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Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Dairying

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 13

The Byron Bay Butter and Bacon-Curing Factory made 240 tons of butter during the month of December, and paid for pigs and milk £25,000…

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Wool Sales

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 24

Sales Wore, hold on Tuesday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 7808 bales, and the sales, including…

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Rumoured Slump in Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 9

The price of butter was the chief topic discussed in Sussex-street yesterday, and this was largely owing to it having been reported that a London buyer here had received a…

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Local Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 9

The buyers' benches were well filled at the wool sales yesterday. The offerings included some exceptionally good greasy clips from the southern, New England, and Queensland…

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Loading Wheat at Darling Island

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 6

Work in connection with the wheat-loading was continued at Darling Island yesterday with union and non-union labor. There were five vessels being loaded, but in the afternoon the…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 7

At the wool sales to-day competition was brisk, and prices were fully maintained at the best level of the series. Jan. 31…

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Farmers and Dairymen's Milk Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 9

The sixteenth annual meeting of this company was held yesterday at Ultimo, Mr. R. Antill presiding. The report stated that the profit and loss account showed. a credit…

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Wool Sales. Animated Competition. London, Wednesday, 3 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 1

Competition at the London colonial woolsales, was animated to-day, and everything offered sold well…

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The Wheat Ships. Loading with Union Labour. Some Trade Prospects

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 6

Unionists now hold the wharves at Darling Island, and will to all appearance continue to do so for the season. There is enough of them and, to spare, for, although there is a…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Live Stock for Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 4

Japan is being seriously considered as a permanent customer for Australian live stock, and the prospects are said to be encouraging. Some small transactions were…

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Dairying Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 4

CASINO.—The sale of dairy cattle at Mr. David Youngs dairy farm, near Casino, was most successful. Every beast was sold, cows in milk bringing from £9 13s to £16 15s…

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The Sugar Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 7

Dr. Maxwell states that from the sugar growers' standpoint the season is very satisfactory, Nice nursing rains were experienced up to a week or two ago, and now the heavy…

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Freetrade Farmers in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 4

Upon asking the Victorian farmers what their opinion is about the demands of agricultural implement and machinery makers for more protection, the Tariff Commission…

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The Tariff Commission. Plain Speaking by Farmers. Opposed to High Duties

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Evidence was continued before the Tariff Commission to-day on the proposal of the manufacturers to increase the duty on agricultural implements…

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Dairying in the Suburbs

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 6

The Paddington borough inspector, in his annual report to the local council, stated at last meeting that 246 applications for registration as dairymen and milk vendors had been received…

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Sheep and Wool Sydney Wool Sales. Dalgety & Company. Limited

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 3

Excellent selling conditions have prevailed during the past week, the market haying been very firm and competition brink with fully maintained prices, notwithstanding that the…

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Cattle

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 10

1263 cattle yarded out of 1295 that had been drawn for being another heavy supply, and being divided into a large number of different lots, there being over 60 owners represented…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 9

The quantity of wool manifested to arrive at Sydney yesterday was (by rail) 531 bales…

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Mottled Butter

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 15

The New York Experimental Station, U.S.A. has issued a bulletin regarding the causes of mottled butter, in which they say:—…

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Romney Marsh Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

Early in 1894 we published an article on "Romney Marsh Sheep." by "Gossip." It gave a brief sketch of the origin of the R.M.S. and it…

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