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Farming & the land, 1904

5,951 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Our Yorkshire Wool Letter. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, January 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 4

The past year did not bring about a very great amount of satisfaction to the majority of wool people, especially merino holders, though among those handling crossbreds more…

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Farmers and Motors

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 14

A speaker nt a recent agricultural show in North Cumberland, England, created a little amusement by remarking that one beast was conspicuous by its absence. It…

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Crops for Winter Greenstuff

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2

Mr. J. R. Clarke, of Coopernook, on the Manning River, last March communicated with the Department with the object of obtaining advice as to the…

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Rape As a Forage Crop

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 5

A Comparatively few years ago the average farmer did not known that there was such a thing as rape. If one had gone further and him that it is…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Where Our Vegetables Come From. the Berrima Cabbage Farms. (By Our Special Commissioner.) Ii. Methods of Cultivation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 4

The splendid returns received by the Berrima cabbage farmers during the worst of the dry seasons were in the nature ot rewards for the forethought and enterprise displayed…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 4

DUNGOG.—The early crops in the locality are in fairly good condition, but the further absence of rain will have a detrimented effect on the late maize…

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Arncliffe Sewage Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 3

Great complaints are being made by the inhabitants of Rockdale and Arncliffe and surrounding districts of the sewage farm at the outfall of the southern system of sewerage. At…

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Sheep Shearing Tallies

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 11

"THE record of a large Wairarapa (N.Z ) station of shearing 230 sheep with a machine in nine hours (says the Christchurch Free Press) was attributed…

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Wheat for Japan

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 10

MAITLAND, Friday.--There have been further inquiries for wheat for Japan, but the difficulties of securing arrivals stand in the way of business. It is stated that owing to the high price…

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The Wool Market

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 2

No auction sales have been held during the past week, and transactions by private treaty have been fairly quiet, owing to the fact that many buyers have availed themselves of the…

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The Output of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 10

Up to Saturday night last the quantity of wheat carried over the railways to Wallaroo, Port Pirie. Port Augusta, Port Wakefield, and Port Adelaide this season amounted to 103,818…

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Maltese Tariff on Cattle and Meat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 7

The Premier has received from the New South Wales Agent-General the following correspondence on the Maltese tariff on five cattle and frozen meat:—…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 7

The great reduction which has been made in stocks up to the 5th inst—321,346 bales having up to that date changed hands—rendered it impossible for substantial catalogues to be…

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War and the Local Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 8

Both the metropolitan and provincial markets for wheat wore firmer yesterday, although very little actual business was done. Farmers' ideas were generally about 3s Sydney for f.a.q…

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Cattle and Frozen Meat. the Maltese Tariff. Russian Preference

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 6

Sir John See has forwarded to the Minister for Agriculture some correspondence received from the Agent-General for New South Wales in London, on the subject of the Maltese tariff on live…

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Farm and Garden Seasonable Reminders for February

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 2

Field.—It should be decided at once whether land that was under grain is to go to grass or be prepared for other crops. If the latter, or it is new and for cropping, then the sooner it is broken up…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Judging Hunters at Shows

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture has convened a small conference to have the system of judging hunters on show grounds reconsidered. When these trials were first…

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Farming Enterprise in Korea

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 7

Now that the, Government has decided to push through the work of the Seoul-Fusal railway with the utmost celerity, the "Koku min" (a Japanese journal) urges the people…

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Crop of Pennies

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 4

According to advices from the Treasury Department the United States Government mill at Philadelphia will cease to grind out pennies for a time, there being now a…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 17

MOLONG, Friday.--The returns of the Molong Dairy Company last month showed that 23,985 gallons of milk were received, from which 10,991lb. of butter were made. Suppliers were paid 2 11-16d on a 3.7 test. To amount…

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