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Farming & the land, 1902

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Messrs. James Brothers' Prize Dairy Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 26

Amongst our illustrations appear a group of Durham cattle, the three members of which were decorated with the blue ribbon at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, one of them—the…

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Milk-blended Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 37

According to a communication to hand recently from Mr. J. M. Sinclair, the Agricultural Department's representative in London, the demand still continues for butter that can be sold retail at…

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Dairy. Mr. F. A. M'zenzie's Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 901

Mr. F. A. M'Kenzie, of the Waverley Dairy, Bondi, is an enthusiast in the breeding of dairy cattle. He has been a consistent exhibitor at the Royal Agricultural Shows in Sydney, and…

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Feeding Sheep on Chaff

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 11

HAY, Friday. -- An interesting experiment in the artificial feeding of sheep is being conducted in the river paddock at the rear of the Woolpack Hotel. Five thousand ewes, the properly of R…

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Sheep in the Transvaal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 904

A correspondent of the Johannesburg "Star" writes as follows :—Sheep-farming in the Transvaal could be made to pay handsomely, and millions could be reared in the country lying between Boksburg and…

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Raise No Wheat."

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 10

Recent American files to hand publish particulars of what is called a "Raise-no-Wheat" movement which is said to be spreading rapidly through the south-western areas of the United…

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Conference of Agricultural and Pastoral Associations

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 55

The first annual conference in connection with the Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union of New South Wales was held at Aaron's Exchange Hotel, Sydney, on April 2 and 3, and was…

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Resinous Pine for Butter Boxes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 37

Victorian dairymen say they would be only too pleased to use Queensland pine for their, butter boxes if they could satisry themselves that they would be no worse off through doing…

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The British Wheat Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 37

The "Mark Lane Express" says: January left the English wheat fields forward; but in few parts too forward. During the last three days of the month a bitter wind kept back growth, and…

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London Butter Market. LONDON, Feb. 28

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 903

In a day or two the Oroya will arrive in London with the last shipment of butter for the season 1901-1902. No season since the trade began has been so unsatisfactory as regards the quantity anticipated…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 18

The intervention of the Easter holidays brought wool matters pretty well to a standstill, many buyers extending their holidays well into last week; anyway, the market is practically bare of all stocks that are…

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AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL The Advance of the Tick Pest

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 900

There appears to be a reasonable prospect that something like an earnest endeavour to check the advance of the tick into New South Wales will at last be made. Hitherto the authorities in…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union. the Annual Conference

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 902

Delegates from the societies embraced in the Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union met in conference at Aarons's Exchange Hotel during show week. Nearly 60 societies were represented, and…

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Californian Wheat. Cost of Importing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 17

Information is to hand by private cable from Frisco, showing that the cost of landing No. 1 milling wheat from California in Sydney at the moment would be 4s 7½d per bushel. This…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 7

After im interval of fully a month, during which, as will be seen by the figures given below, considerable clearances were made of previously offered and fellmongered wool at advancing prices,…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union. Annual Conference of Delegates

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 10

The annual conference of d elegates from the pastoral and agricultural societies of New South Wales affiliated with the Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union was held last…

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COMMERCIAL. Rise in Provisions. Bread, Butter, Milk, Etc

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 17

At a meeting of the Sydney and Suburban Master Bakers' Association on Saturday it was decided to advance the retail price of best bread to 3d per 21b loaf. Sydney and most of the suburbs…

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"Daisy" Sheep-shearing Machinery. (See Illustration, Page 922.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 903

The exhibit of the Burgon Sheep Shearing Machine Company was one of the most interesting in the Royal Show, and attracted huge crowds of spectators whilst the displays of sheep shearing were given, and in the…

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Wheat Supply. London, April 10, 2.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 8

The visible supply of wheat in America' is [?]3,576,000 bushels…

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Messrs. Smith, Copeland, and Company's Exhibit of Horse and Cattle Rugs, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 27

The near approach of winter renders the question of providing rugging for stock one of great importance on the part of…

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