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Farming & the land, 1904

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French Ships for Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 8

The French four-masted barque Nantes, which arrived here yesterday, after on uneventful passage from San Francisco, has come to load wheat. On arrival she anchored below Garden Island. The hurricanes…

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Food That Is Fatal to Sheep

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

Dr. Bernard Dyer has just reported to the Leicestershire Agricultural Society of which he is the consulting chemist, a remarkable case which has…

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The Country. the Corowa Wheat Harvest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

COROWA, Thursday.--Threshers are very busy putting through hundreds of acres of wheaten hay, cut by reaper and binder. It will be well into his month before some of…

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The Butter Trade. the London Market. Chapter I.

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

When a trade amounts to the proportions of the butter in England it is well for us to look into it. Australia is sending nearly a thousand tons…

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Land Legislation. Conference of Pastoral Board Chairmen. Question Ok Rabbit Destruction

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Thursday.--A conference of chairmen of Pastoral Protectorate Boards was held yesterday, Mr. R. T. B. Gadon, of Wellington, presiding…

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Sponep Wool & Stock Journal. A Review of the Wool, Fat Stock, and Station Produce Trades. Published Every Friday. the Wool Trade. Thursday, March 3

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

Since the close of the auction sales the amount of business passing has not been important, and it is difficult to arrive at the actual position of Values. Most of…

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Catch Crops

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 14

It would ho hard to mention any more profitable branch of farm work than the planting in odd corners and during slack times of little, patches of what are…

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To-day's Commercial. Dearth of Dairy Produce. Bogus Beeswax

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 5

The check in wheat value at Mark Lane is due not only to a lowering of insurance war risks appearing to indicate a short war, but to the large quantities available from Australia, the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association of N.s.w. Executive Annual Report, 1904

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

Mr. T. I. Campbell, secretary of the F. and S. Association, sends us a copy of the following report:— The Executive Council, in this annual…

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Cowra Experimental Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

Mr. George L. Sutton, who has been experi[?] to the Hawkesbury College for the past four years, has been appointed manager of the Cowra Experimental Farm. Mr…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Ea[?]mers and Settlers' Association. the New Political Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

[?] remains to be seen whether the annual conference of the Farmers and Sottlers Association will adopt the proposal of the executive, which would carry the association…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

BOWRAL.—During February over 406 tons of cabbages were despatched from Bowral station, as compared with 292 tons for the corresponding month of last year…

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Wharfage Dues on Produce. Protest of Farmers. [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 5

A tweeting, of farmers, convened by the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, was held yesterday to discuss a proposal to levy wharfage on all local produce Representatives from Candelo, Cobargo…

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The Grafton-casino Belt. a "Job Lot" in Dairy Land. Its Valuable Timber Reserves. No Applications for Blocks. Special Areas Too Small. an Inspection Ok the Country. Vi

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

It goes almost without saying that the biggest patch ol North Coast Crown land now in the market in also the poorest: but the northern river farmers have formed an exaggerated idea…

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Farmers Want Cheap Land

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

CONDOBOLIN, Thursday.--Farmers who are desirous of getting more land complain of the high price the Government is placing on settlement leases now being made available in this…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Rape for Sheep

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 12

RAPE is a [?]ucculent plant belonging to the cabbage family. It grows rapidly, making a large amount of green food upon which pigs…

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Thursday, February 25th. Pastoral Session

The Methodist · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

A pastoral session commenced at 10 a.m. The resident (Rev. W. Halse Rogers) took the chair. Prayer was offered by the Gustavus Thompson…

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The London Butter Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture has received from Mr. C. C. Lance, Commercial Agent in London, a cable as to the state of the butter market. He reports that the market is steady, and that…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 5

The Antwerp wool sales opened on Thursday. There was a good attendance, but there was little animation in biddings. Prices were five centimes below January rates…

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The Wool Market

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 3

Matters in Connection with the local wool market remain very quiet, and the general conditions are unchanged. A fair amount of inquiry is being experienced, and a few sales have been…

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