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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

5,951 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 250

SHEEP and Wool. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 5

The local market has again undergone a very quiet week, the improver being limited even for this period of the year. One redeeming feature has been the…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 10

l,780 yarded, including 100 from New South Wales. The market was Irregular, opening firm, but terminally weakening. and in the latter part of the day prices ruled fully 10s per to head und[?]…

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Wheat

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 12

The imports of wheat, so far, this your amount to only 85 bushels as against 1,166,029 bushels at this date last year, while the exports, so far, this season are…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 7

The second series of London sales opened on the 8th instant, and our agents report:— "There was a good attendance of buyers and satisfactory competition. The…

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Coffee and Cattle

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 11

The Monte Video "Times' says: — "The alarm which has been felt in saladero circles at the determination of the Brazilizan Chambers to increase the…

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Important Sheep Sale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 6

GOULBURN, Thursday.--Messrs. Do Lauret and Co. have just completed the sale, on account of Messrs. Mack and Austen, of Narromine station, of 6000 four-tooth owes, Narromine…

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Victorian Butter. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 5

A report from the Agent-General's office in London to the Minister for Agriculture states that the shipment of butter by the R.M.S. Orizaba was in better condition than previous…

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Some Wheat Tests

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 14

The chemist attached to the Agricultural Department has boon conducting a number of analytical tests of the present season's wheat, the results of which will…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

The following cables have been received in Sydney in connection with the London wool sales:-- A message to Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.,…

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Sydney Wool Trade

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 5

The news which came through bt cable on Wednesday morning concerning the opening of the March wool sales in London was eagerly seamed…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 4

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., are in receipt of the following cable from their London house, dated 5th instant:— "As compared with the average rates…

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Stocks of American Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--The visible supply of wheat in the United States is 55,459,000 bushels, as compared with 56,688,000 bushels last week, and with 76,336,000 bushels at this time last…

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Inter-State Fat Stock Markets. Melbourne. Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 10

On Tuesday about 10,000 fat sheep were penned. The quality was well sulted to requirements. the greater portion consisting of the good and fine qualites, including a couple of consignments of…

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English Commercial. London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--There was a good sale to-day, and prices were fully maintained. LONDON, Thursday.--At yesterday's sale, the…

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Story of a Bale of Wool

The Australian Star · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 6

It was an accident. At 63 Pitt-street North on the 12th ult. a carter named Peter Anderson, aged 53, was rolling a bale of wool down some steps. A boy named Alwyn Cecil…

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The Wool Sales. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 7

At the wool auctions to-day there was a good sale. Prices were fully maintained. March 10. At the wool sales yesterday, the…

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Wool Sampler's Picnic. an Enjoyable Outing

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 13

The wool samplers in the employ of the Sydney wool-buying firms held their annual picnic on Thursday, 3rd instant. at Correy's Gardens, Cabarita. The…

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London Wool Sales. Coarse Crossbreds Dearer

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 8

LONDON, March 10, 7.5 p.m.—At the wool sales this evening coarse crossbreds were dearer, owing to American purchases. There were large withdrawals of merinoes…

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Big Scrub Development. the Problem of Subjugation. Wollongbar Experiments. Byron Bay Butter Factory. Infantile and Female. Employment. the Drawback to Dairying. Xi

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 6

Between the Richmond and Tweed Rivers lies that huge Blab of country referred to vaguely in these articles as the "Big Scrub"--very much on the "a lucendo" principle at this stage of its…

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