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Farming & the land, 1902

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 6

Three catalogues were offered on Wednesday, embracing 6519 bales; Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company, 2870; The Pastoral Finance Association, 2347; and Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and…

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Cost of Scoured Wool

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 5

There is a simple method of finding the cost of wool when clean scoured that may not be generally known. It is done in this way:—Supposing a wool…

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The Forbes Wool Competition

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 3

The following announcement of the result of the above competition is taken from the Forbes Times of Saturday last:- Most people interested in sheep will he…

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Diseases of Sheep in Great Britain

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 5

The Board of Agriculture has appointed a committee to investigate the two diseases of sheep known as "braxy" and "louping-ill." The members of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Shows. Dates for Forthcoming Events

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 1

[The Editor will feel obliged if secretaries of Agricultural and other Shown will forward dates and fall particulars of their fixtures, together with…

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Inter-state Fat Stock Sales. Melbourne. Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 12

On Tuesday 21,000 sheep were penned. Quotations:—Prime crossbred wethers, 13s to 14s 6d; extra, to 15s and 15s 4d; good 10s 6d to 12s 6d: middling, 8s to 9s 6d; prime crossbred…

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Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Thursday, February 13, 1902. SHEEP

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 11

38,000 sheep and lambs penned, the bulk of the supply being medium and inferior, with primes scarce. A large proportion of the sheep were ewes, most…

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The Wool Trade. Sydney,thursday,february 13

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 4

The series of weekly sales was brought to a conclusion on Thursday, and while it is generally considered that the season proper closes at the same time, there is…

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Stocks of Wool in the United States

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 5

The American Wool and Cotton Reporter says:— The conditions of 1900 were all conducive to the piling up of an extraordinary…

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Sydney Wool Trade. the Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., report:—

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

For our sixteenth, and last, weekly sale of the season we to-day submitted a small catalogue of 707 bales, of which 517 found buyers unler the hammer…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Nyngan Branch

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 12

The annual general meeting of the members of the Nyngan branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Tuesday afternoon, the…

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Dairy Industry. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 9

The monthly meeting of the North Coast ooperative Factory was held yesterday. The butter manufactured was 110 tons, and suppliers were paid 9[?]d and 8¾d. Plans and specifications for the…

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Bush Fires. Large Areas Devastated Near Yass. Several Farmers Lose Heavily

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 6

YASS, Thursday.--The fearful bush fire raging yesterday at Murrumbateman, after traversing 10 miles of country and leaving desolation in its track, was got under control early last night,…

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Stock in New South Wales. Increase in Cattle and Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 19

The Chief Inspector of Stock (Mr. A. Bruce) has forwarded to the Minister for Agriculture a progress return of horses, cattle, and sheep in this State on January 1 last. The return is compiled…

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Starving Sheep

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 6

INVERELL, Friday.—Much dissatisfaction is expressed at the apathy of the Railway Commissioners in not providing an adequate number of tracks for the transit of starving stock from the…

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The Farmer. Fertilising for Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 394

At this season of the year the report of Mr. M'Keown, on the results of the operations of last year on the Wagga State farm is worthy of republication. The area sown on the farm in the 1900-1…

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Redwater in Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 395

The Chief Inspector of Stock has received a progress report from the Government [?] (Mr. J.D. Stewart, M.R.C.V.S.) in connection with the disease known as "redwater in [?]…

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Fat-tailed Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 12

The fat-tailed sheep of Persia and Tartary exhibits a curious provision of nature. When food is plentiful (says "Irving Animals of the World") a quantity of fat accumulates on the…

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Wool Sales

The Catholic Press · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 27

At the continuation of auctions on Tuesday the following brokers submitted catalogues as under:—New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., 1144 bales;…

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Butter for the Cape

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 8

Included in the cargo of the steamer Australasian, of the Aberdeen line, which sailed yesterday, were 2871 boxes of butter for Durban and Capetown. The forwarding agents were:--…

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