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Farming & the land, 1906

7,572 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

Warwick Farm Weights

The Australian Star · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 5

Weights for Saturday's meeting of the Warwick Farm Racing Club will be issued to-morrow…

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Brush Farm Reformatory. Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Pounds Claimed. As Compensation for Resumption

The Australian Star · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 5

The resumption of Brush Farm, Eastwood, for a reformatory for boys formed the subject of an action in No. 1 Jury Court this morning before Mr. Acting-Justice Sly and a…

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The Soil. Settlement and Production. a District with a Future. Fodder. Crops and Pasture. Darling Pea As a Subdivided. Iv

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 7

Any district that will grow lucerne extensively is sure of its capacity to carry settlement, and this is the happy position of invorell. Both the black and the chocolate soil grow it…

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Cattle

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 7

845 cattle were yarded, while 774 hnd been drawn for, being a short supply, and consisting of all descriptions, a fair number being good useful trade quality…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

Sheepskins—A very excited market ruled last Friday and prices were very firmly maintained on a high level. Shippers were very eager for/supplies and…

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Methodist Conference. Pastoral Session

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 7

A pastoral session of the Methodist Conference was hold yesterday morning, the President (Rev. J. G. Morris Taylor) in the chair. Attention was called to the omission of the…

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Wheat. RECEIPTS

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 4

The total bags of wheat received at Darling Harbour, Sydney Goods, Newtown, and Clyde, from July 1, 1905, to Mar. 13,…

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London Produce Notes. Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 7

LONDON, February 9.--There has been a further serious set -back in the butter market, and prices, far colonial arc now about 6s less than they were a fortnight ago. This sudden drop…

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London Wool Market. Two Late Wool Magnates

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 7

LONDON, February 9.--Before proceeding to the consideration of the week's transactions, I should like to express one word of kindly appreciation of two captains of the wool industry…

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Wheat and Flour Exports

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

The wheat shipments from Sydney since March 1 totalled 51, 975 bags, representing 213,097 bushels. Particulars were:—St. Louis 804 bags to Noumea; Mongolia, 3625 bags to London; Pacifique, 25 bags to…

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Shipping the Wheat Surplus

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

Australia has exported from the beginning of December the equivelent to about 16 million bushels wheat. Assuming that the latest estimates of the crop are realfsed, viz., 68 million…

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Homebush Stock Market. Yesterday's Sales. Sheep

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

About 4137 sheep and lambs were penned at yesterday's sales from 14 consignors The sheep comprised a larger proportion of merine ewea than of [?] and the gencral average quality of both wethers and ewca was…

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Cattle Drowned Crossing a Creek. Casino

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

Mr. Frank M'Namara, grazier, while crossing 100 bullocks over Sandy Creek, had 21 drowned. The water was over the bridge, and some of the cattle plunged over the top…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle. Reported Important Discovery. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 3

"Tuberculosis in cattle and its possible cure by recent discoveries of Professor von Behring at Berlin" is the subject of a communication by the Agent-General to the Minister…

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London Wool Market. London, Feb. 9

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

The periodical sales of colonial sheepskins were held yesterday, when 4000 bales were offered to public competition. The attendance was large, and biddings were made with spirit, resulting in nearly…

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Australian Produce. Continued Fall in Butter. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 3

When once butter begins to fall in price at the end of January it is difficult to stop the tendency. Accordingly the movement which set in three weeks ago has continued, and has…

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Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Monday, March 12th, 1906. SHEEP

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 7

4137 sheep and lambs were forward out of 4200 that had been drawn for being the shortest supply for a considerable time past, and comprising a…

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The Wool Trade. New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

Wool.—The demand for wool continues extremely brisk, but the market is very bare of supplies the only sources from which wool is available being the local fellmongers. Sales will be…

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Summary. for European Mail. Wool. SEASON 1905-6. SYDNEY, March 18th, 1906

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 4

Since July 1 the total quantity of wool exported from Sydney and Newcastle Amounted to 677,031 Bales, being an increase of 122,770 bales compared…

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British Land Tenure. Security for Tenant Farmers

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Monday, 2.50 p.m.—The land Tenure Bill, introduced by Mr. Agar-Robartes, member (Liberal) for Bodmin Division of Cornwall, has been read a second…

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