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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

6,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

Immense Fire at New Orleans. Damage Estimated at £1,000,000. a Million Bushels of Wheat Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A fire at the Stuyvesant docks, at the terminus of the Illinois Central Railroad in New Orleans, has done damage to the extent of…

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Mercantile Miscellany. Mails by the Ormuz. Wheat Ship Sails. When the Mails Close. Local and General. This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

South Australia -- 5.30 p.m. Victoria -- 5.30 and 7 p.m. Queensland -- 3.45 p.m. Auckland, &c. N.Z. (direct) -- Manuka, 2…

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Turf Topics V.R.C Autumn Meeting. First Day's Programme—Australian Cup Horses—Two-year-old Prospects—St. Leger Colts —Betting and Gossip. Winners at Warwick Farm—Death of Mr. H. C. White—Notes of the Week. Newmarket and Cup Selections. Racing at Caulfield—Abington and Gladsome Win Again—Dividend Beats Canteen—The Backing of Gladsome. Moorefield Anticipations

Referee · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 1

ON Saturday next another Autumn meeting of the V.R.C. will have a commencement, and present prospects favor the idea that It will be quite a successful one. There…

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Smale Farmers and Rabbits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 9

A. J. D. writes:—The small farmers constitute the majority on the land, and their views on the rabbit Question should receive some attention. They plead the unfairness of the…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Land for Our Own People

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 9

While a large proportion of the people who devote attention to public matters is enlarging upon the necessity for encouraging immigrants to come here and become…

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Turf Gossip. Racing at Warwick Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 561

Metropolitan sporting folk mustered well at Warwick Farm on Saturday to assist at the February reunion, which was favoured by fine, cool, though dull weather. The track…

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The Farmer. Prizes for Haystacks

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 521

There are many ways in which agricultural associations could further producers' interests besides offering prizes for stock and products. Several societies in Victoria have…

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Dairy. Cows That Kick

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 521

Generally speaking, cows that are kindly handled are not likely to kick when being milked. Harsh treatment has never been known to cure animals of this habit. A…

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Possibilities of North Coast Dairying

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 520

A special commissioner of the "Sydney Mail" has just returned from the North Coast districts. He has obtained much information with respect to the possibilities of the…

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A Generous Benefaction and a Model Farm. What Is to Be Done for Consumptives at Hazelbrook

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 542

There has been a vogue of late in books depicting the pleasured of the road, not merely the road as the flying motorist sees it, or the stray glimpse of a road as seen by…

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Successful Farming in the West : Seatonville. Seatonville Farm and Vineyard, near Wellington

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 539

A DRIVE of five miles from Wellington brings the traveller through some fine agricultural land to [?]aryvale a nice little township, with a small railway [?]tion, which does a big business in the wheat…

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Field and Garden Reminders for March. (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.") the Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 26

In the majority of the wheat districts, the land ls now in good workable condition. Land is always in better condition for seed when it has been turned up to get the bonefit of…

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Robertson.—A Rich Dairying and Agricultural District. (See illustrations on this page and pages 30 and 31.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 29

The Robertson district is noted for two things— its dairy and farm produce, and the many beauty spots which lie within easy reach of it. The town, which has an elevation of 2300ft above…

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Dairy Industry

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 13

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Manning River Dairy Co-operative Company was fairly attended. The operations of the company for the past six months disclosed…

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Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 7

The R.M.S. Oceana, which sailed for London yesterday, took 4686 boxes of butter for the London market. The shippers were; Messrs. J. Barre Johnston and Co., 2100 boxes; Casino…

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Wheat Shipments

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,805,000 quarters, or 305,000 more than a week ago, while the quantity afloat for the Continent…

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Wheat Vessels

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 5

The ship John Cooke left Adelaide this morning for Falmouth for orders, with 25,028 bags wheat. The German barque Erna has finished loading operations at Melbourne, and…

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South Australian Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--A cargo of 7500 quarters of South Australian wheat, shipping or shipped, has been sold at 33s per quarter…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 9

The week's auctions were brought to a conclusion to-day (Wednesday), when catalogues were submitted by the undermentloned brokers. Offerings and sales were as follow-…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 5

Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following telegram from their London house:—Arrangements have been made in respect to the third series of sales fixed to…

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