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Farming & the land, 1904

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English Commercial. London, March 15. WHEAT

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 11

Eight thousand five hundred quarters of Victorian wheat for (shipment by Apri[?] 15 have been sold at 31s 6d per 480lb, c.f.i; and the cargo of the Windrush has been resold at 31s…

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The Wool Sales. London, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 9

At the wool auctions to-day there was a brisk sale. Crossbreds were very firm. Merinos were weak, and were largely withdrawn…

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London Wool Market. London, February 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 11

The trade here is very quiet indeed; whilst a fair amount of inquiry comes to hand, business seldom results. Since the outbreak of the war between Japan and Russia nothing else can be talked about, and the…

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London Wool Market. War and Wood

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 8

LONDON, February 12.--The war dogs are loose with a vengeance, but it is almost too early to cuter into any detail on the effects produced on the consuming markets, because…

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SHEEP. Prosecution of a Drover. Appeal From an Important Decision

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 5

Special leave to a drover, one Frederick Saunders, to appear against a decision given by Mr. Justice Pring in Chambers, was this morning granted by the High Court…

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Farming and Dairying

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 652

Agriculture and dairying have each received a great impetus during the past year, in the cereal-growing areas wheat crops in particular have given excellent results. This has…

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Australian Produce Abroad. (From Our Correspondent.) London Butter Market. London, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 7

The general circumstances of the butter market are in much the same state as a fortnight ago. The weather has been mild and rainy, and against the provision trades…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of 4.) Goods Sold and Delivered. Australasian Sheep Dip Company, Ltd., v Lawler

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 7

Mr. James, instructed by Mr. P. C. Law, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Poden, instructed by Mr. James Gordon, of Young (by his agents, Messrs. Cape, Kent, and Gaden),…

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Parramatta Orchard Notes. Citrus Crop Exceptionally Good. the Fruit Fly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 7

The district is looking splendid since the late rains, and the citrus fruits promise to be exceptionally good. This is very satisfactory, as the growers did not do so well as…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Coming of the Troiter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 7

If the entries for the Royal Agricultural Society's shows may be taken as a guide to the trend of popular fancy in light horses, trotters must be becoming very fashionable. While…

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A Farmer's House Destroyed. Coolamon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 13

A fire occurred about 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at Ashbridge, 16 miles from here, the house of Mr. W. A. Turnbull, farmer, containing six rooms and kitchen, being…

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An Oyster Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 673

A few years ago the supply of oysters in George's River was considered sufficient by the oyster lessees to meet all demands for a very loner time, and had anybody then…

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DAIRY. Pleuro in Dairy Herds

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 653

Although pleuro pneumonia has not caused such serious trouble of recent years as it did in early times cases occasionally crop up. Referring to this matter Mr. F. A. Mackenzie…

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The Farmer. Ploughing Time

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 653

A gentleman just returned from the Western country states that comparatively speaking few farmers have begun ploughing. In the districts between Wellington and Nyngan…

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Weather, Pastures, and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 656

Rain has fallen over the greater part of the State during the week under review. In most places only showers have been recorded, but heavy falls occurred in a few instances. The…

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Live Stock Farming

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 26

Regarding the value of live stock farming as compared with the growing and selling of grain. Professor L. H. Pammnel of the Iowa Agricultural College says: It has been demonstrated…

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Dairy Companies

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 11

The output from the Bega Co-operative Creamery Company, Limited, for the month ended February 29 was 179,0571b (almost 8O tons) of butter, of which 96,7681b was exported to London. The…

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Clarence Farmers' Union

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 11

At a meeting of the council of the Clarence Farmers' Union, held at Brushgrove on Saturday, a proposal was submitted to ask the Government to take steps to check the shipping and sale of…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1904 · page 9

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

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Travelling Sheep Case

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1904 · page 8

Special leave was granted by the High Court to appeal from a decision of Mr. Justice Pring, in Chambers, in a case in which Frederick Saunders was proceeded against at Gundagai on…

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