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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

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Supply of Wheat in America

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The "visible supply" of wheat in the United States is 84,953,000 bushels, as compared with 86,594,000 bushels a week ago…

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Inter-state Fat Stock Sales. Melbourne. Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 10

On Tuesday 20,000 sheep were penned. Quotations:—Prime crossbred wethers, 14s to 16s 6d; good, 11s 6d to 13s; middling and inferior, from 7s 9d; prime crossbred ewes, 10s to 12s;…

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General Cable News. Shipment of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The cargo of wheat by the ship Hartfield (sailed from Sydney, November 29) has been sold at about 29s 9d per quarter…

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Golf. Wool Buyers v. Sklling Brokers

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 7

At the links of the Royal Sydney Golf Club, at Bondi, on Friday, an interesting match was played between representatives of the wool buyers and the selling brokers. The match…

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English Commercial. American Visible Wheat Supply. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 5

The American visible supply of wheat and flour cast of the Rockies is 84,953,000 bushels. METALS. Copper on spot is quoted at £66 per ton, and at…

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Sydney Wool & Stock Journal. A Bi-Weekly Review of the Wool, Fat Stock, and Station Produce Trades. Published Every Tuesday and Friday. the Wool Trade. Sydney, Thursday, February 27

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 4

In the absence of public sales the market has been very quiet during the week, and transactions have been restricted to narrow limits, very small…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. A. H. Simpson.) the Question of Wharfage Rates. Pastoral Finance Association of Sydney v. The Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 8

Mr. Pilcher, K.C., Mr. Hanbury Davies, and Mr. Knox, instructed by Mr. E. H. Crossman, appeared for the plaintiff company; and the Attorney-General (Mr. Wise, K.C.), and Mr. H. P. Owen,…

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Dairying in the Northern Districts

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 11

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Kidd) and the Minister for Education (Mr. Perry) have just returned from a trip to the northern districts, and Mr. Kidd has been making…

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The Farmers and Settlers

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 6

THE conference of delegates from the various branches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, which is to beheld in July, promises to be a gigantic affair…

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Dairy. the London Butter Market

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 523

The latest London advices say that not for many years has the butter market been in such an abnormal position as it was at the date of writing. To those who are doing their best to secure a better position…

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Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 8

The Bradford market is hardening, and tops are higher. Tops, common 60's, are quoted at 19¾d per lb., and super at 20¾d. These prices show an advance of ½d on the week…

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Butter and Cheese

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 8

The butter market is unchanged. Choicest colonial is quiet at from 110s to 112s per cwt., showing no alteration on the week. There is a good demand for secondary qualities. Danish butter is quoted at from 116s to 118s per cwt., or at the same quotations as last week. New Zealand cheese is in slightly brisker demand…

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Moisture in Butter

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 11

London cables advise that the departmental committee now considering the matter of preservatives in foods has decided that the percentage of moisture in butter shall be restricted…

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Farm and Dairy Produce. The London correspondent of the "S. M. Herald" writes as follows: — the Butter Market

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 13

Not for many years has the butter market been in such an abnormal position, as it is in to-day. It is exceedingly interesting to those who are doing their best be secure a better…

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Wheat Vessels

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 4

The Italian ship Maria Teresa arrived at Sydney yesterday from Sourabaya via Port Phillip's Heads, She is to the agency of Messrs. J Darling and Son, and will load…

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The South Australian School of Mines ana Industries. Instruction in Wool and Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 538

The South Australian School of Mines and Industries, situated on North Terrace, Adelaide, was started in 1889 with 91 students, and at the end of that year 348 students were on the roll. The…

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The Wheat Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 8

Favorable crop forecasts have depressed the American wheat markets. The English markets are dull, at 3d per quarter decline, and those of France are weak. But other Continental wheat…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 10

The wool receipts at Newcastle during the week ended this afternoon amounted to only 38 bales, making a total of 45,101 bales received since the opening of the present season, as compared with…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 19

Monday. The past week was practically the first of the "off" season, no sales having been held, either here or in Melbourne; but to-day auctions are being held in the…

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Some Fine Wheat Yields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 27

The average wheat, yield of the past season in Victoria was about 9 bushels per acre. In some districts, owing to the dry weather, the returns did not amount to more than, one bag…

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