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Farming & the land, 1904

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Dairy Companies

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 13

At the annual meeting on Wednesday of the Hawkesbury Dairy and Butter Company, it was decided to remove the Wilberforce creamery to Windsor, have the entire outfit of the company…

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Closer Settlement of Darling Downs (Q.). the Eton Vale Estate. Good Chances for Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 22

The apportionment of big estates to the farmer continues in Queensland, with a measure of success that augurs well for a prosperous yeomanry. As conditions in the more settled districts in…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 9

At Sydney yesterday 125 bales of wool were manifested to arrive by rail…

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Gift for Wool-classing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 8

Mr. J. H. Angas has given £1000 to the School of Mines to build a special room for wool-classing…

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Conveyance of Wool by Bail

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 4

There in every indication that the wool season, so far as the railways are concerned, is nearly over. The deliveries are comparatively small, and a slight falling off is shown in the totals,…

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The Dairying Industry. Progress in Recent Years. Profits in Butter-making. Damage Caused by Fishy Flavor. Improving Herds by Imported Stock

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 7

The encouragement of the dairying Industry, forms an Important feature in the work of the Agricultural Department. During the past few years the industry has made wonderful strides,…

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To-day's Commercial. Scarcity of Butter. the Rebate Question

Evening News · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 5

The refusal lately of growers to let go their stocks of I.a.q. wheat at a farm equivalent of 3s 4d per bushel to 3s 4¼d in Sydney and Melbourne prevented shippers from entering into new…

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"Muldoon Farm." Wrestler's Famous Estate to Be Converted Into a Convent

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 9

"Billy" Muldoon, the famous wrestler, has presented his extensive and beautiful estate, known as "Muldoon's Farm," previously used as a training school of his art…

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Dairymen's Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 11

At a special meeting of the Milk and Ice Carters and Dairymen's Employees' Union the matter of a conference with the employers, with a view to amending the…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. in the N0rth-west. the Inverell Disteict. (By Our Special Commissioner.) Iv

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 4

The Aricultural Department might render considerable service to such districts as In[?]erell, where dairying is beginning, by placing sone good buils at the disposal of the farmers…

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The River at Maitland. Vigorous Fight by Farmers. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 8

Showery weather continues. To-day the river was 20ft and stationary. Water from the river flowed up Wallis and Fishery creeks, overflowing the banks of the latter. Farms and the East Greta-road were…

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General News. the Dairying Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 4

The dairying industry forms the subject of a special article in this issue. This industry, which has made remarkable progress in New South Wales during recent, years, has come to be…

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SHEEP and WOOL. (By "Smoko.") the Wool Trade

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 5

So far, at any rale, as Sydney is concerned, the wool market has again been quiet, with nothing worth noticing particularly. The demand in some…

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Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 9

5,400 penned, of which 2,000 were stores, the remainder good to prime merinos. Competition was keen, and prices were higher. Graziers purchased 1,600. Quotations: Prime merino wethers,…

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Sheep Feeding

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 5

The Sheep-growers in this part of the world, or, rather, most of them, rely very largely upon the natural grasses for the fattening of their sheep for…

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Wool

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, and Company, Limited, report:—The Sydney wool market is practically unchanged since our last report, and a moderate business continues to be done in passed-in lots,…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 7

The condition of the market is unaltered, and although a fair enquiry exists formost descriptions at late rates buyers will not force their limits to effect sales…

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Wheat Vessels

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

The fleet of wheat vessels loading at the port was augmented yesterday by the arrival of two French sailing vessels--the barques Ernest Legouve and the Nantes. Both vessels came…

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Australian Wool

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 5

The slump in the Value of crossbred tops at Bradford which was to take place this month, consequent on the arrival of this season's clip from New…

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Repayments For Seed Wheat

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 5

On Monday a deputation representing a number of farmers who wore supplied with seed wheat by the Government waited upon the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. kidd)…

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