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Farming & the land, 1905

6,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Victorian Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

GEELONG, Friday. -- Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follow: -- The wool sales were resumed in Geelong today, after the Christmas and New Year vacation, and the local brokers submitted catalogues amounting in all…

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The Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

At the wool sales held at G[?]long to-day 3901 bales were sold. The selection was an indifferent one, but there was a large attendance of buye[?]s, and competition was strong…

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London Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin., Ltd., report having received from their London agents Mersrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co, the following cablegram dated London 12th…

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Bradford Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 8

The Bradford market is quiet and unchanged in prices, pending the opening of the London sales next Tuesday. Tops: 40's are quoted at 16½d per lb., 46s at 17d, common 60's at 24d,…

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Wheat, Flour, and Freights

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 8

The wheat markets are recovering from their holiday inactivity, and the tone is steady; and, owing to advices that smaller shipments are coming forward, prices have improved about 3d…

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Woolless Sheep. and Goats That Faint

The World's News · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 13

Some woolless sheep have been recently brought to the United States by the Department of Agriculture. They are fawn-colored, somewhat resembling Jersey cattle in hue, and…

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The Versailles to Load Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 12

Our Brisbane correspondent telegraphed last night to the effect that the French barque Versailles, which arrived off Cape Moreton yesterday morning, from San Francisco, had been ordered to proceed to Sydney to…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 6

The short-lived course of the Sydney wool market since the resumption of business at the termination of the Christmas recess on 9th inst has, on the whole, been…

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The Gunnedah Wheat District. Gunnedah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 6

Great activity prevails in the wheat trade. Numerous teams are arriving daily, with consignments for the local mill and Sydney buyers. Messrs. Short and Co., millers, have…

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Our Industries. Primary Production and Manufactures. the Pastoral Industry. Ii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 10

Nowadays small landholders contribute very largely to the olume of pastoral products produced each year. As a general rule, farmers in sheep country keep a fair class of…

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Our Products. Wool and Other Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 13

The Sydney wool auctions re-oponed in Sydney on Monday, 9th inst. There was a full attendance of English and foreign buyers, including all the regular habitues. Some owners…

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Geelong Wool Sales. Geelong (Vic)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 13

Dalgety and Co., limited, report:—The wool sales were resumed in Geelong to-day after the Christmas and New Year vacation and the local brokers submitted catalogue, amounting in all to 3734 bales,…

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General News. Outlook in the Wool Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 8

Unfortunately yesterday's proceedings did not bring the dendlock in the wool trade to a close. Most of the day was spent by buyers, brokers, and shipowners at various meetings in…

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Dairy Farmers Going North. Seeking Land in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 10

BRISBANE, Friday. -- A deputation consisting of nine dairy farmers from the Richmond River waited upon the Minister for Lands (Mr. Bell) this morning, for the purpose of asking…

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Wool Trade Deadlock. Woolbuyers and Shipping Companies. the Difficulty More Acute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 9

The dispute between the woolbuycrs and the shipping agents and companies continues, and yesterday became more acute. A section on the side of the shipping agents is inclined to…

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Deadlock in the Wool Trade. Primage Charge Reduced. Insurance Still a Vexed Question. Resumption of Sales Indefinite

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

The trouble which has so completely disorganised the wool trade of Sydney during the past tow days has not yet been overcome. Representatives of the shipping companies met…

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Prosperous Farm Labourers

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 17

MR. RIDER HAGGARD, in an article on "The Small Fanner in England" in the November Windsor Magazine, shows quite unconsciously, perhaps, but none…

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Scientific Farming in Denmark

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 12

It is the general opinion of farmers that to secure the best results of their labour a general system of co-operation should be adopted. The great success of co-operations in…

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Wife Twice Forgiven. Painful Story of a South African Farm

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 6

The story of a wife whose unfaithfulness was twice forgiven by her husband was told by Mr. Barnard in support of an undefended petition brought in the London courts by Mr. Sydney…

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Glad to Oblige. How the Weather Expert Enlightened the Farmer

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 6

In the course of a visit to the metropolis a farmer called at the Meteorological Office and looked curiously about the place…

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