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Farming & the land, 1904

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Wool-scouring

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 5

The high-class character of the work now done in this branch of industry at some of the Botany scouring establishments, is probably net by any means as…

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Large Shipment of Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 5

The steamer Marathon, which left Brisbane on Wednesday, took 9049 boxes of butter for South Africa and London. This is the largest shipment of butter over taken from this port…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 7

The quantity of wool sold at the London sales just closed was 78,000 bales for home consumption, 67,000 for the Continent, and 12,000 for America. The quantity held over…

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London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 8

LONDON, February 19.--With every desire to look on the "bright side," it would be affectation to pretend that tho actual outbreak of war in the Far East, and. still nearer home, the…

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Secret Butter Commissions. Meeting in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Disclosures as to the payments of secret butter commissions, which have been agitating the minds of Victorian butter manufacturers, was responsible for…

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Salk of Exhibited Horses and Pedigree Cattle

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 5

At the Royal Agricultural Society's. Grand Commonwealth Show, to be held in Sydney between the dates of the 30th of March and the 10th of April, at…

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To Determine the Weight of Live Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 14

Measure in inches the girth round the breast. just behind the shoulder-bl[?] and the length of the back from the tail to the fore part of the shoulder blade…

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Sheep-dog Trials. a String of Successes

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 7

The Kelpie workers in Messrs. Maiden Brothers' kennels have had a good time at the shows lately. At the Blayney trials "Needle" won with 99 points to…

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A Prize for Wool Students

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 10

The Burgon Sheep-shearing Machiae Co., of Sheffield, England, through their representative, Mr, Ayers, Hamiltonstrect, Sydney, have presented n cash…

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London Wool Market. London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 9

There continues to come to hand a limited number of inquires for small lines of wool, but the percentage of business put through is very small; values, however, remain firm, on the basis of recent London…

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The Wool Sales. London, March 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 5

The second series of wool sales closed to-day firm at the highest prices of the series. March 24…

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The Wheat Fleet Inward and in Port

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 3

The attached list shows at a glance the vessels that have been chartered to load this season's wheat in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australian ports:—…

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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 24

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 6

As the winter season progresses prospects of transactions of any magnitude become less encouraging, and after the sales of last Week stocks have been…

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Sydney Wool Trade. Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., report:—

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 4

The wool market remains quiet, and it is difficult to do business except at lower prices than those recently ruling. Most of the available stocks consist of…

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A Deal in Seed Wheat. Action and Counter-claim

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 8

In tho No. 2 Jury Courta.before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of four, the South Australian Farmers' Co-operative Society, Limited, commenced on action against the Farmers and…

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English Commercial. London, March 23. Visible Supply of Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 9

The American visible supply of wheat and flour east of the Rockies amounts to the equivalent of 51,286,000 bushels of wheat. SILVER…

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The Darling Pea. [?] to the Editor of the Sydney Wool. and Stock Journal

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 13

Sir. As the Darling pea is very troublesome this year in many districts, a good many sheep are being killed on stations for mutton which are affected more…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Pring and a jury of four.) a Transaction in Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 8

A. Farmers' Co-operative, Limited, v Th Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Society, Limited. Mr. Campbell and Mr. Rutherford, instructed…

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Sanitation for Station and Farm

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 7

Visitor's to the Sydney Royal Agricultural Show should not miss the opportunity of seeing an exhibit particularly adapter for the country home. It is…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 7

ALBURY.—The vintage now is in full swing in the Murray Valley, with most satisfactory results. The yield is largely in excess of last year's returns, and the…

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