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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

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Hawkesbury Agricultural College. the Season's Farm Crops. Succession of Valuable Experiments

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 3

A grateful and flourishing verdant expanse greets the eye of the visitor to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College at the present time. The farm proper, which comprises about 1000…

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London Wool Market. Continental Buyers Operating Fr[?]ely. London, November 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 7

The sixth and last series for the year of the London colonial wool auction began on November 25, under extremely favourable auspices. The attendance was one of the largest that has come together for a very…

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The Wallaroo Flat Clip. a Jingle with a Moral. (For the Sydney Wool and Stock Journal.)

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

They saved a few wethers at Wallaroo Flat, And Timkins, the owner, was joyful at that; The shearing was over—the wool had gone down,…

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Dairy News. Gerringong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 7

The Crown Factory at Gerringong has received an order from South Africa for 150 boxes of butter…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 10

Last year's rainfall at Broken Hill recorded only 345 points, the lowest for many years. The fall for 1901 was 1290 points. BOURKE, Friday…

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Sydney Wool Sales. a Waiting Policy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 7

Wool-growers have been urged not to rush their product on the market, and so spoil any chance of securing the good prices that may be ruling. Such advice has so-far at any rate…

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SAVED from DEATH in a STAMPEDE of Wild Cattle

The World's News · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 12

Few young women's lives have recorded more widely differing experiences than Betty…

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The Growing of Fine Wool. Giving Plage to Medium Quality. Americans on the Alert

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 7

During the last few years, there has undoubtedly set In a change in the quality of the wool produced in this State. At one time, the bulk of the wool catalogues offered in Sydney…

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Farm and Garden Seasonable Reminders for January

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 3

Field.—It should be decided at once whether land that was under grain is to go to grass or be prepared for other crops. If the latter, or it is new land for cropping, then the sooner it is broken up…

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The Country. Maize Crops Destroyed by Heat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 10

GRAFTON, Friday.--The intense heat which has been experienced during the pact 10 days has had distressing effects on the maize crops, which have suffered very severely. Whole fields of…

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Agricultural and Pas­toral

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 3

BEGA, Monday. —At last week's auction sales at the Bega Municipal Saleyards, the following prices were realised: Porkers, 30s; fat pigs, £3; store bullocks were passed in at £5…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 8

Good fresh water has been struck in a bore at 30ft. on Mr. W. Corby's farm four miles north of the town. COROWA, Saturday…

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Wheat for Seed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 6

COROWA, Saturday.--Stripping has been completed. Those farmers fortunate enough to have garnered any grain are storing in anticipation of its being required for seed purposes by less…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 6

LONDON, January 3. —The Antwerp wool sales will be held on the 8th and 9th instant, when 350 bales of Australian wool and 3375 bales of River Plate wool will be offered. ~…

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The Purchase of Seed Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 6

PARKES, Saturday.--The farmers are suggesting that they he permitted to drive their own bargains for the purchase of seed wheat, the Government to issue vouchers for the payment of…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 7

The first Antwerp wool sales of the year will take place on the 8th and 9th instants. There will be offered 3375 bales of La Plata wool and 350 bales of…

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The Boer Farmers' Delegates. Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 8

The Boer delegates, accompanied by Mr. Campbell, Director of Agriculture, arrived by train last night, and visited Pera Bore settlement to-day…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 7

CAMPBELLTOWN, Monday.—The excessive heat which has prevailed here during the past week has played great havoc with the grass, and also with the vegetables, scorching them up very…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 4

The local wool sales were resumed yesterday, when Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., and the Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd…

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Deadlock at a Wool Sale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 5

The first wool sale or the Dunedin series today resulted in a deadlock. Buyers asked whether the conditions could be amended in the direction of giving a rebate of 6d, instead…

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