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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 9

The quantity of wool manifested to arrive at Darling Harbor, by rail, yesterday was 862 bales…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 5

WINDSOR, Tuesday.— Last season an area of 19,564¼ acres of land were under cultivation in this district, 6303¼ acres of which were sown with maize. This season it is estimated that half as…

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Wool

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, and Company, Limited, report: Active business will not be resumed in Sydney until Monday next, when auction sales will be continued. Meantime, a good inquiry…

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Exports of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 6

Exports of butter for the year which has just closed show a very marked decrease. The actual shortage in exports amounts to nearly 12.000,000 pounds, representing a money value of over…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Avoca

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 5

Avoca station was favoured with a fall of five inches of rain a week, before Christmas Day, and the country here is now like a barley field Catterpillars have made their appearance in thousands, and…

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Butter and Frozen Mutton

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 6

The Sophocles to-day took the largest shipment of butter this season to South Africa, aggregating 8214 boxes and cases, "partly tinned," and equal to about 220 tons. Further large…

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Seed Wheat Advances

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 6

Already no fewer than 1600 applications from the Malice and the north-eastern district, for seed wheat advances have been received by the Lands Department…

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The Wool Market

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 5

As is customary at this period of the year, there is practically no wool-selling going on, most of the buyers having embraced the opportunity of a short holiday to recuperate after…

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Applications for Seed Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 5

No less than 1600 applications have been received by the Minister for Lands from farmers and selectors who suffered by the drought for assistance under the Seed Wheat Advances Act. These settlers nre…

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English Commercial. Wheat Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,905,000 quarters, or at 5000 quarters more than a week ago…

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In the Drought Country. Harassed Settlers Need Assistance. the Distribution of Seed Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 6

The following letter, written to Mr. T. Brown, by a resident of the Condobolin district, gives a vivid picture of things as they are:-- "Falls of rain varying in amount from 1in. to…

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Maize Crops. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 4

Sir,— Our wheat crops a failure, the farmers of this State now looks to their maize crops for a reasonable return for their year's labour. As the maize crop promises to be a large one,…

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Maize Crops. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 4

Sir,-- Our wheat crops a failure, the farmers of this State now look to their maize crops for a reasonable return for their year's labour. As the maize crop promises to be…

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Our Neglected Children. Rearing a Crop of Criminals. Hundreds Who Do Not Attend School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 7

"We've been bundledi into prison, and our characters are gone," was the dolorous refrain which four street urchins, in a spirit of bravado, sang the other day as a suburban sergeant of…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 4

1,430 yarded from about 65 different owners, and included 50 from New Zealand, also one lot from South Australia. The yardings embraced a big proportion…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 8

Auction sales will be resumed in this market on the 5th January. Our sale day will be the 8th January, when we will offer a catalogue of about 3,500 bales, including amongst other…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 4

Notwithstanding the late rains there is practically no grass in this district. QUEANBEYAN, Thursday. Several valuable horses have lately died from the…

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Sheep-stealing at Bathurst

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 14

A number of cases of sheep-stealing have been reported in the Bathurst district, Messrs. E. H. Taylor and Co. being amongst the heaviest losers. Recently, when some men…

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New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association. Fat Sheep for Export

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. J. Kidd) has received from the Agent-General in London a report on the prize mutton in the fat sheep for export section at the New South…

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Sydney Wool & Stock Journal. A Review of the Wool, Fat Stock, and Station Produce Trades. Published Every Friday. Half-yearly Review of the Wool Trade

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 6

In the prosecution of any great industry those engaged in it mark the various stages of development by the influences prevailing, at stated periods, for…

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