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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

6,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

On the Land. Farm and Station. the Milk Supply Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 3

It seems likely that more time is being dovoted to finding excuses for people who provide peculiar milk mixtures just now than to the broad question of the best way to…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 3

GLEN INNES.—The area of wheat for grain in the district is 2359 acres; area of wheat for hay, 1145 acres. The totlal area of cultivation is 19,781 acres, showing a decrease in…

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Lime on Farms

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 4

The United States Bureau of Agriculture have issued an interesting pamphlet on the relation of lime and magnesia to plant growth. The result of very elaborate and careful experiments…

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Rockdale Sewerage Farm. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 9

Sir,--The paragraph in your issue of the 7th inst. comes as a surprise to the residents of Arneliffe and its immediate neighborhood. The extensive improvements referred to regarding…

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Wool and Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 395

So far as the carriage of wool on the railways is concerned, the present season is practically closed. The total number of bales carried was 504,000, being an increase of…

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Imported Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 27

Messrs. Conroy and Doyle, of Glenlee, Campbelltown, have recehtly imported a shipment of nine pure Shropshire ewes. These were purchased at the "Shelbourne dispersing sale," and…

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Sheep Pilfering

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 396

At the conclusion of the sheep and lamb sales at the Homebush fat stock saleyards on Monday a meeting was held at the Wentworth Hotel, Flemington, to discuss matters in convention with the pilfering of sheep…

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Wheat Afloat

Evening News · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday, 5.20 p.m.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,715,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 1,030,000 quarters.The…

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Corowa Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 25

Our Corowa correspondent sends useful Information on the recent harvest: Agriculturists are now busily engaged carting their wheat, the talk of which is being stored locally, holders…

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Two Wheat Ships

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 4

The British ship Calthness-shire and the German barque Seestern were towed from Darling, Island wharf this morning to an anchorage in the stream to prepare for sea…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 3

The final auctions of the weekly series of sales were held yesterday, at the Royal\ Exchange, when catalogues covering 5228 bales were offered—Messrs. John Bridge and Company 3478 bales, the Pastoral…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 16

To-day concludes the last of the continuous weekly sales of the present season, and when the next auctions will be held has not yet been decided, but it is suggested that a fortnight's interval will be…

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Our Products. Australian Produce in England. Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 4

LONDON, January 13.--The new year has opened very auspiciously for the colonial butter trade, and there has been so good a demand that practically all supplies have been…

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The St. Louis Milk and Butter Trials

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 26

The milk and butter trials of dalry cows in Amorlea, which lasted for four months says a writer in the London "Field"), have brought out numerous facts which are of extreme…

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London Wool Market. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 13

The programmes for the first series of wool auctions here for the year have been distributed. Commencing January 17, the series extend to the 31st instant…

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A Wheat Combine. Appeal to the Full Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 6

Mr. Garland appeared before the Full Court yesterday in support of an application by the defendants in the case of S. A. Joseph and Rickard v. Lindley and others, for a rule nisi…

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Rebates on Butter Freight. All Should Share. Demand on Shipping Companies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The executive committee which was appointed in March last by a conference of representatives of butter factories and butter shippers met to-day to…

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

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 1

The quantity of wheat afloat is estimated at 3,115,000 quarters for the United Kingdom, and at 1,030,000 quarters for the Continent…

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Warwick Farm Racing Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 4

The following nominations were received on Monday for the Warwick Farm Racing Club's meeting, to be held on the 25th instant:- Farm Stakes, lm.—Lady May, Trendel, Niebcl,…

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On the Land. Farm and Station the Carriage of Produce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 9

The old grievance ahout the carriage of produce has broken out again, and it seems un[?]kely that it is going to be laid this time by assurances to the effect that it existing…

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