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Farming & the land, 1905

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 5

During the wool sales which closed yesterday there were catalogued 105,000 bales. Of these 83,500 were sold for home consumption, 70,000 to the Continent, 6000 to American buyers, and…

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Our Products. Wool and Other Markets. Sydney Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 13

Auction sales were held in Sydney on Tuesday and Wednesday, when, quite contrary to expectations, prices ruled very firm, the previous month's values being readily obtained for all…

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Sheep Worried by Dogs A Bankstown Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 2

This was an action in the Sydney District Court brought by Thomas Elliott, of Sydney, carcase butcher, against Edith Frances Hainke, of Robert-road…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 8

Agreeable surprise was the feeling which permeated the selling trade at the local auctions held this week. The tenor of London advices regarding the sales proceeding there…

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Archbishop Carr's Pastoral. Scripture in Schools. Catholic Truth Society

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 31

The Lenten Pastoral of Archbishop Carr touches on the question of fasting in Lent, a penance which offers the tenth part of the year to God. A subject of importance which…

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The Wool Sales. London, March 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 11

The wool sales closed firm to-day, with prices equal to the highest of the first series. March 24…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the Series

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The second series of London-colonial wool sales for the present year terminated to-day. The market closed firm at the highest rates of the series…

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B.a.'s and Bread and Butter Graduates and Their Employment

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 5

Mr. H. A. Roberts investigates in the "Empire Review" the adaptab[?]ty of the graduate to his work in life. Just before the seventies most graduates…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. the Jersey As an Ideal Dairy Cow

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 9

A NUMBER of breeds of dairy cattle are now urged upon the attention of the dairy farmer with a good deal of persistent clamour, and he may well be somewhat…

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Australian Wool. How It Is Distributed. an Hour in a Saleroom

The World's News · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 16

Although wool is one of the staple products of Australia, and Australians generally are conscious of the fact that the stability of the Commonwealth depends largely upon the industry…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, April 2, 1905 Golden Text : "I am the Good Shepherd : the good shepherd giveth His life for the sheep."—John x. 11. INTRODUCTION

The Methodist · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 4

Jesus is still in Jerusalem at the Feast of Taber­nacles, where He healed the man who had been born blind, and who had now been expelled from the Jewish Church. The unkind treatment of the…

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Our Note Book. Turf Talk and Tips Selections for Rosehill Doncaster and Sydney Cup Horoes-Developments of the Betting Market-A.J.C.' Autumn Preparations - Winners at Warwick Farm-Notes and Items of the Week

The Arrow · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 7

THERE will be rather more that the usual interest taken in the meeting to be held at Rosehill to-day, for the reason that among horses set down to run are included…

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On the Land Farm and Station. the Forge on the Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 8

A small forge and a few tools for smith's Work have come to be regarded as one ot the most useful and time-saving parts of the new settler's plant. The township blacksmith is…

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Farmer's Misfortune

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 10

HILLGROVE, Friday. -- A young man named M. Glassop met with a painful accident whilst ploughing yesterday. He had the reins wound round his wrist, when the horses bolted,…

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Weather and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 13

COROWA, Friday. -- A much-needed fall of rain occurred last night, ranging from 56 to 95 points. The fall will vastly improve the pastoral outlook. Appearances point to further falls,…

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The Country. Mulwala Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 11

COROWA, Friday. -- This branch of the Mulwala Farmers and Settlers' Association has adopted the following resolutions: -- (1) That this branch urge that all existing Land Acts be abolished,…

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Farm and Field

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 5

Farmers do not always expend their labors in the best direction. One great fault often noticeable is the absence of a plot for home-grown vegetables. It…

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Tinned Butter

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 March 1905 · page 3

Recently some sample tins of butter were bought in Rangoon, India, on behalf of the Victorian Agricultural Department, these including three varieties of the produce,…

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Colonial Butter and Cheese

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 March 1905 · page 4

The United Kingdom is drawing on the Colonies for its butter, cheese, and eggs to an increasingly large extent. Last year's total imports of butter…

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Sheep Eat Poisoned Rabbits

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 March 1905 · page 12

Mr. Joseph Willis, stock inspector at Albury, has received a telegraph message from the head office in reference to his recent report on the subject of sheep being poisoned on Mr. Owen Daly's…

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