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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

6,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Fat Stock Sales. Homebush YARDS.—Thursday. SHEEP

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 9

About 32,527 sheep and lambs were penned at today's bales, from 138 consignors. The sheep comprised a large proportion of medium, light, and useful merine wethers, with odd small lots of inferior, and a…

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St. Louis Exhibition. Wool Awards

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 5

Mr. J. D. Cox. of Cullenbone, Mudgee, is to be congratulated on the success of his exhibit of wool at the St. Louis Exhibition. Some little time ago…

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Wool Sales. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 7

The wool sales closed firm at above last week's prices. Compared with November, medium merino were unchanged, faulty (best) were ½d cheaper, crossbreds were…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union of N.s.w

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 5

The Council of the above union held its regular meeting at 11 a.m. on 31st January, 1905, in the Royal Chambers, Castlereagh-street. The…

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Sydney Wool & Stock Journal. A Review of the Wool, Fat Stock, and Station Produce Trades. Published Every Friday. the Wool Trade. Thursday, February 2

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 6

The general surroundings of the trade have not been quite so favourable during the past ten days, and the position in ultimate markets has been somewhat…

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Argentine Slaughter Stock. Shipped to Cape Colony. Improvement in the Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 6

Mr. Valder, the Commercial Agent for New South Wales in South Africa, writing from Capetown, reports to the Minister for Agriculture as follows:--…

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The St. Louis Exhibition. Cullenbone Wool Awarded a Gold Medal

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 13

We are informed by Mr. A. H. Prince, secretary of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association, that he has just received official intimation that a case of…

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Strange Adventures of an Engineer. Induced to Come to Sydney. to Join a Cattle Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

A strange tale was unfolded at the Water Police Court, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., on Wednesday and yesterday, [?] a man named George Nichelson, aged 31, a clerk, was charged with stealing, at Sydney, on…

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Talmoi Farmers and Settlers

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 12

A well-attended meeting of the Talmoi Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Mr. S. Nell's, Budgree, on Saturday, 28th January…

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Queensland Sugar Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 6

The Government Statist of gueensland has prepared a return, a copy of which has been sent to the Customs Department, showing the yield of sugar in that State in the years…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Some Horse Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 5

Horsemen who take a line from the stock seen at shows have lately asserted that the proportion of superior animals which command high figures will presently be very…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 5

MURWILLUMBAH.—The maine crops throughout the district are magnificent, and there is abundance of pasture. YASS.—All the maize crops are being…

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Our Products. the Dairying Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 6

GLOUCESTER, Thursday.--At a large meeting of dairy farmers yesterday it was decided to erect a butter factory at Gloucester on the cooperative system. The Stroud factory offered…

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Large Crop of "Bobs" Wheat

Evening News · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 6

NARRABRI, Friday.—At Curracabah Estate, near Narrabri, Mr. Charles Binnie has had the largest crop in the State of a particularly fine sample of wheat, known as "bobs." It is…

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The Overrun in Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 7

Mr. A. Farrand, Ripple Vale, Inverell, writes:—"Dalry farmers are at present under a cloud. When experts disagree, who is to decide? The Government expert, Mr. M. A…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Illawarra Cattle Shows

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 7

The show season in the country has opened under rather inauspicious circumstances. January ushers in the first of the Illawarra exhibitions, and they are all over by the end…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 13

Auctions were resumed, when the market was unchanged, and the demand strong for practically every description of the staple; and taking conditions into consideration the…

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Argentine Cattle for South Africa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 7

Mr. Valder, New South Wales Commercial Agent in South Africa, writing from Capetown, reports to the Minister for Agriculture as follows:…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 7

The fast diminishing supply of wool, and with it an early termination of the busy selling season, together with increased competition from Melbourne operators, have been…

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Farm and Dairy Produce

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 13

A steady volume of trade was transacted in Sussex-street during the week, but owing to heavy stocks on hand, and heavy consignments coming forward prices in many lines…

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