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Farming & the land, 1905

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Australasian Butter. Refused Landing in New York. Boracic Acid Alleged

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 March 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday Morning.-Australasian butter shipped to America has met with adverse treatment. The authorities at New York refused…

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Australasian Butter. Excluded from the United States. No Boracic Acid for Uncle Sam LONDON,Saturday, 4.50 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 26 March 1905 · page 1

The United States has refused to allow Australasian butter to enter the country, on the ground that it contains boracic acid. Some consignments that arrived last month…

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Electricity on the Farm

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 March 1905 · page 4

The Italian Electrical Society of Turin has invented a device for applying electric power to ploughs and other farm machinery. The device consists of two power cars…

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Wheat and Wool Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 4

The returns of wheat received at Darling Hor bor have of late been considerably reduced. Last week not more than 29,230 bags came to hand, as against 65.619 for the corresponding…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 9

The quantity of wool manifested to arrive at Sydney was, by rail, 30 bales…

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London Butter Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Minister for Agriculture has received a cable message from Mr. Lance, dated London, March 24, In which It is stated, that New South Wales choicest butter is fetching 104s to 108s…

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Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 6

The Aberdeen liner Miltiades, which sailed on Saturday for London via Capetown, took 2414 boxes of butter from Sydney and 6835 boxes of butter from Brisbane. Of the Sydney…

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Flesh-eating Sheep

Evening News · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 3

"Mulga" writes:—Apropos of your article on flesh-eating sheep, in this evening's paper, it may interest some of your readers to hear of flesh-eating rabbits. Having occasion to stay…

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Shipments of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--March and April shipments of Victorian wheat, aggregating 13,500 quarters, have been sold at 32s per quarter…

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London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 3

LONDON, February 17.--Little has happened on the various wool centres since my report by last mail except a determined effort on the part of holders of stock--either out of the recent…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercanme Agency Co. have received a message from their London office as follows:--"The market has been lower since we last telegraphed (11th inst.), but has…

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London Wool Market. London, Feb. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 9

Inquiries for wool coming to this centre are extremely meagre, there [?]s consequently little of interest to record. Prompts and deliveries, from last auctions, are now…

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Australasian Butter. Prohibited in the United States. London, March 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 7

The United States authorities have refused to allow Australasian butter to enter the country, on the ground that it contains boracic acid. Last month's shipments to…

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Australasian Butter. Excluded From America. Consignments Re-shipped to Liverpool

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The authorities have refused to allow Australasian butter to enter the United States of America on the ground that it contains boracic acid…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 3

TRANJIE.—Farmers have started ploughing operations, but owing to absence of rain the ground is exceptionally hard for the plough…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Failure of Phylloxera-resistant Vines. Necessity for Investigation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 3

The statements of several members of the Canley Vale Progress Association at a meeting last week to the effect that phylloxera-resistant stocks obtained from the State…

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Parramatta Orchard Notes. the Citrus Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 3

The showers which have fallen during the week will be of great benefit to the orchardists, and especially so to the citrus crop growers. The orange trees look in the…

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Farm Products. Redfern Sales. Fair Supply

The Australian Star · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 5

Both forage and grain products were fairly represented at the opening sale of the week held this morning at the Redfern Railway produce yards. There was a large…

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Farmer and Co.'s Employees

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 6

Upwards of 600 of the employees of Messrs. Farmer and Co., of Pitt-street were entertained on Saturday by the managing director (Mr. John Pope). Two steamers conveyed the parly…

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