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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

6,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Parks As Cattle Runs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 14

There are several parks and reserves under the control of the North Sydney Council, and these were dedicated originally for purposes of public recreation. But the council, in its anxiety to make revenue, lets them for…

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The Wheat Country

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 9

Mr. Ashton, Minister for Lands, had an interesting map prepared some weeks ago, showing from actual experience the area within which wheat could he profitably grown in this…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 13
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The Co-operative Wool and Produce Co., Ltd., report having received the following cable from London:— "Sales postponed on account of dark weather." Wool Receipts.—At Darling Harbour on Friday 266…

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Despatch of Wheat Vessels

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 13

Masters of sailing vessels calling at Sydney for wheat cargoes continue to receive quick despatch. Several vessels have completed loading, and only await, orders before commencing…

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The Output of Butter at Bega

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 13

Notwithstanding the absence of rain in the Bega district the output of butter is still very satisfactory. During the month of December the Bega Co-operative Creamery…

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Butter Commission. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 11

Mr. J. H. Carruthers to-day telegraphed to Mr. Bent asking if the Butter Commission could take the evidence of one member of the Co-operative Butter Co. as a matter…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 9

Great relief was felt amongst all sections of the trade when it was announced on Monday that the shipping agents had receded from their position in regard to a value primage…

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London Wool Sales. Brisk Competition

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

LONDON, January 20, 6.50 p.m.—At the wool sales this evening competition was brisk, and prices were fully maintained. The home made in operating freely…

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A Butter-maker Injured. His Arm Sadly Crushed

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 8

Early this morning a foreigner named Guster Gottardo (25), a butter-maker, residing at 305 Upper Dowling-street, Darlinghurst, was placing cases of butter on to a…

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The Butter Commission. Mr, Carruthers Wants Evidence Taken

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

MELBOURNE, [?]…

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Our Products. Wool and Other Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 13

The wool sales were resumed in Sydney on Tuesday, 17th inst., on which date the deferred catalogues were dealt with. Competition throughout this week's auctions has been of a…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 11

The wool auctions, which were to have been held to-day, were postponed owing to the…

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London Wool Sales. Postponed Owing to a Fog

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The wool sales which were to have been held this evening were postponed on account of the heavy fog…

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Machine Shearing and the “Wolseley” Sheep-shearing Machine Up to Date. Some Interesting Particulars

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 3

Shearing by machinery is becoming universal throughout Australia. Even the smaller sheds have long since realised the advantages…

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Wool Sales. Prices Fully Maintained. LONDON, Friday, 2.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 1

At the, wool auctions to-day the sale was brisk and prices were fully maintained, the home trade operating heavily…

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The American Farmer

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 42

Mrs. C. N. Williamson, the novelist, has been revisiting her American home after an absence of eleven years and has given her impressions of America to the Press. What…

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Farmer's Narrow Escape

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

William George Farrow, a farmer. 62 years of age, who lives at Northern-road, Ryde, had a miraculous escare from death to-day. He was driving a horse and cart, laden with lucerne…

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On the Land. Farm Ans Station. the Irrigation Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 9

Now that the Irrigation conference is closed, and delegates and the interested thousands who have read the reports have begun to piece the week's work together, it is…

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Thrown From a Cart. a Farmer Fractures His Thigh

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 6

About 7.20 this morning a man named William George Farrow, 68, a farmer, residing at Northern-road, Ryde, was driving a horse and cart, along the Parramatta-road, when…

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