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Farming & the land, 1902

5,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 250

Dairy Industry. Ulmarra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 9

In March the factory made 60,000lb, butter. About £3500 was paid away…

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Agricultural Pastoral The Wheat Season

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 964

The wheat growers of New South Wales have not been favoured by fortune during the season recently closed, nor can it be said that the capricious dame has evinced a disposition to…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 16

BOMBALA, Monday.[?]The Bombala Co-operative Dairying Company has ceased operations for the winter, after about six months' working for the season. This year the company has been…

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Oakey (Q.) Farmers' Co-operative Butter Factory

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 983

Oakey is situated on the Queensland Western line, being about 120 miles from Brisbane. and is in dose proximity to the famous Mount Russell and Gowrie estates, which have recently been repurchased by the Government for…

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The Lost Sheep

The Catholic Press · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 7

The Church Commonwealth, the organ of the High Church Anglicans of Sydney and Melbourne, says: "The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, in his address as President of the…

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The Springfield Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 965

The sheep exhibits of the Springfield Pastoral and Estates Company, Limited, at the recent Bathurst Show were not only very successful but they, commanded a great deal of attention from those interested…

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Export of Argentina Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 28

In a speech delivered at the opening of a recent show of the Rural Society of Argentina, Dr. E. Ramos Mejia, ex-Minister of Agriculture,…

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Cattle Ticks in Queensland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 967

The only fresh developments during the past month were the discovery of ticks at Nerang, some six miles from the New South Wales border, and at Warwick. In the case of the former it has been…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 13

Dalgety and Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cable from London: "The Antwerp wool sales have closed. There was an average attendance of buyers, and competition…

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The Wool Market

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 11

The business done in the local wool market during the past week, though small, owing to the barrenness of stocks, has, nevertheless, been very satisfactory from the sellers'…

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Wheat Stored in Malta

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 2

The huge granaries at Malta form one of the most interesting sights of the island. The annual crop of grain grown at Malta is hardly sufficient to…

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A Sydney Wool Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 18

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Company have just issued their annual review of the wool trade, commenting fully upon the experiences of the past year, and the prospects for the future. Regarding the past season,…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 11

Although no public sales have taken place this week there is a very strong demand for all varieties of the staple, and lots passed in from the recent auctions, as well as locally-treated parcels,…

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Bathurst Pastoral and Agricultural Show. (See Illustrations, Pages 986-987.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 966

The Bathurst Agricultural Society has held it leading position among country societies through many bad seasons, and its annual exhibitions hay steadily improved in the face of all the vicissitude…

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Proposed British Duties. on Wheat and Flour

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 18

Apropos of the cable news published respecting proposed duties in Great Britain on breadstuffs, a Sydney merchant stated as follows to a "Town and Country Journal" reporter:[?]…

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Quirk M'leod, and Co.'s Wheat-shed at Wellington, N.s.w

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 985

ANOTHER RECORD LOAD OF WHEAT. The above photo affords a good illustration of the huge grainshed recently erected at their siding, and adjacent to the railway station at wellington by Messrs. Qun's, M'Leod, and Co., millers and grain merchants. The shed, which is 200ft. by 50ft., is completely filled with prime Western wheat, and contains over 53,000 bag's, or about 5800 tons of grain, and is probably the largest stack at this date in the country…

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Farming on a Big Scale

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 10

In no locality has modern steam farming machinery been applied with such effectiveness as upon the grain ranches in southern California. On one ranch the engine used to…

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Commercial. The Watchman Office, Wednesday Evening. Fabm and Dairy Produce

Watchman · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 8

High prices of last week have somewhat checked sales, easier prices now ruling in all grades farm produce, still, however the effects of the drought remain so serious, that with…

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Celery Farms

The World's News · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 20

A colony of About 250 Dutch market gardeners has built up a large celery business at Kalamazoo, Michigan. A district that not long ago was a worthless swamp has been converted by…

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Dairy News. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 13

The Jindiandy Dairy Company last month treated 48,656 gallons of milk, which produced 22,051lb of butter, taking 22¾lb. milk to produce 1lb of butter. Suppliers were paid 1s 1½d per lb. for commercial…

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