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Farming & the land, 1905

6,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Turf Gossip. Racing at Warwick Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 113

The attractions of fine bright, cool weather, and a varied bill of fare were responsible for a goodly gathering of sporting folk at Warwick Farm on Saturday, and the programme…

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Race Meetings. Warwick Farm Racing Club. Saturday, January 7

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 116

The first suburban meeting held during the new year took place at Warwick Farm on Saturday in bright cool weather, and attracted a fair attendance. The course had been benefited by the recent showers,…

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Dairy. Co-operation in Dairying

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 74

Genuine co-operation seems difficult to establish in Australia. The necessity for the adoption of this principle is, however, apparent to everyone who has intelligently…

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Dairying in New Zealand. Viii

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 72

Readers of the "Mail" will remember that my investigations in New Zealand began on the farms. The weather on my first trip to Taranaki, the home of Maoriland…

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The Farmer. Cartage on Farms

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 74

The question of cheap cartage to and from farms and the railway is an important one. In the cereal-growing districts grain has in some eases to be taken long distances to…

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Fruit Crop in the Parramatta District

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 77

The majority of the fruit-growers in the Hills district are disheartened at the turn things have taken. The majority of the early fruit was pinched, and, under normal…

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Government Grading of Dairy Produce in New Zealand

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 99

THE illustrations on this page will assist readers to understand how New Zealand dairy produce is graded. The system adopted has been fully described in the articles which…

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Weather, Pastures, and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 76

The most pleasing feature we have to report since we last wrote is that welcome rains come just at a time when they were wanted to stop the terrible conflagration which was…

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Rape As a Forage Crop

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 26

There are a great many parts of New South Wales, where rape could be grown for fattening stock of every description. For young stock, rape is one of the most valuablo of all foods…

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Liverpool and Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 7

LONDON, December 2.--If you stand over at Birkenhead, across the Mersey, from Liverpool, and look away seaward at low tide, you will see great ships continuously threading a devious…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited, have received the following cable from their London house, under yesterday's date: "The quantity of wool available for the…

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The Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day a large and representative selection, both of greasy and scoured wools, was submitted. The chief feature of the catalogue was the excellent…

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Victoria. Gold and Butter Shipments. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

The shipments of gold from Melbourne by the R.M.S. Himalaya yesterday amounted to £11,496. The Himalaya also took 438 tons of Victorian butter…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 9

The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company, Limited, report.—We offered 1800 bales of wool to-day, and sold the bulk of the catalogue at prices equal to any current before Christmas. Comebacks…

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To-day's Commercial. Advance in Wheat

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 3

A private cable dated London, Wednesday, states:—"Holders firmer; asking higher prices." Also a Press cable metions the sale of a Victorian wheat cargo in London at a further…

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London Wool Market. London, Dec. 9, 1901

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 9

For the very simple reason of there being nothing to offer, trade is extremely quiet in London. Stocks have been reduced to vanishing point, so until next series and wool comes in more freely the market…

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General News. Suspension of the Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 4

In consequence of the imposition of the "value primage" charge levied upon wool by the shipping companies, to cover the liabilities incurred by them under the Sea Carriage…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

The first series of Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. There was a good attendance of buyers, and biddings were moderately animated. Fine qualities,…

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English Commercial. London, Jan. 10. American Shipments of Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 9

The quantity of wheat and flour shipped from the Atlantic coast of America for Europe during the past week aggregated 33,000 quarters, as against 175,000 quarters a year ago…

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Our Products. London Wool Market. Quiet, But Very Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 8

LONDON, December 9.--It almost seems as if wool trade--apart from the producing centres Australasia and Argentina--have welcomed the quiet period which generally follows the…

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