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Farming & the land, 1906

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London Wool Market. (Our Special Report.) Opening of the Sixth Series

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 9

LONDON, December 1.--The sixth series of colonial wool sales for this year commenced here on the 28th ult. Notwithstanding the disquieting political situation prevailing in so…

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Wharf- Laborers' Pay. Increased Rates Demanded. Wheat Trade Stuck [?] the Men Refuse a Compromise

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 7

Wharf laborers usually employed in handling wheat at Darling Island yesterday paralysed the trade, hampered shipping, tied up railway rolling stock, and harassed employers by…

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Casualties. Suicide of a Farm Labourer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 7

A farm labourer, named Wm. George Gilbert, died from arsenic poisoning at the Royal North Sydney Hospital on New Year's Eve. The deceased, who came from Dubbo…

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The Dairying Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 4

BEGA.—The output of the Bega Co-operative Creamery Company is now 17½ tons per week…

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Farming the Water

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 17

While men are constantly being advised to go on the land for prospective wealth, others, unbid, are getting from the waters of the coast much, of its finny riches and have been…

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Farm Products. Redfern Sales. Potatoes Easier

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 5

The trade was well represented by buyers at the Redfern produce auction sales. The bidding was brisk. The market was firm for chaff, oats, and…

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Field and Garden Reminders for January. the Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 25

The fine rains that have fallen throughout the greater portions of the State will, keep all vegetation growing, so much so that farm produce will begin to be actually a drug in the market…

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Dairying in Siberia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 26

"Cattle-rearing," says Mr. Turner in his new book on "Siberia," "is general throughout that country, rich pasture land being abundant, and fodder for the winter being cheap and…

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Butter Boxes. Queensland Timber

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 3

The suitability of Queensland timber for butter boxes has ben engaging the attention of the Federal Ministers. The Queensland Government has forwarded to Mr. Deakin the…

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Victorian Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 9

MELBOURNE. Wednesday.--From July 1 to the end of December, 340,635 bales of wool were offered in Melbourne and Geelong, of which 310,391 bales were sold…

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Tasmanian Wool Sales. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 9

The annual wool sales were opened this morning. About 30 buyers were present Nearly 7000 bales were catalogued, but business was not so good as last year…

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Wheat-growing in N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 3

Mr. W. E. Abbott (Wingen) writes:—Since 1861 the price charged for Crown land to be used for agricultural production has been steadily reduced, and difficulties placed in…

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Colored Sheep. the Casual Black Lamb. a Breeding Eccentricity

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 7

There was a time when the saying "There's a black sheep in every flock" was literally true. But that was in the days when spinning was done in the home, and when black yarn was…

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Victorian Wheat Yield. Fourteen Million Bushels for Export. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 5

The "Australasian's" estimate of the Victorian wheat harvest for 1905-6 shows a total of 22,386,000 bushels, or an increase of about one and a quarter million bushels over last…

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Stimulating the Dairying Industry

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 5

NARRABRI, Thursday.—The dairying industry is develping here very rapidly, large imporiations of stock taking place all through the district, particularly down Baan Baa way,…

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Parliament of Labour a New Zealand Novelty, Unique Gathering Convened by Government. Farmers' Union Will Not Take Part. Some Leaders Interviewed. Wellington, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 5

New Zealand is to have two Parliaments sitting next year. It is to have a so-called Parliament of Labour," in addition to the ordinary constitutional Parliament of—well…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Wines Adulteration Act. a Defunct Law

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 3

The long-suffering vignerons of New South Wales, certainly the most patient section of the men on the land, must sometimes wonder what has become of the Wines…

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Suicide of a Farmer. Peak Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 6

Michael Sharkey, a farmer, committed suicide by shooting himself through the forehead with a pea rifle. He lived [?]. few hours after shooting himself. He was a single man,…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 3

SPRINGWOOD.—All vegetation is now growing apace…

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Sheep and Wool the Wool Trade. London Wool Report

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 4

Messrs. W. Weddel and Co., in their report dated London, December 1, 1905, say:—Wool.—The concluding series of…

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