The Bush Fires. the Damage to Crops. Covered by Insurance. Mutual Assistance and Self-help
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 5
Among the communications received by the Inspector-General of Police regarding the bush fires is one from a constable, in which he states that great damage to crops had been done in a…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 15
Our wheat crop is rapidly being transferred from the fields to the country railway stations. From the beginning of December to last Saturday nearly 5,000,000 bushels, or about 25…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Albion Park Butter Factory
The Mosman Mail · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 4
One of the most Up-to-date Factories in the Slate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "Slump" in Butter
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 15
Australian butter, our cables inform us, has slumped 4s per cwt. during the week, making a fall of 6s during the fortnight. This is attributed to the sale of margarine…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 10
Up to the present, 1905-6 has been a record year for Victoria in the shipments of wheat. According to a rough estimate, based on present indications, the exports from William[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →London Wool Market
The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 11
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, report having receiver the following cable from their London office dated 1st Inst.;--"Wool market shows…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 15
Also in Evening News
Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from their London house, under date of February 1:—"The first series of wool Sales, which opened on the 16th ult., terminated…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 7
Although the season is far advanced, and a rather large percentage of faulty wools and lots that have previously been offered have appeared in the catalogues, the local wool…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Melbourne Wheat Receipts. Melbourne, Frday
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 15
The number of bags of wheat which arrived at [?] Hamstown during December and January was 854,333, containing 3,639,916 bushels.Of this quantity 533,281 bags were experted by sailing vessels and 181,728 bags…
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The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 1
Two sailing vessels, the Queen Elizabeth arid the Lord Shaftesbury, sail for Falmouth together on Monday. It Is understood that the vessels are to engage each other in spin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Market. London, Thursday, 2.5 a.m
The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 7
The wheat markets are dull owing to the apprehension of heavy, shipments from the Argentine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Care of Milk
Liverpool Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 10
MILK should be drawn from the cows in the most cleanly manner, in tin pails, and strained through a wire cloth str[?]iner, and the milking should be done…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →London Market Cables. Wheat Markets Dull. London, Feb. 2
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 15
The wheat markets are dull, owing to apprehension of heavy shipments from the Argentine. The Continental markets have closed lower. Germany is still importing largely…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Wool Sales. Extraordinary Demand for Merinos. London, Feb. 1
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 13
The wool sales closed to-day, with prices firm and without change. Feb. 2. At the wool sales yesterday prices realised…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Farming in America
The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 10
THE wealth produced on the farms of the United States in 1905 reached the highest amount ever attained in America or any other country…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rural Industries Bound Sydney. Iv.—farming Bees
Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 9
"There is no fortune in bees, only a fair living to one who understands the business." This is the opinion of Mr. Abrams, whose experience dates 25 years' back in N.S.W., and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On the Land. Farm and Station. an Illawarra Holiday. the Berry Show
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 7
The general roll-up to a district show in any part of the country is very interesting. An immutable, if unwritten, rule dictates that every able-bodied member of every household…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairying Industry
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 7
DAPTO.—The annual meeting of the Dapto Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., was held on Thursday night, Mr. Evan R. Evans, chairman of directors, presiding. The report…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer's Daughter. Why Not Her Instruction?
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 11
Recently our school-masters have undergone a certain amount of coaching at the Hawkesbury College, and the note of congratulation is general at the many opportunities now being…
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