Weather, Pastures, and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 12

Our report for the week ending the 29th ultimo cannot be pleasant reading, for we have only to refer our readers to the condensed particulars of the disastrous bush fires in another column and…

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Crops for Green-manuring Orchards

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 13

At a meeting of the Oregon Horticultural Society, Mr. L. D. Reynolds, a Commissioner of the Stale Board of Horticulture, detailed his experience of crops for winter growth in orchards for green manure. His experiments…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 13

BERRY, Friday. -- At the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Coastal Farmers' co-operative Society Mr. Meares, manager, made an important statement in regard to the Berry Central Butter Factory. Referring…

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Dairy Notes

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 6

MOST foods may convey some flavor to butter. Breed has more influence on the yield of butter-fat than feed…

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Six Million Acres of New Pastoral Country

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1902 · page 8

Mr. F. S. Brockmen, of the Lands Department, Perth, who successfully carried out a six months' exploration trip through unknown territory between East and West…

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Can N.s.w. Feed Insefe? a Chat About Wheat-growing

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1902 · page 3

Notwithstanding that this year the luck of a better season than usual is enabling our farmers to again harvest a record crop, the tide in wheat growing seems to have…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 9

The following quantities of wool wore manifested on Saturday:--By rail, 1511 bales; coastwise, 582 bales; received at Newcastle on Friday, 70 bales…

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Wool

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 6

The Co-operative Wool and Produce Co, reports:--Private shies since last auction, 551 bales. Total sales since July 1,29,902 bales Total sales since April 14 (the beginning of…

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New Pastoral Land in Westralia

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 5

The following interesting message comes from West Australia:— Mr. F. S. Brockman, of the Lands Department, Perth, who successfully carried…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 5

The wool exports in December were:—6845 bales greasy, value £74,469; scoured, 324 bales, value £5671. BRAIDWOOD, Saturday…

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The Cattle-driving Nuisance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 9

The residents of the western suburbs are anxiously awaiting the fulfilment of Mr. See's promise to a recent deputation regarding the abatement of the cattle-driving nuisance…

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