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Farming & the land, 1902

5,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Butter and Cheese

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 8

The butter market is improving. Choicest colonial is in quiet demand at from 108s to 110s per cwt., showing a rise of from 2s to 4s on the week. There is a brisk trade in secondary…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 19

The quarterly meeting of the executive council of the Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union of New South Wales was held at Aaron's Exchange Hotel, on January 31. There were…

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Red-water in Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 13
Also in The Australian Star

The chief inspector of stock has received a progress report from the Government Veterinary Surgeon (Mr. J. D. Stewart, M.R.C.V.S.) in connection with the disease known as "Red-Water in…

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The Wheat Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 8

The wheat markets are inactive. The Continental centres report steadiness, but there is some weakness in America. Cargoes are quiet. Victorian cargoes. January shipment, are quoted…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 10

The wool receipts at Newcastle during the week ended the afternoon amounted to only 60 bales, making it total of 45,125 bales received since the opening of the present season, as compared with…

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Smallpox. Cases on a Cattle Steamer

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

LONDON, February 7, 2.25 p.m.—The steamer Kansas, from Boston (U.S.) to Liverpool with cattle, has landed at the latter port eighteen of the cattlemen and crew, suffering from…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 18

Last week was again a conspicuously busy one IN Te wool trade for so late in the season, the sales aggregating 26,694 bales, and bringing the total for the month of January up to 132,814 bales, a splendid…

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Electrical Sheep Pens. a Novel Invention

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

Of recent years nearly every town is provided with an electric generating plant, and frequently the wires are strung along country roads from town…

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New Zealand Butter. the Re-branding Complaints. a Sidney Denial

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 6

The New Zealand Dairy Commissioners are understood to have alleged that large quantities of the best brande of New Zealand butter are being frozen in, Australia, the brands being planed off…

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Dairy Farmers' Union of New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 19

The quarterly meeting of the above union was held in the Queen's Hall, Sydney, on January 29, when Mr. James (Kiama) presided. The secretary was directed to write to the Stock and…

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The Guazler. The Birth of the "Botany" Wool Trade. (From the "Yorkshire Daily Observer.")

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 29

There are various claimants for the honor of being the first to introduce the merino sheep into Australia, but that honor appears to belong to a countryman of our Own, in the person of the Rev…

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A Farmer's Letter

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 31

Writing from Boyd, in the Forbes district, a correspondent says:—In the first place, will you allow me to congratulate you upon the able manner in which the good old "Freeman"…

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Dairy. Berry Central Factory

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 329

A meeting was held at the Nowra School of Arts last week with the object of securing support to the movement initiated by the Farmers' Co-operative Company of New South Wales for the flotation of…

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Expansion of the Dairying Industry

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 328

Prior to the introduction of the factory system and the initiation of the export trade in butter, dairying on a basis of profit in New South Wales was possible in the coastal districts only. These…

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Weather, Pastures, and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 332

The week past, ended February 4, has not been productive of much benefit to either the pastoral, agricultural, or dairying industries. The situation, in fact, is becoming critical iii many places in this…

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Dairying in the Bathurst District. I.

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 331

The country most suitable for dairying around Bathurst is embraced in several districts, all within, reasonable distance of the picturesque "City of the West." There are Evans Plains, Perth, White Rock,…

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The Fruit Industry. Better Cultivation and Crops. Telemulsion Versus Fumigation. Abandoned Orchards

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 12

There are some districts where the dry season has not been no disastrous after all, and the growers there are looking forward hopefully to the next season. This is notably the case in…

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Pastoral Products. Brisbane Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 9

BRISBANE, Sunday.--At the fifth series of Brisbane wool sales for the present season, yesterday, 5746 bales were offered, the greater portion of which sold. The attendance of buyers was one of the largest and most…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 8

SINGLETON; Monday.—Nearly sixty shareholders were present at the annual meeting of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, Mr. James G. Dight, chairman of…

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