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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

4,857 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 243

Distribution of Seed-wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture has noticed that various comments have been made about the questions asked in the application forms for seedwheat. It has been urged that the effect…

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The Seed-wheat Meeting

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

A MEETING is to be held to-night to urge upon the Government the immediate neces­sity of supplying the farmers with seed wheat. It discloses a bad state of affairs…

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Seed Wheat. Tumut

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 6

In reference to the public meeting of farmers held on Saturday the May or yesterday received a communication that no seed wheat will be supplied to farmers able to negotiate…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Firm

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, January 22, 6.45 p.m.—At the wool sales this evening competition was brisk for all kinds, and prices were firm at the opening rates…

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Wool Valuations. to the Editor of the Sydney Wool and Stock Journal

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 7

Sir,—I so often hear country friends complain that the valuations of wool which they get from their brokers are not accurate that I would like to say a word or two on the subject. Not…

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Notes and Comments. Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

At the wool sales yesterday the Cooperative Wool and Produce Co., Ltd. and Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd. offered between them 6072 bales. They…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 7

The wool sales to-day were postponed on account of a fog…

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Distribution of Seed Wheat. Form of Application

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 9

The Minister for Lands and the officers of his department have drafted a form of application which has to be filled up by persons desirous of…

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The Wool Trade. Sydney, Thursday, January 22

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 6

The quantity as well as the quality of the wool brought forward this week has been quite a revelation to buyers, many of whom were under the…

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London Wool Sales. Continued Brisk Demand. LONDON

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

The London wool sales, which had to be postponed on the second day owing to the prevailing fog, were continued to-day. The competition continued brisk and…

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Our Yorkshire Wool Letter. Stocks Considered to Be the First Question with Users. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, December 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

Wool to-day is certainly figuring in a most commendable way and all along the line there is evidence of strength and soundness both in regard to prices and consumption. The price question might…

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An Agricultural College and Irrigation Farm

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, January 22.—The trustees of the estate of the late Mr. Rhodes, Messrs. Wernher, Beit, and Company, and Mr A. Bailey, have provided £23,000 for the…

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The Position of the Farmers and Government. To the Editor of the "Stock and Station Journal."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 6

Sir.—A great deal has been said in regard to the suspension of the fodder duties. I have advocated the suspension of those duties, and have also…

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The Boer Farmers' Delegates. Visit to the Clarence. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 6

The Boer delegates arrived to-day, accompanied by Messrs. Kidd and W. S. Campbell. The party was welcomed at the Town Hall by the Mayor and a large number of leading citizens. The delegates…

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Dairy News. Moruya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 9

The Moruya Dairy Factory paid 6½d per standard gallon for milk supplied during November…

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Meeting of Farmers. Requirements in the Corowa District. Protest Against Increased Land Assessments. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 7

A large meeting of representative farmers was held in the School of Arts to-day to discuss the question of the supply of wheat for land and the values for taxation purposes. Mr. T. J. German presided…

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Farmers and Settlers' Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 7

The call for help by the farmers and settlers of the drought-stricken country districts to the citizens of Sydney is to be made to-night at the Town Hall. The Lord Mayor will preside. Country delegates…

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The Work of Settlement. an Agricultural College. and an Irrigation Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The trustees of the Rhodes' estate, the firm of Wernher, Beit, and Co., and Mr. Abe Bailey, a well-known Johannesburg millionaire, have provided…

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Farmers Beset with Trouble. Too Little Seed, Too Much Taxation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 6

COROWA, Thursday.--Mr. T. J. Gorman presided over an influential meeting of farmers this afternoon, when some important questions dealing with their interests were discussed. That…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Murrumburrah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 9

Much inconvenience is experienced here owing to the inability to get trucks for starving stock…

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