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Farming & the land, 1904

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Losses of Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

"Fox-tail" grass in the Denison Town district this year has been very destructive to sheep, owing to the seed getting into the animals' eves and blinding…

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Wool Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

The steamer Essen, of the fleet of the German-Australian S.S. Company, Ltd., is now being loaded by Messrs. W. and A. M' Arthur, Ltd., in Sydney for Dunkirk, and will have prompt despatch…

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A Prize for Wheat. Open to Dubbo District Farmers

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 8

The Dubbo "Liberal" says:—The subcommittee (Messrs. F. Mack. W. Brownlow and A. Craing) appointed at a recent meeting of the committee of the P., A.,…

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More Wool Trouble

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

Another section of woolgrowers got a lesson yesterday as to the folly of imagining they have any substantial proprietary interests in their wool once it gets in touch of…

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The Wool Clip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

It is a fortunate circumstance that the wool clip and the wheat harvest require to be carried to the seaboard at different periods of the year. If such were not the case, the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

The Sydney wool auctions were resumed on Monday at the Royal Exchange. Competition was very strong for all good wools, and those in a dry condition sold especially well. As…

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The Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

The Melbourne wool sales were resumed today. The selection, considering the lateness of the season, was a good one, and competition was exceedingly vigorous, especially from the…

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The Wool Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

Considering the heavy strain which the rolling stock has to bear through the large wheat harvest, it is fortunate for the Railway Commissioners that the wool season is now…

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Motor-car and a Flock of Sheep

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

A serious motor-car accident occurred near Retford. The Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Colin and Lady Ilene Campbell were driving in a motor-car from Retford to the Duke's…

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The Wool Trade. Another Boycott

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

Another dispute has arisen in the wool trade. which resulted in the sale of Dalgety and Co., Limited, being boycotted by members of the Woolbuyers' Association. The trouble…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 9

Dagety and Co., Limited, report having offered at their wool sale to-day about [?] bales commising a good selection of average wools of all clases. Competition was exceedingly brisk, particularly from Contnental buyers, and…

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The Wool Trade. Trouble at the Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

There was evidently something in the nature of a boycott at the Wool Exchange yesterday, when Messrs. Dalgety and Company submitted their catalogue. Although there was a large…

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The Wool Trade. Buyers and Brokers at Variance

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

The dispute that has been in progress between Messrs. Dalgety and Co. and the Sydney Wool Buyers Association culminated yesterday in decisive action on the part of…

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The Sydney Wool Market. Buyers and Sellers Again in Dispute. Yesterday's Sales Upset

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

The Sydney wool market yesterday was again greatly disturbed by the action of the associated buyers, who refused to bid for the first catalogue…

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Fruit. Corowa Crops. the Rutherglen Fly

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

A. few buckets of respberrles forward, but not enough to make quotations. Our Corowa correspondent writes:— "Unfortunately orchardists who were on a fair way to…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Moree branch of the Farmers and Settler' Association was held on January 4. We clip the following report from the…

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Dairying on the Northern Rivers. General CONDITIONS—Continued. No. 20. Why Not More Hogs? and Poultry?

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

When last I passed round the Clarence district some right weeks back, I took note of the excessive quantity of spring potatoes, then coming towards…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Chamber of Agriculture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

The Chamber of Agriculture has issued an appeal to the producers, and particularly to committees of agricultural societies, to join the body, and accord their cordial and loyal…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

BOWRAL.—Nearly all the cabbage crops have turned out well, and large consignments are being daily forwarded to Sydney. HarVesting is in full Swing, and good yields are…

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Developing the Dairying Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

During the past week Mr. R. Baker, of Victoria, a retired farmer, interested in dairying pursuits in that State, has been on a visit to Queensland, making inquiries as to the…

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