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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

6,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Treatment of Seed Wheat

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 5

An exchange yields the following:— It must be admitted that the selection and treatment of the seed wheat is one of the most important subjects that the…

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Our Products. Australian Produce in England. Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 3

LONDON, February 10.--After being on the upgrade for several weeks, the butter market has recently developed a slight weakness in tone, and prices have relapsed about 2s from…

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Fat Stock Sales. Homebush YARDS.—Monday. SHEEP

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 9

About 6039 sheep and lambs were penned at to-day's sales, from 27 consignors. The sheep mainly comprised medium and useful merino wethers, with occasional pens of prime, and odd penn of extra prime…

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London Wool Market. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 9

The first series of colonial wool sales for the year which commenced here on the 17th January, closed February 1st, occupying 13 selling days one day being lost through fog, and for the most part of the first…

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Queensland Butter Trade. Reduced Freight Wanted. Aberdeen Line Unable to Agree

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A deputation of butler manufacturers waited upon Mr, S. Thompson, one of the partners of the Aberdeen Steamship Company, this afternoon and asked for a…

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Australian Produce. the Butter Position. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 10

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

As week follows week the arrivals of Australian and New Zealand butter become less and less. Last week roundly 100,000 boxes arrived. This week about 60,000 came to hand;…

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The Wool Sales. a Brisk Market. LONDON, Monday, 6.25 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day there was a brisk market, except for earthy and faulty merinos, which were neglected…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Live Stock Diseases in England and Australia

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

What is held to be a satisfactory decrease in the number of outbreaks of sheep scab in Great Britain and Ireland is disclosed by the figures for 1904. In 1903 1833 outbreaks were…

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Warwick Farm Racing Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 7

Subjoined are the weights for next Saturday's meeting at Warwick Farm:- Farm Stakes, 6f.—Spermlight, 9st 5lb; Macrocarpa, 8st 91b; Tyson, 8st 4lb; Rothschild, 8st 4lb; Courageous,…

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Farm Products. Redfern Sales

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 6

Both forage and grain were well represent at the Redfern auction yards yesterday morning. Buyers were in good attendance, but bidding was devoid of animation for all…

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Farm Products. Redfern Sales. Heavy Supplies

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 5

Heavy supplies of produce were again forwarded to Redfern Railway auction yards this morning, representing 11 different commodities. The attendance of buyers was up…

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South Africa. Rebels Not to Be Prosecuted. Arms to Be Issued to Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--At the opening of the Capo Parliament Sir W. Hely-Hutehinson, the Governor, announced the cessation of prosecutions .arising from…

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Wheat Afloat

Evening News · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday, 6.55 p.m.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 4,235,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 1,425,000 quarters. The shipments of…

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London Wool Sales

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

Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company, Ltd., reports haning received the following cable from Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartz, and Co., London, dated March 13:—"Sales continue animated, prices are…

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The Immovable Price of Butter

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

The price of buller in Sydney is again exhibing its wonderful holding powers. The make is short throughout Australia, the imPorts into England have fallen off…

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Fertilisers in Wheat Growing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 9

COROWA, Tuesday.--In connection with the discussion as to the benefits or otherwise of fertilisers in wheat growing. Mr. W. W. Killen having, by certain experiments, given it as his…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 15

The past week has been a very quiet one in the local market, the only wool to meet with a ready sale at the level of values current at the last auction sales here being the better classes of scoureds,…

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Depreciating New South Wales Wheat

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

Importers of wheat from New South Wales are complaining, and apparently not without adequate cause, that reports have been sent to Enplaned from time to time this season with reference to the New South…

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The Grazier. Slackening Supply of Fat Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 649

The last half-dozen markets at Homebush have shown that the supply of fat sheep is slackening off. In fact, at Thursday's market values were very high, as high as at any…

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Victorian Rural Notes. Bone Meal and Cattle Diseases

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

From time to time statements are made in various parts of Victoria that bone meal, as supplied to farmers and graziers for cattle licks and foods, is likely to cause an outbreak…

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