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Farming & the land, 1904

5,951 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

English Commercial. London Wool Sales. Opening of the First Series

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The first series of London-colonial wool sales for the current year commenced to-day. The market generally opened brisk, prices showing from par to…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Sheepbreeders' Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 7

Mr. Prince is early afoot with his schedule for the 1904 show. The list is another tribute to the enterprise and pluck of the association which were so freely displayed during the…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 7

INVERELL.—Harvesting is almost completed. The yields in almost every instance have been seriously interfered with through the wheat falling down. Rust has also injured…

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The Arncliffe Sewage Farm. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 3

Sir,--You kindly published a letter dealing with this abominable nuisance on 4th July last year, wherein was pointed out that this longstanding menace to the public health had not…

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Does Farming Pay? Some Typical Examples. the Furracabad Settlement. a Remarkable Object-lesson. Iv

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 5

What are the average profits of the successful farmer? It is not an easy matter to estimate, partly because the average farmer's bookkeeping gives very little Indication and partly…

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SHEEP and Wool. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

The Sydney wool market continues to hold well for any good lines, put in the case, when the parcels have been badly got up, and where the wool is only of a…

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Red Polled Cattle

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

A clever writer says in the Adelaide "Critic":—"There is still a good deal of conjecture as to the original of the Red Polled cattle, or Norfolk Red Polls."…

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Blindness in Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

A correspondent signing himself "Jumbo" writes as follows:—"Seven or eight years since I had 3000 wethers delivered to me that were very bad…

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Salt for Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

The use of salt for sheep and other live stock in winter, I think, requires a good deal of attention, as stockmen have so many ways of giving it, says…

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Seed Wheat

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 3

Replying to Mr. D. R. Hall. in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon, Mr. Kidd said that those who got seed wheat from the Government, and who got no result owing to…

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Wheat Arrivals

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

The arrivals of wheat at Darling Harbour for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. to-day amounted to over 27,000 bags…

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Wool Centenary

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

Captain John Macarthur, who may be regarded as the real founder of the wool-growing industry in Australia, took to Great Britain in 1803 the first…

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Cattle Exportations to Natal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 6

For some time past the importation of cattle into Natal from the Australian States has been prohibited. The Secretary for Agriculture (Mr. Duffus) received a notification to-day to the effect that the previous…

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Government Wheat Experiments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 4

Mr. W. E. Abbott writes:—"In your issue of the 19th I note that Mr. W. Farrer, the Government wheat experimentalist, after about 20 years of very expensive and laboriously…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 8

At the auctions on Thursday the market for the week closed with a good strong tone, demand and competition being very animated. Crossbreds sold particularly well, and scoureds commanded…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 10

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., report:— Our London agents under date January 20 advise the result of the opening…

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English Butter and Cheese Markets

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

Under date, December 18, Messrs. W. Wedded and Co. (London) write:— There has been a change from the mild and wet weather of last week to dry and…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 4

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company. Ltd., report:—"Our London agents, under yesterday's date, advise the result of the opening of the…

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Sheep As Improvers of Pasture

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

The extent to which sheep may be utilized as improvers of pasture land is not well understood in many portions of the Mississippi basin. They improve…

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"Record" Loads of Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 4

Each harvest reports are published concerning the great loads of wheat drawn to the country railway stations. It has become the fashion to assume that each big load is the…

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