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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

6,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Inter-State Fat Stock Markets. Melbourne. Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 16

On Tuesday only 9,500 shoop were penned, consisting chiefly of good and prime qualities. Owing to the short supply, the demand was exceedingly keen, and prices ruled fully is per head…

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Fat Stock Sales. Homebush YARDS.—Thursday. SHEEP

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

About 22,049 sheep and lambs were penned at to-day's sales, from 96 consignors. The sheep mainly comprised medium and useful merino wethers, with occasional pens of prime and odd pens of extra prime…

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Overdue Wheat Ship. 172 Days Out

Evening News · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 4

The barque Lord Elgin left Sydney on September 11 last year for Falmouth for orders, and has not yet been reported. When the Lord Elgin left Sydney she had…

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Charges for Wool on the Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 4

In connection with the recent inter-State railway agreement and the modifications made, especially in regard to the carriage of wool, some assertions have been made that those not…

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The Wool Trade. Thursday, March 2

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

After a lapse of about two weeks auction sales were resumed on Monday, when a three days' series of sales was commenced, and all the selling brokers…

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Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Thursday. March 2, 1905. SHEEP

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 9

22.049 sheep and lambs penned, while 21,782 had been drawn for, comprising ninety odd different consignments, over fifty of them only one truck lots. The…

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To-day's Commercial. Welcome Rains. Decline in Wheat

Evening News · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 3

Some rain has fallen in many wheat-bearing and general agricultural districts inland and near the coast, with promise of more. Orange, Mudgee, Singleton, Queanbeyan, Bathurst…

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The Crops

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

WINDSOR.—The winter crops are delayed for the want of rain. The fruit crop this season has been poor in yield and quality. The fly has been very troublesome in the late…

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Our Alienated Lands. the Use They Are Put To. Dairyings and Agriculture. Production in Relation to Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 5

A previous article showed how the 44 million acres of alienated country lands were distributed. Let us now see how this territory, roughly as large as England and Wales and half of…

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Rockdale Sewage Farm. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 8

Sir,--Ever since the appearance in your columns of that glowing report of the engineer of the above farm I have been anxious to inspect those so-called "improvements" in the system…

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Methodist Conference. Pastoral Session

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 11

Dr. Sellors presided over the pastoral session of the Methodist Conference at the Centenary-hall yesterday. The first business of the morning session was…

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Breeding Hornless Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 8

Mr. R. H. Dangar, of Neotsfield, Singleton, has kindly forwarded for publication the results of his interesting experiments in producing polled grade Jersey heifers, to which…

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Overdue Wheat Vessel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 11

The barque Lord Elgin in now 172 days out from Sydney to the English Channel, and news of her arrival is anxiously awaited. The vessel left Sydney on September 11 last with 22,930…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 8

As might be expected at this late period of the season when weekly sales have become a thing of the past, and even fortnightly auctions have come and gone for the year, the…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Prevalence of Smut in Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 8

A country broker, who has been buying wheat in Southern Riverina, states that smut has been alarmingly prevalent this season. Referring to a recent article in this column…

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Country Courts. Alleged Theft of Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 11

INVERELL, Friday.--The Court of Quarter Sessions sat till after 10 o'clock last night, in the case against Patrick Phillips and Charles Francis Phillips, charged with wool-stealing…

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Defied by Bullocks. Scottish Cattle Terrify a Whole Neighborhood

The World's News · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 12

Women who live in the neighborhood of Pendie Forest, near Burnley, dwelt in a state of terror for several days at the beginning of the year owing to the presence of two wild…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 11

At the Antwerp wool sales, which opened yesterday, buyers were numerous, and the biddings showed fair animation. In prices a fall of five centimes was apparent…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Applying Lime for Best Results

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 9

LIME can be applied to the land in three different conditions, either as the ground fresh-burned lime, the hydrated or dry-water slaked lime, and the air…

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Teaching Christian Doctrine. Lenten Pastoral of Bishop Gallagher. High Ideals of Religious Duty

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 31

The Lenten Pastoral of his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Gallagher, Bishop of Goulburn, treats of the important subject of teaching Catochism to our Catholic children…

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