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Farming & the land, 1904

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Wool Sales London

The Australian Star · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 4

At the wool auctions to-day there was a good sale, and prices were maintained…

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English Commercial. London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--There was a splendid selection at today's sale, and brisk competition. Primes remained firm for all descriptions of wool…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Maintained

Evening News · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 4

LONDON, March 17, 6.35 p.m.—At the wool sales this evening business was good and prices were maintained. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company, Limited,…

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Sydney Wool Trade. the Co-operative Wool and Produce Co., Ltd.. report:-

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 4

Holding the first sale of the monthly series at the Wool Exchange on Wednesday afternoon when they submitted a catalogue of 725 bales, selling at…

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General News. Payment for Seed Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture finds that a number of the farmers who obtained seed wheat are not forwarding the amounts due to the Government in accordance with the…

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London Wool Sales. the First Series

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 5

Last. week, two reports from London. each bearing date February 1st. dealt with the close of the first series in London. Messrs. Buxton Roixdd and Co…

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What Becomes of the Sheep. Causes of Their Deaths

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 5

A week or two back a correspondent. wrote as to what was the estimated consumption of sheep in this Stats. 1 must. apologise for net answering him…

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S[?] Wool & Stock Journal. A Review of the Wool, Fat Stock, and Station Produce Trades. Published Every Friday. the Wool Trade. Thursday, March 17

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 6

The London market does not improve as the sales progress, and prospects for shippers of merino wool are far from encouraging. During the week a still…

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The Wool Sales. Market Brisk and Firm. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 7

At the wool sales to-day there was a splendid selection of wools offering. The demand was brisk at firm prices for all sorts…

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Farming in Denmark

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 13

The careful and reliable farm labourer in Denmark, who has saved one-tenth the mortgage value of the little farm he covets—this value not…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Show Dates and Single Judging

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 4

There are more shows than days in this month, and as every society chooses to hold its exhibition in the middle of the weak, the clashing of dates is bewildering. Last week five…

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A Fiscal Lesson for Farmers. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 6

Sir,--Your leader of Friday last, drawing attention to the article in the February number of the "Monthly Review" by Mr. R. A. Westen[?]oiz, on the progress of Danish agriculture, is…

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Ringworm in Cattle

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 12

Ringworm (says the "Farmer and Grazier") is a disease which may attack any of our domesticated animals. but is most frequently seen on cattle. It is also transmissible to…

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Flour and Wheat for Natal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 8

Under the South African Customs Union tariff flour is subject to a duty of 2s per 100lb., wheat to 1s per 100lb., and bran 10 per cent. ad valorem. It is, however, provided that under…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 7

The first of the monthy series of sales held in Sydney this week must be considered, in spite of considerable withdrawals, to have passed off satisfactorily. The result of the…

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Wheat As a Food for Pigs

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 12

In some of the coastal districts wheat of the macaroni type—Modeah, Algerian, and other bearded varieties—have been very successfully grown for grain to be used as food…

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Shipping Cattle on the Pacific Coast, South America

The World's News · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 15

This picture will interests all Australians, although they may not quite agree with the methods of shipping cattle here shown. At Guayaquil, the natives engaged in cattle transport tie the beasts head and tail on each side of their boats, and make them thus swim down the Guaya River until they reach the steamer on which they…

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The Wool Sales. London, March 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 11

At the wool sales to-day there was a good sale, and prices were well maintained. March 18. The following prices were realised at the…

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South African Trade. Flour. Wheat, and Bran

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 7

Under the South African Customs Union tariff flour is subject to a duty of 2s per 1001b., wheat 1s per 100b., and bran 10 per cent. ad valorem. It is however provided that…

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Our Products. at Home and Abroad. the Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 13

Gauged by private cable communications it would seem that something almost of the nature of a slump in the value of merino wool has set in at the London sales. Press messages…

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