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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

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Our Yorkshire Wool Letter. a Check and Its Effects. (Frm Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 8

The wool markets of Europe seem to have donned quit a pessimistic mood, and since 1 last reviewed the situation a decided check has taken place. Buyers came home from London fully convinced that…

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Fate of a Wheat Steamer Posted Missing. Supposed to Have Foundered with All Hands. Underwriters Pay a Total Loss. £39,000 Involved

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 3

All hope for the safety of the overdue steamer Ansgar, laden with wheat from New York to Sydney, has been abandoned, and yesterday the vessel was posted as "missing" at Lloyd's. The…

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The Difficulty in the Wool Trade. Abandonment of a Sale. Amicable Settlement Likely. John Bridge and Co. to Sell Next Week

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 5

It is understood that the contretemps which resulted in the abandonment of the wool sale by Messrs. John Bridge and Co., Limited, on Tuesday, is already in a fair way towards amicable…

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Prize Day. Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Scientific Farming

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 7

Nothing could be more interesting and instructive than a visit to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College and Farm at Richmond to gee what is being done there, both in the…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 9

BYRON BAY, Wednesday. -- The North Coast Co-operative Company manufactured for the month of February 129 tons of butter, and paid suppliers 11 for first-class and 10½ for second, and 7¾ for pork. They paid a…

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SHEEP and Wool. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 5

The first of the monthly auctions in Sydney took place on Monday last, when everything passed off very satisfactorily. The attendance of buyers…

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Pastoral Matters in Australia. Effects of the Drought on Wool Prospects

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 8

Among the passengers in the F.M.S. Ville de la Ciotat, which passed through Fremantle on her way to London on January 2 Gays the "British…

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Queensland Pastoral Rents

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 6

A deputation from the executive of the United Settlers' Association waited on the Queensland Premier and Mr. Murray (acting-Minister for Lands) last…

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Sheep Dog Trials

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 16

1st, £15; 2nd, £5, 5s; 3rd, £4; 4th £3; 5th, £2; 6th, £1. REGULATIONS. The awards shall be by points…

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Seed Wheat

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 5

Our Wyalong correspondent wires:—A good deal of disappointment is manifested locally with regard to the delay of the department in dealing with applications for seed wheat. It will be…

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The Failure of the Wheat Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 4

A preliminary return issued by the Government Statist shows that, the total area sown with wheat for 1902-3 was 1,887,300 acres, as against 1,754,417 in 1901-2. The crop resulting…

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Notes and Comments. Pastoral Produce

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 4

At yesterday's auctions of pastoral produce under the influence of a steady demand, excellent clearances of tallow were effected at prices fully up to those realised…

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Butter Company. Lismore

The Australian Star · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 3

The Byron Bay Cooperative Butter Co. manufactured 179 tons of butter last month paying suppliers 11d for flrst-class milk. The total Pay the month was £18,000…

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Big Wheat Cargo

The Australian Star · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 5

The ship Benicia arrived from Tacoma through the night with a big wheat cargo, consisting of 2750 tons. She was 73 days out the voyage, and comes to the agency of…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 7

The preliminary official returns of the Victorian wheat harvest show that the area sown was 1,887,300) acres, against 1,754,117 acres for the previous season, and the yield was 2,388,219 bushels,…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 7

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, report that they are in receipt of a message from their London office dated 18th instant as follows:--Wool: Since…

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A Wool Cargo

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 7

The four-masted barque Port Jackson, with a record cargo of over 12,000 bales of wood on board cleared Sydney Heads yesterday, bound for London. The ship is expected to land her cargo in…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 9

The next Brisbane wool sales have been postponed until early in May with a view of enabling brokers to ascertain the result of the London wool sales, which open on May 5…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Wheat-sowing Season

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 5

The ploughing sowing season, always an anxious and arduous period for wheat-growers, is, this year, [?] with unusual difficulties. As a general the farmers are not favoured by seasonable…

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Low Mutton—high Wool

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 5

Colonel John D. Davis. the well known stockman of Orchard. Idaho, says:—My investigation in the West give me full confidence in higher priced…

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