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Farming & the land, 1902

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 18

Following up our last week's remarks in connection with the recent auction sales here, it may serve to give readers a better idea of the improved prices ruling if we quote a few instances of wool offered…

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AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL The Fruit Industry. Conference at Parramatta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 1028

From time to time daring a considerable number of years attempts have been made to improve the condition of the fruit-growing industry of New South Wales by inducing combination among…

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Cocoanut Butter. (See illustrations on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 28

Amongst the many new vegetable products, good, bad, and indifferent, that are frequently being introduced for trading purposes, cocoanut butter has recently attracted some attention (says…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 12

The great obstacle in the way of any considerable volume of business being done in the local market is found in the very small supplies which are now available. There was a time, not so…

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The Milk-Blended Butter Agitation. LONDON, March 14

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 1030

The butter trade in the whole of the United Kingdom is just now in the midst of a controversy as to the proper standard to fix for the amount of moisture to be legally allowed in butter, and this is…

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Cattle Raid at Kimberley April 25. 2.34 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 7

Under the pretext of inquiring the terms of their surrender a party of Boers approached near Kimberley and seized a mob of cattle. Although pursued they succeeded in making…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. (By Cable From Our London Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 19

LONDON, April 19.—The competition of the opening day was maintained to the end of the Antwerp wool sales, and pieces, lambs, and merinoes advanced 5 to 10 centimes. Of 8105 bales River Plate wool offered…

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Our Note Book Turf Talk and Tips Canterbury Park Doings. Winners and Losers—Exploited Backers Complacent Official Inactivity—Thea and Pegasus—Horace Not a Champion—Notes of the Week. Selections for Warwick Farm

The Arrow · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 7

IF everything goes well at Warwick Farm to-day there should be a fair day's sport. The programme promises well, if appearances are reliable, and it is found…

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Dairy Industry. Bellinger Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 13

During March the cream treated at the Bellinger Co-operative Butter Company totalled 21,483lb., out of which 10,209lb. of butter was made. Suppliers were paid at the rate of 11¾d for commercial butter,…

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Warwick Farm Racing Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 14

The April meeting of the Warwick Farm Racing Club, and which takes place this afternoon at the well-appointed convincing-ground near George's River, should provide a pleasant outing for…

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The Maize Crop on the Clarence

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 1031

In travelling through the district one cannot help regarding with concern the almost total failure of the late maize crops (says the "Clarence and Richmond River Examiner"). At this time of the year…

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The Farmer. the Ploughing Season

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 1029

The ploughing season in the wheat districts is the most unfavourable encountered by the farmers sines wheat became an important crop in this State. In the Harden district a number of farmers are said to…

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Weather, Pastures, and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 1032

With the exception of a few places on the northern coast, receiving from 45 to 114 points, the rain over the balance of the State has been of the scantiest, since we wrote last, the 14th instant. Our correspondents…

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Victorian Rural Notes. Dairy Cows for South Africa

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 27

A venture in exporting dairy cows to South Africa has just been started, and a first shipment of animals due to come into profit in from two to three months' time, left Melbourne by the…

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The Grazier. Suitable Dairy Stock. (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.")

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 29

The introduction of the factory system cause a great increase in the number of dairy farms, and the importance of the dairying industry was at once, recognised by all. Dairy stock rapidly…

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A Warning to Dairymen

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

That "Planter's Friend," though a desirable fodder after it has felt a frost or two, may, under some circumstances, be the stock-owner's deadly foe has just been amply demonstrated…

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The Crops

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

The citrus crop, where there is any, is ripening rapidly, and in some of the orchards there is a fair supply of fruit. But the country generally is, no doubt, in a deplorable state, and orchardists…

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Warwick Farm Races. Rose Petal and Ruskin

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 April 1902 · page 3

Warwick Farm was fairly patronised yesterday, and the pleasant weather made the racing thoroughly enjoyable. The course was in good order, and Mr. Geo. W. Rowe…

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Yesterday's Sport News: Turf, &c Starting Prices of Yesterday's Winners at Warwick Farm

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 April 1902 · page 3

Flying Stakes.—Rose Petal, 5 to 1 against. Stewards' Mile.—Fanfare, 7 to 1 against. Farm Stakes.—Oleaster, 3 to 1 against. Warwick Farm Handicap.—Ruakin, 7 to 1…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1902 · page 8

The stock passings for the week are as follow:—Fifty horses, from Eschol to Mary Vale, R. and A. Scott owner, M'Bean in charge; 400 cwes, from Bellevne ([?] Dubbo) to Suntop. Wellington, J. Munroe, jun.,…

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