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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

6,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 250

Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 13

Dalgety and Company, Limited, will o[?]er at to-day's wool sales a catalogue of 2400 bales, largely composed of Central Queensland new clip, in the grease, and inclusiie of the following consignments,…

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Depraved Taste of Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 715

Mr. Wilks, Stock Inspector at Albury, in making a departmental report on the mortality of sheep at Mullengandra, caused, it is said, through eating the carcases of poisoned…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 13

After a three weeks interval auctions were resumed to-day (Tuesday) in the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street when catalogues were submitted by the undermentioned brokers…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 16

Advices received from London in reference to the progress'of the second series of sales, which opened there on Tuesday, March 7, report that the auctions are proceeding with good spirit and animated…

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Export Market. Australian Wool Clip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 13

In the annual review of the Australian wool trade for the season 1904-5, Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, write as follows of the clip:—"Generally speaking, the 1904-5 clip showed better growth and…

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The Wool Sales. London, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 7

The wool market is firm, at about the best rates of the series. March 21. At the wool sales yesterday prices…

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Wheat Supply. London, Tuesday, 7.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 1

The quantity of wheat afloat is estimated at 4,325,000 quarters for the United Kingdom, and at 1,535,000 quarters for the Continent…

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Wool Sales. London, Tuesday, 7.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day the market was brisk, with a hardening tendency. Coarse crossbreds were a halfpenny dearer than the lowest point reached during the…

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To-day's Commercial. Patchy Rains Inland. Wheat Areas Benefited

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 3

It often happens that thunderstorms, accompanied by torrents of rain, burst over Sydney and the immediate suburbs, while dry conditions continue at localities no further…

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Sydney Wool Samplers' Picnic. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 25

The wool samplers form an important part of the great wool industry of Australia. They are employed by the wool-buyers, who are as necessary to the industry as the sheep…

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District Court. (Before Judge Gibson.) Sheep Worried by Dogs. a Bankstown Case. Elliott v.Halnke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 5

Mr. E. Mitchell, instructed by Messrs. Minter, Simpson, and Co., appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Loxton, instructed by Mr. G. R. King, for defendant. This was an action…

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Turf Topics Doncaster and Cup Horses. Betting Developments—The Selection of Doubles—Randwick Autumn Frospects—Warwick Farm Performers. Inter-State Sport—The Rosehill Meeting. Notes and Items

Referee · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 1

THE Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup have been exercising backers of horses a good deal during the past week, and already a large number of doubles have…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Parasites of Fruit, Pests. the Balance of Nature

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 9

A telegram from Brisbane in our issue of yesterday reporting the arrival in California of Mr. George Compere's codlln moth parasite should revive interest in the fascinating…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 9

COROWA.—The continued dry weather is causing some anxiety in farming circles, the need being felt for a good soaking rain, to permit of the ground being got ready for…

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Turf Gossip. Racing at Warwick Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 754

The special train service conveyed an average attendance to Warwick Farm on Saturday, but the gathering was a long way behind that of the initial meeting on St…

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The Farmer. Stock at Shows

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 714

The Question of how to popularise agricultural shows and at the same time keep up the educational factors is an important one. It is frequently assorted that many farmers are…

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Dairy. a New Dairy Book

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 714

"The Cheddar Cheese Industry: Its Science and Practice with Special Application to Queensland," is the title of a useful volume sent to me by the author, Mr. G. Sutherland…

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Dairying in the Northern Districts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 713

Leaving the great butter manufacturing centre of Byron Bay, there is a stretch of 29 miles in a south-westerly direction by rail to Lismore. Along the route there is some of…

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Weather, Pastures, and Crops

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 716

With the exception of a few thunderstorms which benefited places that did not require rain, the week under review has been a comparatively dry one, and unless a heavy…

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Weather and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 8

ADELONG, Tuesday.--After several days of extraordinarily hot weather for this time of the year, a few showers fell last night, and to-day light misty rain is falling. Unless a good fall…

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