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Farming & the land, 1904

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Sheep and Wool. Stud Sheep Breeding. the Famous Boonoke Flock. Some Exceptional Figures

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 11

One of the most interesting and valuable industries that this State has ever possessed is that of sheep-brooding. Whon the land was first settled on. it…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 9

The quantity of wool man[?]sted to arrive at Sydney yesterday was as follows:--By rail, 998 bales; coastwise, 73 bales. At Newcastle on Wednesday 68 bales were received by…

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Sheep Diseases

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 11

The following letter was handed in at this office on Tuesday morning, and it speaks for itself:—QUARTER ILL…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Societies

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 11

(Secretaries of Agricultural Societies are requested to forward to the Editor particulars of all [?]ture shows, and to notify any alteration in the dates given belows. Much inconvenience has been…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 8

Auction sales will he resumed in this market on the 4th January. In the meantime there continues to be a good enquiry for wool, and a fair quantity of…

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Worms in Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 5

Of the worms that attack the lungs of sheep there are three, if not more, species, and they occur in country that has been infected by diseased sheep. The…

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Improving South African Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 5
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Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited, report having shipped on 19th instant, per the s.s. Rippingham Grange, a consignment of high-class sheep from the…

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American Wheat Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The visible supply of wheat in the United States is 60,736,000 bushels, as compared with 59,634,000 bushels last week, and with 82,309,000 bushels at this time last…

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Wool-Sucking Lambs

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 14

The habit of wool sucking in lambs occasionally result in great loss. The young animal commences by sucking the wool round the ewe's teal, and if the…

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The Boonoke Wool

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 11

While, the Boonoke sheep have been making such rapid strides and leaping into fame. the wool, too, has been making a name for itself. As a rule, the…

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Taking the Pulse of Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 11

About 75 beats to the minute is the average pulse of the sheep, or 90 in the lamb and 60 in the adult sheep. It is most easily taken by placing the fingers…

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A Water Filter and Butter Freezer

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 11

With the advent of summer comes the hosekeeper's worries in trying to obtain cool, filtered pure water. and the difficulty of keeping the butter firm…

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A Record Load of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 7

JUNEE, Thursday.--A record load of wheat reached Old Junee railway station yesterday. It consisted of 141 bags from W. Duck to Messrs. John Darling and Son. The gross weight was…

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Sydney Wool Trade. the Co-operative Wool & Produce Co., Ltd., report:—

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 10

During the currency of the present wool selling season they have sold amongst othes the following well-known brands:—On account of Messrs. Connell, Harvey and Co., Blackburn / Yass, a…

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Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Wednesday. December 30. 1903. SHEEP

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 9

16,494 .sheep and lambs penned out of 1,635 drawn for. The quality right through was very good, many exceptionally prime sheep being included. The…

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Half-yearly Review of the Wool Trade

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 6

The recess between the first and second portions of the season is now drawing to a close, and on Monday tho weekly sales will be resumed…

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Risks of the Cattle Trade. What a Mistake May Mean

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 7

In No. 3 Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Justice McMillan delivered his reserved judgement in the case Connor Doherty, and Durack Ltd. aganist S. W. Coptey…

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The Wheat Standard. Intentions of the Chamber of Commerce

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 7

Mr. J. M. Paxton, chairman of the grain trade committee of the Chamber of Commerce, made a statement yesterday concerning the intentions of the committee in the matter of…

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The Sydney Wool Market. Review of the Half-year

Evening News · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 8

Viewed from a woolgrower's standpoint, the first of the present "wool-selling season has been almost satisfactory one, and the position to-day is in striking contrast to what prevailed…

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