Australian Sheep and Wool. a practical and theoretical treatise by Alfred Hawkesworth (lecturer on Sheep and Wool. Technical College Sydney). Edited by R. N. Morris. LL.D
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 3
"The Australasian":—"By a careful study of this work any intelligent sheep-breeder will be able to so class his sheep as to avoid raising stock that produce an inferior…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Guyra
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 5
Peter Williams, Black Mountain, has a crop of seed oats estimated to yield 60 bushels to the acre. This is the best yield for many years. MENANGLE, Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seed-wheat for Distressed Farmers. to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 8
Sir,--The time for ploughing mid sowing is fast approaching (in fact, in our district the ploughing is now under way). Meetings have been hold at all agricultural centres, calling…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Distribution of Seed Wheat
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4
THERE is much complaint in the country concerning the very leisurely way in which the Department, of Agriculture is moving in regard to the distribution of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wool-shed Destroyed
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6
A telegram from St. George says that the Mungindi mailman arrived on Saturday evening, and reported that the Bullamon woolshed. the property of the Australian Pastoral Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Homebush Stock Market. Sheep and Lambs Cheaper
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6
Nearly 20,000 sheep and lambs were penned yesterday at the metropolitan fat stock saleyards, and although this was not an excessive supply it was more than ample for trade requirements in view of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Sales. Large Withdrawals. LONDON
The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4
The wool sales, which opened so auspiciously, have closed. Towards the finish the competition was dull, and there were large withdrawals…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Sales. London, Feb. 1
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 5
At the present series of wool sales 122,339 bales have been catalogued and 110,895 bales have been sold. At the auctions yesterday there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. London Wool Sales. Closed Dull
Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 5
LONDON, February 2, 6.50 p.m.—The wool sales closed dull this evening, and there were large withdrawals."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep in New South Wales. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 5
Sir,—The returns of stock from the stockowners of New South Wales have now been in the hands of the Stock Department since January 14. The totals are known to the Government, and yet we are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Labour Farms
Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 3
WINDSOR, Tuesday.—At the Pitt Town Casual Labour Farm, distressing weather conditions prevail, and anything in the shape of satisfactory cultivation is out of the question. Under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warwick Farm Racing Club
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 3
Subjoined is a list of entries for the events to [?] run at the February meeting of the above Club:— Jumpers Flat Race, about 2½m.—William James Bonnio Boy, Rose Bay, Marathon, Isis, Signet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State of the Country. Requests by the Farmers and Settlers' Association. Reply by the Government
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4
We have been handed the following letter addressed to Mr. T. J. Campbell, secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer Farmers' Delegates. Impressions of Glen Innes. Glen Innes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4
On Friday evening the Boer delegates arrived from Brisbane by the mail train, and were met at the railway station by Mr. P. J. Thomas, Mayor, Mr. J. f. Chaffey, president of the Pastoral and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. the Government and Distressed Farmers
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4
Mr. T. J. Campbell, secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, has received the following letter from Mr. H. Curry, Under-Secretary for Lands, dated January 31:--"Sir,--With…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Salting Butter
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 29
Some interesting as well as instructive experiments have been made with salt at the Minnesota experiment station. It was found that even the merest film of butter was impervious to…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Seed Wheat
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 6
The Government has now concluded arrangements for the placing of 200,0OO bushels of seed wheat at the disposal of farmers who have made or propose making application for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Burrowa
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 9
Indignation, is expressed against the Taxation Commissioners increasing the valuation of pastoral property from 25 to 50 per cent. where the sheep have been decimated and there is neither grass nor water…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 19
The quarterly meeting of the council of the Pastoral and Agricultural Societies Union of New South Wales was held at Aarons' Exhange Hotel, Sydney. There were present: Mesera. C…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Seed Wheat Purchase
The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 6
With reference to several speculative paragraphs which have appeared in certain newspapers respecting the purchase by the Government of seed wheat for distressed…
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