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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

Farmers and Settlers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 7

DUBBO.—The Eulomogo Farmers and Settlers' Association has decided to write to the Railway Commissioners in reference to the extension of the loading bank, also to urge…

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The Soil Settlement and Production. the Jersey. As A' Dairy Cow. 'A Breeder 'And His Methods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 7

NOWRA, Monday.--If it is a good thing to have difference of opinion oven in the matter of cattle, then should the South Coast bo happy. In this, the pioneer dairying district, the…

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City Lads on Farms. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 7

Sir,--In answer to Messrs. Sage and Co.'S letter in your issue of February 16, I desire, on behalf of the Immigration League, to state emphatically that we do not in any sense carry…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. the N.s.w. Wool Clip

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 466

Although the public sales of wool in the Commonwealth do not close until June 30, the end of January generally sees all the clips landed in the various metropolis and shipping ports…

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Sheep for the Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 14

South Australian Farmers were the first to take up the combined system of seed and manure drilling, and they have been equally ahead in adopting the sheep…

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Our Butter. in London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 8

The London butter market has not regained any of its lost strength, and according to a private cable message which was received by a large shipper yesterday, prices are likely to go…

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Market Reports. Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 8

The past week has marked a much easier tendency in regard to wheat, and buyers are very divided in their respective ideas of present actual value;…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 474

After, an interval of four weeks the Melbourne wool sales were continued to-day. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, submitted a catalogue…

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The First Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 8

Captain Charles, M.L.C., told a gathering at Woollahra last night that he took credit to himself as being the first mail to export butter from the State of New Souh Wales, or send it…

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Those Splendid Wheat Lands

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 12

Our readers are reminded of the approaching sale of the Mimosa Estate subdivision, by Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery. The terms and conditions offered…

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Prolongation of Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 11

It is not at all unlikely that some attempt will be made before the opening of the next wool season to have the selling season prolonged beyond what has been the case in the…

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Vegetable Matter in Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 25

The Bradford Chamber of Commerce has issued the following circular:— This matter has recently been considered at several meetings of the spinners,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 11

After an interval of four weeks the Melbourne wool sales were continued to-day. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., submitted a catalogue comprising some 1200 bales, including a…

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The Rural Voice. Rabbits V. Sheep. a Rejoinder

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 11

To the Editor.--I am glad to note that Mr. Bonn acknowledges thai "no sane man could hold a brief for rabbits as against sheep." This reduces the area of discussion to the questions…

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Commercial. the Wool Trade. Tuesday Evening

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 474

The weekly series of wool sales which have been held in Sydney since the commencement of the current season were brought to an end on the 14th inst., when the upward…

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Wheat Shipments. London, Tuesday, 5.35 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 1

The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,550,000 quarters, while the quantity afloat for the Continent is 1,750,000 quarters…

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Wheat in the Hay District. a Serious Handicap

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 8

A wire from Hay says :—A large quantity of wheat is being despatched this season from the Carrathool railway station, nearly the whole of which is being…

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Rural Topics. Victorian Rural Notes. the Butter Trade and Starving Stock

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 25

The season's butter export is commencing to show a tendency to decline in Victoria at the present time, and the quantity sent away from the Government Freezing Works during the third…

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Closer Settlement. Dairy Farms In the Illawarra District

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 12

Mr. A. Armstrong, the well-known land agent, announces that he has some choice dairy farms in the Illawarra district for disposal. He is also prepared to treat…

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The Black Soil Plains. Around Narrabri. a Magnificent District. Advent of Dairy Farming. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 7

After travelling through the parched Upper Hunter, a few days around Narrabri are very refreshing, and at the same time quite sufficient to convince one that wealth untold for…

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