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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Queensland. Export of Butter. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

For the 11 months, January to November, 1905, the export of butter oversea amounted to 6,448,205lb for 115,146 boxes), valued at £261,580. This does not include shipments…

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The Koerstz Wool Press

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

To the pastoralist one of the most interesting exhibits in the A.N.A. Exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Show Ground is that of the Koerstsz…

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Homebush Stock Market. Yesterday's Sales. Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 9

About 7998 sheep and lambs were penned at yesterday's sales, from 31 consignors. The sheep were comprised almost wholly of merinos; not more than 150 crossbreds and comebacks were in the market…

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To-day's Commercial. Wheat Plentiful

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 3

The tendency of the strike of the lumpers at Darling Island is to make the wheat shippers stand aloof from buying, and consequently instructions have been sent to a number of…

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New Zealand's Products. High Prices in London. Good Prospects for the Dairy Farmer. Danish Standard Approached. Wellington, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

The current season promises to yield a rich return to the dairy farmer. The prices of our butter and cheese were never so high, or so consistently high, as they have been…

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Harvest Festival. at the Royal Exchange. a Successful Exhibition. Progress of Wheat Cultivation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

The harvest festival which was opened yesterday at the Royal Exchange is, in e[?]ect, an Epic of the Wheat. It is an expression of the fact that the wheat harvest of the State…

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Summary. for European Mail. Wool. SEASON 1905-6. SYDNEY, January 16th, 1906

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

Since July 1 the total quantity of wool exported from Sydney and Newcastle Amounted to 531,523 Bales, being an increase of 99,176 bales compared…

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Wheat Lumpers' Strike. Men Maintain Their Demands. Employers Stand Firm. Advice From Mr. Hughes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

The action of the wheat-carriers at Darling Island in refusing to accept the rates for loading wheat, which were embodied in the agreement signed on Friday by representatives of…

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Educating the Farmers. New Departmental Scheme. Bucolic Debating Societies

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture has prepared a list of the conditions upon which, in future, additional subsidies will be paid to agricultural societies, "with a view of encouraging the…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. "The Horse of the Future." a Champion of the Arab

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

The Hon. Sir James Penn Boucaut, an exJudge of the Supreme Court in South Australia, has written a book with the apparent purpose of proving that in the pure Arab lies…

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Harvest Festival. a Royal Exchange Display. "Speed the Plough." the First Australian Crop. Interesting Comparisons

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 6

With a view of bringing under notice the result of the splendid harvest now being reaped throughout the Stale, the directors of the Royal Exchange have arranged a display which must…

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Special City. "Evening News" Office, 4.5 P.m. the Wheat Carriers' Strike. Views of the Men. "Heavy Bags Are Killing" "Many Men Taken to the Hospital."

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

The dispute between the wheat carriers and the Stevedores' Association still exists, and there is little likelihood of the matter coming to a settlement…

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Wheat and Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 6

Mr. W. E. Abbot writes:—In your issue of the 11th on this subject you do not state my position quite faiily. The figures I gave were taken from the Railway Commissioners'…

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Butter Committee

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 11

The Committee of Advice on the marketing of butter, sat in Sydney last week, and passed the following resolution:— That, with a view of placing the dairying industry…

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Wheat Afloat

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday, 6.35 p.m.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,125,000 quarters, and for the [?] at 1.125,000 quarters. The…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Farmers' Sheep. the Suffolk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 6

To-day British sheep and crosses are taking their place as a great State asset, just as wheat and dairying have done in the last few years. Of course, much crossing has been…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Murrumbidgee Irrigation. Scheme

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 138

In view of the important inquiry that has recently been started by the Public Works Committee into the Murrumbidgee northern irrigation scheme, it is as well to ask if the…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 5

Gibbs, Bright, and Company are in receipt of the following cable from its London house:—"Wool sales opened with a large attendance of buyers; prices are equal to closing…

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Local Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 11

Three catalogues were submitted at the Wool Exchange yesterday afternoon. The buyers' gallery was well filled with representatives from the Continent, England,…

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Australian Produce in England Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 11

LONDON, December 15.--The condition of the butter market is still highly satisfactory. Prices are well maintained, and there is so good a demand for colonial that all supplies are promptly…

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