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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Millions in Butter for N.s.w. Dairymen, But They Are Playing to Miss Them. (For the "Sunday Times.")

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 8

If New South Wales supplied all the butter needed by the United Kingdom from abroad, this State would annually pocket eighteen millions sterling net, or more than…

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Heavy Rains Damage Victorian Crops. Melbourne, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 5

Heavy rains in the country districts have done some damage to the crops. A thunderstorm, with hail, this afternoon in the Horsham districts, resulted in considerable…

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Women as Politicians and Women as Farmers

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 2

Australia is congratulating itself on having astonished the world with the unique spectacle of women taking part, on the same level as men, in the government of a…

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Splendid Crops. Tumut

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 3

Beneficial summer showers of rain commenced at midday, and fell steadily all the afternoon. Most of the crops have been harvested in this district, but farmers say that…

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Lord Mayoral Minute. Much Cry, Little Wool. Small Surplus in Sydney. Leviathan Liabilities in London. Down with the Dust The City Council met on Tuesday night. a Mayoral Minute

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 3

Being the final meeting of the year. Lord Mayor Hughes read a minute dealing with his occupancy of inn Mayoral chair. That he should have taken a somewhat…

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Wheat Cargoes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--Seven thousand quarters of South Australian wheat, January shipment, have realised 30s 1½d per quarter; and 7500, shipped December 22, have brought 30s 4½d…

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Butter Tests at the Royal Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 5

The advance instalment of the schedule for the Royal Agricultural Society's next Easter Show includes all the live stock sections. Among the most interesting classes…

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General News. the Wheat Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 4

As an example of the manner in which the wheat traffic is beginning to boom it may be mentioned that no less than 41,700 bags reached Darling Harbor on Saturday. The…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Turning Grain Into Pork

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 5

The value of swine on the farm needs no more convincing demonstration than is found in the successful practice of Australian dairy farmers. Pigs are now a most important…

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The Crops and Season

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 5

COOLAMON.—After a long spell of warm dry weather a change took place on Friday evening, steady rain falling at intervals during the night and Saturday. Farmers have…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 7

At Sydney yesterday 2520 bales of wool were received by rail…

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wool Receipts

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

The following table indicates the total quantity of wool received each day at Sydney and Newcastle during the month of January :— Date. By Ril. Sea. Imported. Newcastle…

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The Wheat Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 4

TRANGIE, Monday.--The number of bags of wheat loaded at Trangle for the month ending December 31 amounted to 11,987 bags, and the tonnage to 1327 tons, of which 840 tons were…

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Some Wheat Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 7

The success of the wheat-growers this season will certainly, be reflected in the operations of the succeeding year. Farmers have hardly had time to think of the new acres they…

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Opening Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 5

The first local wool auctions of the year were held on Monday, at the Royal Exchange, Bridge-street, 598l bales were catalogued, and the sales. including private transactions since December 15, amounted to…

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New Year's Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., will offer their first wool ratalogue of the new year to-morrow (Wednesday). The quantity will be [?] hales including a large selection of New England wools, also several…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Agricultural Show Season

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 7

In New South Wales about 135 agrienltural Bocielies hold a show each every year, and the shows extend from one to three days, two days predominating among the fixtures. Such a lot…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 7

COOLAMON.—No serious damage has yet been reported to the few wheat crops remaining unharvested. The wheat market locally is unsettled. There is much competition…

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Economical Feeding of Dairy Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 28

Profits in dairying now depend largely upon the sum total of small savings made possible by careful attention rather than an increase in the price of dairy product. The feeding of the…

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The Victorian Wheat Crop

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 12

The wheat crop of Victoria is now unofficially estimated nt 27,100,000 bushels, or 7,500,000 bushels in excess of the previous Victorian record. The Victorian exportable…

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