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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Travelling Sheep

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

In Chambers to-day, Mr. Justice Pring dealt with a special case stated under the Justices Act by way of an appeal made at the instance of Serior-sergeant Borthistle against Alfred…

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Trade With Japan. Steamers Outward and Inward. Wool and Wheat

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 5

On Saturday next, the N.Y.K. steamer Yawata Maru will leave Sydney for Manila, China, and Japan, with a large cargo, and a fairly large number of passengers. The cargo consists of 600…

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Seed Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 25

The Department of Agriculture states that money in payment of seed wheat supplied to distressed farmers is being received at the rate of about £900 a week. At this rate it will take…

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Wheat Afloat

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

LONDON. January 26, 7.30 p.m—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,135,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 645,000 quarters. The shipments of…

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The Wheat Harvest

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 14

Our Condobolin correspondent writes:—Wheat is coming in to the railway station in large quantities. The shed at the local mill now contains a larger quantity of wheat than ever during…

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The Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

A February-March shipment of 7500 quarters of South Australian wheat by a sailing vessel sold at £1 9s 3d…

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Government Wheat Experiments

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 23

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

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 5

Dalgety and Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cable from their London House, dated 25th instant:—"Wool sales continue very firm, especially for scoured merinoes. Any change…

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"Record" Loads of Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 203

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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London Butter Market. LONDON, Dec. 18

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 203

During the last fortnight 44,000 boxes of butter have been landed from Australian ports, and 25,000 from New Zealand. The range of prices accepted this week in…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 15

Last week's business was the second largest of the season, some 31,000 bales being brought forward, and it specks volumes for the buying pwer of the trade that 26,000 bales are reported as sold, at prices which…

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Wool Sales. Merinoes Firm

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

LONDON, January 26, 7.30 p.m.—At the wool sales this evening merinoes were firm. Inferior crossbreds were occasionally cheaper. At the sales yesterday the following prices…

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Board of Works As Cattle Dealers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 7

The fattening of cattle at the Metropolitan Board of Works farm is proving highly re munerative. On the recommendation of the finance committee it was decided by the board…

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New South Wales Wheat Export

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 229

AT PRESENT SAILING SHIPS ARE WELL TO THE FORE AFTER WHEAT FREIGHTS. BACK TO THE OLD DAYS.—AT THE CAPSTAN…

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Victorian Rural Notos. the Price of Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 12

Regarding the opinion that is prevalent in some quarters that the prices for butter in London this season will be much below the normal, in consequence of the abundant…

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English Commercial. London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--At to-day's London-colonial wool sales, the market continued active for merinos, with a hardening tendency. Crossbreds were very firm…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 7

At to-day's sales the market was active. Merinos had a hardening tendency. Crossbreds were very firm. Jan. 26…

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In the Wheat Belt. a Romance of Progress. Varying Fortunes of a Farmer. the Rush for Land. Demand Far Exceeds Supply. the Boom That Followed the Drought. Ii

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 5

If the land has its tragedies in the fall of men who fail upon it, it also has its romances of the prosperity of those who succeed upon it. The romances, happily, far exceed the tragedies…

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To-day's Commercial. Milling Wheat Firm. Eggs Scarce. Poultry Plentiful

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 5

High prices continue for the very best quality of wheat, owing to its comparative scarcity, in proportion to the record yield of chickwheat samples. As the harvest progresses, the…

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Turf Topics & Tips Sydney Turf Club Meeting. Ruenalf II. Wins the Challenge Stakes—A Sensational Disqualification—A Positano Filly—Little Mary Performs. Faithful's Anniversary Handicap. She Badly Beats the Field—Roodoch's Hurdle Races—The Amateur Events—An Undecided Protest—Warwick Farm Meeting—Inter-State and Other Items

Referee · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 1

THOUGH tho number of people at Randwick on Saturday probably did not much exceed six thousand, that crowd was considered quite satisfactory for the opening…

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