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Farming & the land, 1903

4,857 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 243

DAIRY. The Preservatives Question

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 777

The recent action of the Board of Health is of grave importance to the producers on the land. In the past they have suffered considerably through the wholesale adulteration which has been earned on,…

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The Farmer. Learning to Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 777

The best form of training for the budding agriculturist has never been decided upon to the satisfaction of the practical farmer. Smug theorists reel off the advantages of model and experimental farms and…

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American Poultry Farming Methods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 775

One of the points that strikes any student of the poultry industry in America is the variety of methods, differing widely in important points, by which success has been obtained, on both a moderate and large scale An impressive…

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Weather, Pastures, and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 780

A much brighter outlook can be reported from a large area of this State and from Queensland as a whole since we last wrote. Although it cannot yet be said that the drought has broken up, in the…

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Australian Produce Abroad. Dairy. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 816

Colonial butter has arrived here since I last wrote as follows :— New Zealand, 40,000 boxes; Australia, 10,000. New South Wales was represented in the shipment to baud this week per Britannia to the…

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Sank in Farm Cove

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 5

Just after dark last night the launch Dahlis, belonging to Mr. T. Playfair, sank right alongside the Chilian warship General Baquedano. The Dahlis is a well known vessel…

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Field and Garden Reminders for April. the Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 28

Owing to the very welcome showers that have fallen in various parts of the State, ploughing will have become possible. Wherever this is the case, the work should be proceeded with with…

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Brought Stricken Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 19

Our Lockhart correspondent writes:—The farmers here have several grievances in regard to the distribution of seed wheat. In February last a deputation from a…

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Butter Adulteration

Evening News · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 6

LONDON, April 1.—In the House of Commons last night the Adulteration of Butter Bill was read the second time, despite the objection of Mr. H. E. Kearley (Liberal,…

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Wool

Evening News · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, and Company, Limited, report:—Although a very firm tone pervades the Wool market, business is restricted on account of the very limited nature of supplies…

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Water in Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 4
Also in Evening News, The Sydney Morning Herald

A number of samples of butter have recently been sent to the Dairy Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture for analysis. The Minister for Agriculture wishes to draw attention…

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Wool Brands

Evening News · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 7

A conference was held yesterday at the offices of the Stockowners' Association of New South Wales, between the council of that body and representatives of the wool buyers and selling…

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Notes and Comments. Pastoral Produce

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 4

At yesterday's auctions of fur skins, under the influence of a strong demand, kangaroo, wallaroo and wallaby skins sold at very firm rates, whilst bear and rabbit…

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London Wool Market

Evening News · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 5

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, limited, Sydney, are in receipt of the following telegram from their London house, dated, 1st instant: There is a fair demand for wool privately, at slightly above…

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Adulterated Butter Bill. Second Reading Carried. Determined Attitude of Mr. Hanbury

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--In the House of Commons last night the Adulterated Butter Bill was read a second time, despite an objection raised by Mr. H. B. Kearley (Liberal member for…

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British Adulterated Butter Bill. Second Reading in the Commons. London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 7

In the House of Commons last night the Adulteration of Butter Bill was read the second time despite the objection of Mr. H. E. Kearley (Liberal, Devonport) to the…

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Big Wheat Orders for Australia. in the United States, Not in Canada

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 3

VANCOUVER, B.C., March 6.--Despite all the talk about intercolonial trade at the recent Imperial Conference in London, the United States is doing most of the flour and wheat business…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Co-operation Among Fruit-growers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 5

Yet another co-operative movement is afoot among the Cumberland fruitgrowers. The preliminary meeting held last week at Parramatta was addressed by the Minister for Agriculture, who put forward the…

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