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Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

The Wollongong Show. Cattle and Draught Horses. Root Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--The Wollongong A.H.I. Society's Show wa[?] again well patronised on the closing day. Altogether it has been most successful. Looking back over the lists, few…

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Co-operative Butter Marketing. Meeting of South Coast Directors. Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 5

A special meeting of the Southern Districts' Co-operative Factories Directors' Association was held in the School of Arts this afternoon, Mr. T. J. Kelly, chairman of the Bega…

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To-day's Commercial. Wheat Steady. Effects of Dry Weather

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 3

Private cable advices indicate 31s to 31s 1½d per 480lb c.i.f., for N.S.W. wheat cargoes for February shipment; and 31s l½d to 31s 3d for Victorian and South Australian…

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Farmer Drowned

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 3

PAMBULA, Monday.— William Armstrong, a farmer, of Greig's Falt, Pambula, was washed off the rocks at Leonard's Island, near Eden, while fishing, and drowned…

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Warwick Farm Races Weights for Saturday. Comments on the Handicaps

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 4

Mr. J. Daly to-day issued the weights for the meeting to be held at Warwick Farm on Saturday. In framing his handicaps for the Hurdle Race, he has placed La[?]lan at the head of the…

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Dairy Produce in Southern Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 5

The payments for cream in January by the butter factories of Southern Queensland amounted to £140,800, and for milk by cream factories to £10,000…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 5

BEGA.—The output of the Bega Co-operative Creamery Company, Limited, for the month ended January 31, was 148,5211b, or over 66 tons, which realised a gross sum of£7084…

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Queensland Banana Crop. a Serious Outlook. Townsville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 7

Mr. E. Aldous, manager of Howard, Smith and Company, who returned yesterday from visit to the northern ports said during the course of an interview, that the banana…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Prepotency of the Sire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 5

In accepting, too literally, the theory that the dam stamps her individuality upon her progeny more vividly than the sire transmits his characteristics, breeders are apt to…

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The Rural Voice. Pupils for Farms

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 7

To the Editor.--Since the inception of the Immigration League of Australia, an important and growing branch of the work has been the placing of youths with farmers throughout the…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 9

The quantity of wool manifested to arrive at Sydney yesterday was:--By rail 419 baled…

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Local Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 9

The wool sales were continued at the Sydney Exchange yesterday, when three catalogues, comprising 2825 bales, were submitted. Buyers were in good attendance, and a strong…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 3

Three catalogues were offered at the wool auction yesterday. co[?]ering 2806 bales—Messrs. Harrison, jones, and Devlin, Limited. 966; Dalgety and Company Limited 694, and the Pastoral. Finance…

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Australian Produce in England. Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 7

LONDON, January 12.--After a long period of firmness the butter market has this week shown some signs of giving way, but the movement is not serious, and though one or two weak…

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Wheat and Floor Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 9

The wheat shipments from Sydney last week totalled 30,183 bags, representing 123,750 bushels. Details were:—St. Louis, 813 bags, to Noumea; Harold, 19,564 bags, to Falmouth; and Tropic, 9800 bags, to…

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English Butter Market. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 5

Mr. W. P. Reeves, the High Commissioner in London, cables that the butter market is steady, and the demand improving. Prospects are rather more encouraging. The…

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London Wool Market. Antwerp Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 7

LONDON, January 12.--Two small public sales of River Plato wool, held in Antwerp and Liverpool, about sum up the proceedings of the week, owing to the absorption of the trade in…

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London Wool Market. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 9

The programme for the opening series for the year of the London colonial wool auctions have been distributed. The sales commence January 16, and are to…

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Complaints From the East. Short Weight of Wheat and Damaged Flour

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 9

In discussing the prospects of trade in wheat and flour between Australia and Japan, Mr. J. B. Suitor, in his latest report, wrote that he had every reason to expect large importations…

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Farmer and Company's Expanding Business

Evening News · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 8

The alterations and additions rendered necessary by the expansion of the business of Farmer and Company, Limited, have now been completed The new George-street shop is a…

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