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Farming & the land, 1904

5,951 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Our Note Book Turf Talk and Tips the V.A.T.C. MEETING. Oakioigh Plato Probabilitios-The St George's Stakes-Howmerket and Cup Woights-Horses Likely to Run Well-Warwlck Farm Winners-Mohoir and Loador. Selections for Moorefield

The Arrow · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 7

TO-DAY there will be racing at Moorefield, where one of the usual programmes will be run off. Visitors will be accommodated with a number of special…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Insurance Against Drought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 7

Shall we ever again experience such a drought as that which closed last year after a run of nine moderate to bad seasons? When the next drought comes, will it find…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 17

GOULBURN, Friday.--For the ten weeks which Gurrundah butter factory has been running this season 34,877lb, of cream were treated, yielding 16,390lb. of butter, which realised £550148…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Fattening Poultry for Market

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 11

THE standard weights of Barred Plymouth Rocks are, cock, nine and a half pou[?]ds, hen, seven and a half pounds, cockerel, eight…

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The Wool Market

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1904 · page 8

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Limited, report: The approaching end of the season is very apparent in the nature of the offerings now being brought forward. Superior wools are few and far…

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Farmers Are Socialists. But They Don't Know It

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1904 · page 4

"Farmers," says a Labor Member in the Federal House, "are Socialists without being aware of it themselves. Their every public movement, nearly, is Socialistic and…

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Mary Farrell's Fall. Seduced at Sydenham by Sordid Scroucher. His Wealthy Parents Didn't Know! Barraclough, "The Ostrich Farm Fellow," Didn't Want to See His Sweet Friend Taken Down

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1904 · page 3

At the Newtown Police Court on Wednesday, 27th ultimo, before Mr. Isaac: S.M., Mary Farrell proceeded against Ernest Edwards for maintenance of an…

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English Butter Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 4

The Commercial Agent in London, Mr. Lance, has sent the following report to the Minister for Agriculture regarding the condition of the English butter market during last week:…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Notes on the Berry Show. £20,000 Worth of Dairy Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 10

This year the Berry Society wisely dropped the fourth day that was tacked on to the fixture of 1903. A prize list of some £800 in solid cash provided just sufficient classes to…

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Butter in London. a Steady Market. "Fishy" Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 10

The Minister for Agriculture has received the following cable messages from Mr. C. C. Lance, commercial agent in London, regarding the condition of the English butter market:—…

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The Wool Market

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 7

The wool sales held during the week have brought the regular weekly series to a close. There is to be a recess of a week, after which sales will be held on four days of the following…

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Sheep in the State. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 4

Sir,—In affording the information to your represe[?] tative with regard to the above a few misconception[?] have crept in, which I trust you will permit me to explain, otherwise they would possibly create a wrong…

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Wheat and Politics. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 3

Sir,—There is nothing so injurious to a Rood cause as to attempt to bolster it with a bad argument, and when Mr. Carruthers blames the See Government for not making our wheat yield as prolific as the wheat…

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The Wheat Supply. Carriage by Rail. Holding Back for War Prices

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 5

The number of bags of wheat received to-day at the Darling Harbour Railway Station was 24,000, an increase of about 9000 upon the number received on Saturday. The Railway…

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Offers for Moat Farm

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 5

An English paper says that the owner of the Moa, Farm at Clavering, the scene of Dougall's crime, concerning which several cables were published in the "Evening News," has received over…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 10

BLAYNEY.—Great quantities of grain are passing through the station bound for Sydney LITHGOW.—Grain traffic from the west is coming through very heavily, and the staff…

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Wheat Traffic

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 5

At has, been generally estimated that the harvest this season will run into about 28,000,000 bushels. Since December 1, when the railway haulage of wheat began, about 1,000,000…

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Wool Arrivals

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 8

Tim wool season has now practically closed. Only about 3000 bales per week are new received at the three depots Comparing the returns for those for last…

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Big Sheep-shearing Tallies

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 7

The Canterbury (N.Z.) "Times" gives a picture of there shearets, who at Seapott's Weber Hawke's Bay recently shore by hand 677 sheep in eight…

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The Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 7

The Russian wheat harvest is such a great national asset that the effect of the war on the wheat market will be one of the commercial interests involved. In the event of a…

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