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Farming & the land, 1903

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Notes and Comments. Wheat Supply in Victoria

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 4

The Victorian Government Statist has published his report on the visible supply of wheat in the southern State up to December 31st. last. The "visible supply"…

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Farm and Garden Seasonable Reminders for February

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 7

Field.—Sow Swedes and other turnips, carrot, held cabbage, rape, buckwheat, Cape and skin'ess barley for green fodder, maize for green crop, parship as field crop, and thousand-headed kale…

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Our Note Book. Turf Talk and Tips the V.A.T.C. MEETING. ca[?] plate prosp[?]s —The Bond Cup—w[?] Defeat—F.J.A.'s Pur[?] Win—Moorefield Matters—Sa[?] and Equstor Best Backers. Selections for Warwick Farm

The Arrow · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 7

A PROGRAMME of racing at Warwick Farm will provide entertainment this afternoon, and that course is likely to be well [?]ronised. The usual special trains…

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Commercial. the Watchman Office, Wednesday. Farm Produce

Watchman · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 5

Trade in the produce market continues unsettled, only moderate amount of business being: noted, operations of any size being scarce. Supplies for the present are fairly cqual to demand. Supplies arriving from…

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A Cape Romance. Story of a Boer Farm and a Hidden Will. £250,000 Involved

The World's News · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 15

Popular interest is to-day concentrated on a dead Dutchman's estate, valued at a quarter of a million sterling (says a recent Capetown cable to the London "Express")…

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The Contented Farmer

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 8

Once upon a time, Frederick, King of Frussia, surnamed "Old Fritz," took a ride, and espied an old fanner ploughing his acre by the wayside, cheerily singing his melody…

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Warwick Farm Race Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 14

A pleasant outing has been provided for metropolitan sporting folk at Warwick Farm this afternoon, which a live event programme will be discussed, and interesting sport is promised. The special…

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Yesterday's Turf News &C. Starting Prices of Yesterday's Winners at Warwick Farm

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 February 1903 · page 3

Jumpers' Flat Race.—Marathon, 5 to 2 against. Stewards' Mille.—Bombshell, 5 to 4 against. Farm Stakes.—Beau Fleur, 3 to 1 against…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 8

BEGA, Friday.—Mr. Hawthorne, M.L. A., a member of the Public Works Committee, while in Bega expressed the opinion that the excellence attained in cheese-making and fruit-drying…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 5

The date of the annual P. and A. Show has been fixed for the 9th and 10th September. COROWA, Saturday. The quantity of houghs and refuse left by…

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Railway Rates on Wheat. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 8

Although the Government has publicly announced that all wheat consigned to farmers in districts where the crops have failed shall be carried at half-rates, several persons who received consignments on Friday…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Drowned in Farm Cove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 6

Shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning James Probert, a seaman of H.M.S. Pylades, noticed a man standing on the stone wall at Man-o'-War Stairs. A few minutes later he fell into the water…

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Dairy News. Pambula

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 9

The Pambula Dairy Company last month manufactured 34,850lb. of butter. The working expenses were slightly over 1d per lb. Suppliers were paid £1280 net, or an average price of 9½d per lb…

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Suicide in Farm Cove

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 7

A man named Charles Nash, lately residing at a boarding-house in Hunter-street, committed suicide yesterday morning in a most determined manner. He was seen to climb on to the…

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Warwick Farm Races. Acrasia Wins the Warwick Handicap. Bones Displays Fine Form

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 8

The weather on Saturday was very trying both for man and beast, and in consequence the gate takings at the Warwick Farm Racing Club's meeting suffered. It was one of those days when only the toughest-skinned…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 8

ARMIDALE, Monday.—Undeterred by the unfa-vourable droughty conditions, the Armidale P. ana A. Society is making extensive preparations for the annual show on the 18th, 19th, and 20th…

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Suffolk Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 5

The following particulars of 350 Suffolk wether lambs, purchased [?] a well known Essex grazier, and sold as fat hoggets, illustrate the advantages of…

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Mortality Among Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 4

A report has been received by tho Minister for Agriculture from Mr. J. W. Stewart, Government Veterinary Surgeon, with regard to the reason for the death of a number of sheep at Botheroo…

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Mortality Amongst Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 5

The circumstances attending, the recent death of a large number of sheen on Mr. J. A. Buckland's Botheroo station, in the Coonabarabran district, were so peouliar that Mr. J. Douglus Stewart,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 7

Foxes are said to be on the increase throughout the district, and it is feared that the suspension of bonuses for their scalps will lead to their securing a good hold of the country…

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