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Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Disease Among Cattle. Bulahdelah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 12

A large number of cattle, principally working bullocks, have died of a disease which is unknown hero. They stiffen in the back and joints, and then keep twisting round and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. the Parliamentary Land Agent

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 402

One of the motions passed at the Political Labour League's Conference was that land agents' fees should be regulated and made subject to taxation, and that members of…

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WOOL. Weekly Review. Sydney, Tuesday

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 15

Last week's local wool sales were characterised by great firmness throughout, every class of wool eliciting strong competition, and the size of the catalogues being on a reduced scale, and the number…

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The Grazier. Belittling Colonial Wool Sales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 403

For years past the London woolbrokers have been at their wits' end how to stay the gradual increasing sales of wool in Australia and New Zealand, which was having a serious effect…

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To-day's Commercial. Set-back in Wheat. Lucerne Dearer

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 3

As a general rule, quite a number of wheat Ships are berthed at Darling Island, in the height of the N.S.W. season, but this February is a great exception. It is impossible, on…

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The Produce Markets. Tuesday Evening. a Quiet Week in Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 410

The past week has been the dullest of the season as far as wheat business is concerned. In consequence of London cables announcing that 31s per 4801b c.i.f. was about the best…

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Yorkshire Wool Letter. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 12

Since I last wrote the market has risen triumphant over the spell of depression which seemed to have come over everybody, and the two or three firms which were engaged upon…

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Rural Topics. Victorian Rural Notes. Wheat and Oat Growing Experiments in Victoria

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 25

The crop growing experiments that were conducted by the Agricultural Department last year at a cost of about £4000 have afforded a large quantity of valuable information upon the…

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Our London Wool Letter. the "Bear" Move Off—confidence Again Established—bradford's Big American Trade During 1905—Some Big Shipments of Textiles and Wool. (From Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON, January 5, 1906

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 15

The holidays are over, and men have got back to business, evidently determined not to play with matters, an air of briskness characterising the situation which is suggestive of a good time coming. Bradford…

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Our Wool Clip. a Magnificent Season. Increased Production and High Values. Some of the Year's Features

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 10

With the termination of the large weekly auction sales this weak the wool season for 1905-6 is to all intents and purposes brought to a close. All the vast quantities that, ever…

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Phosphorous and Bush Fires. To the Editor, the "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 16

Sir,—In view of the increasing prevalence of bush fires over most of this State and Victoria, it is well to have some regard to the oft-repeated assertion…

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Man's Dominion Over the Dairy Cow

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 6

We are told in a book of very ancient origin that man was given dominion over the animal kingdom. Installed, therefore by his Creator as the monarch of the…

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A Simple Trap. To the Editor "The Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 16

Sir,—I ask space to suggest to landholders in the rabbit-infested districts that they might with advantage use their cultivated land—when enclosed in a…

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The Policy of "The Farmer and Settler

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 5

The following resolutions, which were passed at the last Annual Conference, form the basis of this Journal's policy. It is our grea task to further advocate…

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Some Topical Verse. the Farmer and Settler.'

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 4

Go with a mission of truth and right Into the homes and the haunts of men; Give them cheer in their ceaseless fight—Bid them rise to their toil again…

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Wire Netting for Farmers. Important to Branches

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 8

The following circular has been forwarded to each of the Branch Secretaries in the State:—Sydney, 12th Feb. 1906…

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Farmers' Electoral Conference

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 7

This Conference is (says "Cootamundra Hrald") proposed to be held in Cootamundra shortly, and the Farmers' and Settlers' Committee are to be…

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Abolition of Interest. To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 11

Sir,—The subject of the abolition of interest has been before the public of this country for many years. Many and varied have been the opinions expressed in…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Western District Council Meeting

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 11

This meeting is to be held at Dubbo on Wednesday, 21st instant. It is a departure that will receive the close attention of branches of the Association…

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Useful to Farmers-and Free

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 8

One of the oldest firms of farm implement manufacturers in our own country is Nicholson and Morrow, of Carlton, Victoria. To peruse one of their…

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