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Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Stud Sheep Fair, 1906

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 14

Sheephreeders will notice by referring to an advertisement in this issue that Messrs. Weaver and Perry, who have conducted sales of New South Wales study…

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Heavy Wheat Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 6

CARCOAR, Thursday.--During the past three weeks the traffic on the Blayney, Cowra, and Grenfell branch lines has been exceptionally brisk. An enormous quantity of this year's…

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Local Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 9

The wool sales, were continued at the Sydney Exchange yesterday. Buyers were well represented, and the market ruled very firm for all descriptions. The major portion of the…

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Queensland Pine for Butter Boxes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 7

"H. W. M." (Queensland) writes:—As a visitor from Queensland and having noticed in your paper the correspondence re Queensland pine for butter boxes, it appears to me…

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Australian Sheep for South Africa

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 7

The Agricultural Department of the Transvaal wanted a few Australian sheep to start a flock out there, so they voted £500 to purchase them. That…

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Berry Show. the Market for Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 7

BERRY, Thursday.--The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. S. W. Moore, officially opened the Berry Show this afternoon. He said it gave him very great pleasure to visit the district…

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Adulterated Butter. Heavy Costs. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 5

In the case against Messrs. Coopman and Young, butter dealers, of Smithfield, found guilty last week of wrongly describing as butter a mixture of butter and…

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Colonial Butter Case. Costs Against Coopman and Young

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--In the case of Coopman and Young, Smithfield merchants, charged with wrongfully describing butter, the magistrate yesterday decided to reserve…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day the market was animated, and all classes of wool sold at the highest rates of the series. Feb. 1…

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South Australia. at the Co-operative society's Dairy Farm, where the outbreak occurred. ADELAIDE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 6

The State Parliament was further prorogued to-day until February 12. James Bowen Combe was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having converted to his…

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New South Wales Wools in South Africa. to the Editor of the Sydney Wool and Stock Journal

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 18

Sir,—I have the honor, by direction, to state for your information, that the Premier and Colonial Treasurer has received a letter from the Acting Agent General for this State in…

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The Tasmanian Crops. Great Damage by Gales. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 6

Tidings from Glenorchy and the adjoining localities tell of great damage among hops and fruit plantations, the hop lines having been torn up or levelled with the ground in…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Visitors From Canada

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 7

The other day a party of 10 Canadians landed at Tasmania. Four were men, three women, and three children. The men were farmers of experience, with a considerable…

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Bush Fires. Desolation in Tasmania. Many Small Settlers Ruined. Apple Crop Damaged. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 6

The fierce gale raging on Wednesday calmed down to summer halcyon weather to-day, and the threatening bush fire calamities were temporarily averted. News of Wednesday's…

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Dairying Industry. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 7

Butter to the value of £10,800 was shipped from here last week, and that amount will be exceeded during the present week. KEMPSEY.—At the first annual meeting of…

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The Northern Rivers. South From the Macleay. Timber and Farming Country. (From Our Special Reporter.) Telegraph Point

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 5

How very little the distant country understands the city, and how surprising to the metropolitan dweller the sentiment of the country always is. The country may and…

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Farm Colony. Does Not Meet with Favour. London, Thursday, 3.30 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 1

The Local Government Board has declined to sanction the Lambeth Board guardians' scheme for a farm colony at Basingstroke, inasmuch as it is considered too…

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The Dairy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 7

GRAFTON. Thursday.--At the annual meeting of the Grafton Dairy Company the report showed that the milk received was 378.858 gallons, with an average test, of 3.8, and butter…

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Inquiries. Bots in Horses. "Farmer," Braidwood, writes:--

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 7

I have had die during the last month three horses from the Bot fly. Two of them I opened, and I found the stomach literally full of little worms, resembling somewhat a fly-blow with the exception that the worm…

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Crops with Little Rain. the "Campbell" System. Trials at Goolabah

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 7

As bearing on a recent article on what is known as the "Campbell" system of dry-farming, the Director of Agriculture hands us the following letter addressed to him by Mr. Geo…

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