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Farming & the land, 1906

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Our Dairying Industy. Speech by Mr. Moore at Berry

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 11

The Minister for Mines and Agricuture (Mr. W. S. Moore) in officially opening the Berry Show last week, said that the production of butter in this State during the last 10 years had…

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Smaller Wheat Bags

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 9

The suggestion made by an exporter in this column yesterday that the size of the cornsacks now used for wheat might be reduced in length from 44 to about 33 inches, thus…

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Wheat Trucking Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 5

GOULBURN.—On Monday last on the railway section between Harden and Albury, inclusive, but excluding the Cowra branch lines, 25,500 bags of wheat were loaded, needing 478…

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London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 7

LONDON, January 5.--I am glad to be able to report, an improvement in the tone of the wool markets generally this past few days, although it has not yet affected prices…

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Local Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 9

There was a large attendance of buyers at the Sydney wool sales yesterday, and bidding was keen and general. The offerings comprised a few superior wools, but the bulk was…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 3

Two fair-sized catalogues, covering 6810 bales, were offered yesterday—Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Company being responsible for 3700, and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company,…

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Cowra Wheat Experiments. Protest Against Discontinuance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 5

COWRA.—A meeting of the Progress Association discussed the question of the cessation of experiments in wheat cultivation at the Experimental Farm this year, it being…

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Wheat Vessel Aground. in Hobson's Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Norwegian barque Kreimhildt, with a cargo of wheat on board for South Africa, was towed out of Geelong to-day by the tug Racor…

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London Wool Market. London, January 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 9

The year has commenced with a very cheerful tone in the raw material branch. Merinos are steady, but as yet without any great amount of business passing. That may be accounted for by the recent holidays…

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The Land Act. Wheat-growing Blocks at Urana

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 6

During the last session of Parliament Mr. Ashton, it will be recalled, got an Amending Land Act passed through Parliament. This measure gave more liberal conditions to…

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Shocking Cruelty. by Russian Peasants. Cattle Maimed and Killed. Horses Set on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The peasants in the Kherson district (Russia) have destroyed mansions and killed and maimed cattle…

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Russia's Troubles. Outrages by Peasants. Cruelty to Horses and Cattle. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 7

Extraordinary excesses by peasants have occurred in the Kherson district. The people destroyed a number of mansions, and killed and maimed cattle. In one…

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The Dairy Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 7

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Logan Farmers' Industrial Association at Beenleigh to-night. Mr. Denham expressed the belief that Queensland in a few years will be the…

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Dairying Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 5

DUNGOG.—In the month ended Jan. 27 30,454lb of first-class, and 3[?]0lb of second-class butter were manufactured at the Dungog Cooperative Butter Factory, top Sydney prices…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Round About Campbelltown. a District's Luck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 5

The old district of which Campbelltown is the centre has had many ups and downs. Long ago its undulating areas used to be covered with wheat, and the consequence of…

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Boys on Farms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 6

Something has been done in tentative and spasmodic fashion to encourage boys to abandon city life and employment in offices for more strenuous and healthier…

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Lads for Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 4

Mr. E. Scott-Mackenzie, hon. secretary of the Immigration League of Australia, writes: "If the league did nothing else, it would justify its existence by the work it is doing in sending city…

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The Tariff. Farmers and Protection. British Election Lessons. Preferential Movement. Thinly-disguised Design to Raise Duties. the Reid-deakin Controversy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Mr. Reid arrived in Melbourne by the Ophir this evening. In an interview, he said: "The result of the British elections must be a bitter pill to the…

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Sheep Poisoned by Weeds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 5

The first sheep to return to the Winton district by train arrived yesterday, when 7000 Elderslie sheep arrived from Charlotte Plains. The sheep met with a disaster shortly after…

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Country Wheat Loadings

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

The railway department is being severely taxed to find trucks for the rush of wheat coming forward from the farms. Last week 227,411 bags were loaded in the country, against 236,454 bags during the…

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