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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

6,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Breeding for the Dairy

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

SOME farmers leav[?] the young calf with the cow for several weeks. That is considered to be ruinous, not to the calf, but to the milking functions of…

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Packed in Basket. Little Girl Mutilated. a Thread of Wool the Only Clue

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

Berlin is at present fascinated by the trial of Louis Berger for the murder of a little girl named Lucie Berlin, whose mutilated body was found by the police in the Spree…

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Moving Bog in Gonnaught. Seven Miles Covered. Plight of People From Their Homes. Great Damage to Crops

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 9

A despatch from Roscommon on Monday, December 9, says:— The moving bog at Cloonshiever, about three miles from Castlerea, which began to…

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Farming with Electricity

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

The "Chicago Chronicle" has an interesting article on the uses and possiblities of electricity in farming. It states that Germany and France are ahead of all other…

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Farm Products. Redfern Sales. Improvement in the Market

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

Supplies of produce at the Redfern terminus markets yesterday morning were again large. Consignments of chaff and lucerne were heavy, and other commodities were…

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Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 7

By R.M.S. Britannia, which sailed on Saturday 3094 boxes of butter were forwarded to London by Sydney merchants. The shippers were:--Messrs. J. Burre Johnston and Co., 600 boxes;…

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London Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Moore, has received a cable message from Mr. Lance, Commercial Agent in London, stating that there is a good demand for Australian butter…

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Hay Fruit Crops

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 8

The fruit grown on the Hay irrigation area this season is of splendid quality, particularly the peaches, nectarines, and apricots. The few orchardists whose trees are in bearing are…

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Prospects of the Cane Crop. Chatsworth Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 5

The crops on the Lower Clarence look well, sugarcane especially looking magnificent. Both the one-year-old cane and the last season's planting maintain a beautiful rich…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Advice to City Settlers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 5

Letters received from men in the metropolis who have saved a little money go to prove that many of this class would go on the land if they could be reasonably sure…

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A Surprised Party. From Clerk to Poultry Farmer. Arrest After Many Months

The Australian Star · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 4

A strange story is wrapped up in the arrest of a man near Bankstown on a charge of fraudulently appropriating to his own use the moneys of his recent employers…

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Wheat, Wool, and Timber

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 5

Cable advice has been received by Messrs. Dangar, Gedye, and Company of the arrival of the steamer Euphrates at Dunkirk from Sydney, via ports, on February 4, and of the…

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Pastoral Finance Association. Ltd

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

Sheepskins.—Very moderate supplies were forward at this week's sales, and all lines of sound-pelted skins were keenly competed for at good prices. Faulty…

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Imported Romney Marsh Sheep

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

The Cufic, of the White Star line, which arrived from Liverpool yesterday, brought a Romney Marsh ram and two ewes for Mr. J. D. Hill, of Bogalara, in the Yass district…

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Big Wheat Cargoes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

The German 4-masted barque Seafahrer cleared the Heads at 8.15 this morning for Falmouth, for orders, with 31,272 bags wheat, the barque Anna Ramien is ready for sen at…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The wool auctions for the week were commenced yesterday at the Royal Exchange Sale Rooms, when catalogues covering 5006 bales were submitted—Messrs. Harrison. Jones, and Devlin 1040 bales, and the…

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Across Australia. Cattle Droving Contract

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

TOWNSVILLE, Monday.--Mr. Rose, formerly manager of Roxburgh station, on the Georgina River, left by this morning's train to conduct what will be nearly a record droving contract…

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Canada and the United States. Drawback on Wheat Duties. Canadian Farmers Jubilant

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Great satisfaction is expressed among the farmers of Canada at an announcement by Mr. Shaw, United States Treasurer, of a 99 per cent. drawback…

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