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Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

Adulterated Butter. (By Cable From Our London Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 14

Messrs. Coopman and Young, butter merchants, of Smithfield, charged with wrongly describing as butter a mixture of butter and cocoanut oil, have been fined £20 on one count…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 9

At the wool sales to-day prices were firm, and there was strong competition in all sections. Jan. 30…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Fully Maintained

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday, 7 p.m.—At the wool sales this evening competition was brisk and prices fully maintained the best level of the series…

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Bradford Wool Letter. Bradford, Dec. 22

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 277

The business of 1905 is practically finished, and yet interest is undiminished in the course of wool. It seems to many that the situation is bristling with difficulties, and to my…

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Advertising Our Wool in U.s.a

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 277

A suggestion has been made, through the Agent-General for New South Wales, that an exhibition of New South Wales wools in the United States would be productive of much…

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Wheat Shipments. London, Tuesday, 6.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 1

The wheat shipments from Atlantic ports last week amounted to 196,000 quarters, and the shipments from the Pacific ports to 14,000 quarters…

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Tee Produce Markets. a Relapse in Wheat. Tuesday Evening

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 282

The exporting firms, who are now the principal buyers of new season's wheat, yesterday reduced their limit for f.a.q. grain at 3s 3d per bushel Darling Harbour. The…

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The Pastoral and Agricultural Societies Union of N.s.w. Show Dates. 1906. January

Referee · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 8

31—Berry, Mr. A. [?]. Colley. FEBRUARY. 8,9,10—Wollongong, Mr. J. H. Beatson. [?], 15—Alstonville, Mr. F. H. Bartlett…

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Want of Wheat Trucks. Loud Complaints at Berrigan. Berrigan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 6

Great inconvenience has been caused at the railway station to sellers and buyers owing to the shortage of trucks. The grain traffic is the heaviest on record, several…

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Wool Sales. Brisk Competition. London, Tuesday, 6.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 1

Competition was brisk at the wool sales to-day, and prices were maintained at the best level of the series…

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The Wheat Loading Trouble. Work Going on Well Prospects of Higher Rates. Unionists' Arguments

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 6

All trouble yesterday morning at Darling Island wheat sheds was over when the men started work on terms satisfactory apparently to both sides, the positions being…

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Famine in Japan. Failure of the Rice Crop. Pathetic Instances of Distress

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

The G.M.S. Waldemar arrived at Sydney on Tuesday evening, from Japan, via ports. Papers to Hand give some pathetic details regarding the famine at present being experienced in…

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The Tariff Commission Manufacture of Farming Machinery. Farmers Object to Higher Duties. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 8

At to-day's sitting or the Tariff Commission, Mr. C. D. Lennon, farm implement maker, continued his evidence in support of the…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Teaining Siteaeeks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 6

The decision of the Queensland Pastoralists' 'Association to undertake the training of a good type of youths in the art-of shearing has awakened much discussion. The…

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Hurricanes in Queensland. Cyclone at Atherton. Buildings Unroofed and Crops Damaged. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

A cyclone visited Atherton and Mareeba on Saturday. The wind blew with terrifie force from noon till about 2 o'clock next morning, with heavy…

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Dairy. Milking Shorthorns

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 275

Shorthorn cattle of the milking type have for years past been favoured by many Australian dairymen. The South Coast districts undoubtedly produce some of the finest…

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The Farmer. Benefit of Fertilising

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 275

Progressive New South Wales farmers have for a number of years clearly demonstrated the value of intelligent application of fertilisers to the soil. I had the opportunity a few…

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Agricultural Implements. Increased Duties Wanted. Views of Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- At the Tariff Commission to-day, Mr. Charles D. Lennon, farm implement maker, Spottiswood, continued his evidence in support of the following fixed…

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Field and Garden Reminders for February. the Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 25

The wheat harvest throughout the greater portion of the State will now be an accomplished fact, and reports coming to hand from all parts, the yield is quite up to the…

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Extension of Dairying

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 11

The prosperity which is being enjoyed by those engaged in dairy-farming in the coastal districts and other parts of the State where the seasons are fairly rellable has given rise…

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