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Farming & the land, 1905

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Wheat-Growing Experiments

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 27

Striking results of the value of fallowing in wheat-growing (says the Melbourne "Argus") have been obtained from the work of the experimental field which is maintained by the…

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Large Wheat Cargo

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 9

The largest cargo of wheat that has been loaded at Sydney this season will be taken away by the barque Semantha, which is expected to sail to-day. The Semantha is an Engish…

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London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 17

LONDON, February 2.—The wool sales closed firm at above last week's prices. Compared with November, medium merino were unchanged, faulty (best) were ½d cheaper, fine crossbreds were…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Auctions were continued yesterday, when catalogues were submitted covering 6342 bales—Messrs. John Bridge and Company 4753 bales, and the Co-operative Company 589 bales—of these 4015 bales were…

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Argentine Cattle for South Africa

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 11

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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English Commercial. London, Feb. 7. WHEAT

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 13

The cargo of the Blenhelm has been sold at 33s 1½d. CATS. Colonial oats are quoted at 14s 6d…

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Wool Steamers. The Euphrates and Pondo Home

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 6

The steamship Euphrates, with a cargo of 3157 bales wool, from Sydney, arrived at Dunkirk, on .February 4, and the steamer Pondo, with 4985 bales wool, from Sydney,…

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In the Boggabri District. a Record Wheat Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 27

All along the north-west railway line a new era of prosperity has set in, with the past good season, and the Boggabri district has probably felt the effects of it more than any other…

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Through the South Coast Districts. Milton and Its Dairy Farms. I. Between Nowra and Milton

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 25

The country through which the road passes from Nowra to Milton is very much inferior to that around the dairying farming centres in Illawarra, and is by no means inviting to…

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WHEAT. The Quantity Afloat. LONDON, Tuesday, 6.25.p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 1

The quantity of wheat afloat is estimated at 2,885,000 quarters for the United Kingdom, and at 875,000 quarters for the Continent…

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Our London Wool Letter. Wool in 1904. a Unique Year in Many Particulars. (From Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON. December 30, 1904

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 16

Time is ever on the wing, and 1904 has practically breathed its last. To the members of the wool trade in general, the year has been the most eventful since 1899, and, speaking generally, those…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Draught House Gossip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 9

Draught horses continue to hold good values, and it is not surprising to notice that some very fine Clydesdale sires are to be seen at various country shows. Apparently farmers…

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Dairying Industry in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 9

Mr. Hetherington, of Coraki, Richmond River, has completed the purchase of 4000 acres ot freehold land from Mr. Luya, on Kin Kin Creek, near Noosa. The area contains…

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Dairy. Manufacturing Dairy Produce

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 329

So many things go to make or mar the quality of butter or cheese that the manufacturer has to be ever on the alert. The least defect in the materials used, or want…

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The Farmer. by Moira. Agricultural College Work

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 329

Good work has already been done by the State Agricultural Farms and Colleges iu Australia. Much, however, remains to be done. A speaker at the Toowoomba Show…

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Farm Products. Redfern Sales. Supplies Again Large

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 6

Supplies, of produce at the Redfern termlnus market yesterday. were again large. No fewer than 74. trucks were submitted. The attendance of buyers was satisfactory, but…

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Farming by Electricity

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 4

Electricity has at last been applied successfully to agriculture. Already (says the "World's Work"), on farms in Southern France, horses are replaced by motors. The farmers of the…

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The Country. Moree Farmers and Settlers' Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 8

MOREE, Tuesday.--A farmers and settlers' meeting, last night, decided to write to the Minister for Lands, stating that the recent alterations in the management of the Local Land…

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Grazier and Cultivator. Breeding for the Dairy. (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.")

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 26

Breeding for the dairy implies that different purposes call for different methods. The dairy stable differs from the horse stable, the draft horse differs from the blood horse, the beef…

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