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Farming & the land, 1907

7,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Escaped From Brush Farm

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 1

A [?]ad, 18 years of age, named George Hon[?], pleaded guilty at the Water Police Court this morning to a charge of stealing a teapot, and two knives, valued at £2, the…

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Dairy Industry.'

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 7

BELLINGEN, Saturday.--A very successful sale of cattle is proceeding now. The stock are the property of Mr. F. Kidd, son of Mr. John Kidd, the late Minister. Messrs. Hindmarsh and…

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Sheep-breeding on the Crop Farm. Valuable Information by the Manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 1

In the wheat-growing districts the farmers have learned the value of sheep upon the farm. Sheep and wheat fit admirably into the up-to-date…

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Produce Notes. Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 9

LONDON, December 14.--Thanks to small supplies the butter market has been able to make some slight, recovery from the startling collapse of a fortnight ago, and prices are now…

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Government Sheep Experiments

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 9

At the Glen Innes farm one of the chief features of the work carried on is experimenting in the cross breeding of sheep for the raising of lambs for the…

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Spanish Wheat Growers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 11

Spanish agriculturists recently organised a deputation to the King of Spain to petition against importations of wheat during this season. It was…

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Wheat for Export

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 11

On Thursday there were four ships alongside the wharf at Darling Harbor, loading wheat, and three others waiting to load. The same morning one…

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The Wheat Yield

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 11

The official estimate of the wheat yield is now put clown at 24,034,000 bushels, an average of 12.22 bushels per acre. This return ranks next to…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 6

The Sydney wool actions were continued yesterday, at the Royal Exchange, Bridge-street, when two big catalogues, covering 10,457 bales, were offered— Messrs. Harrison, Jones,…

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Local Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 9

At the opening sales of the week two large catalogues, totalling 10,457 bales, were presented. Buyers were in usual attendance, and competition was excited throughout…

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Japan's Wool Trade

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 5

Sir James Fairfax, who has been on a trip to China, Japan, and the Philippines, said in the course nf an interview that business seemed brisk in…

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Phenomenal Wool Prices

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

Priced catalogues just received from London show that on December 3 last the TG over Avon Downs clip was sold at 2s 5d per lb for 35…

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Rain and the Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

INVERELL.—Great damage has been done to the wheat crops by the late rains, which extended from Wednesday night up to Sunday, the total fall being 276 points. Where…

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The Wheat Season. Record Arrivals

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 7

The arrivals of new season's wheat continue to come forward in large quantities. At Darling Island last week 164,168 bags arrived from country stations. This is an…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 9

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., to-day offered a large and attractive catalogue of 3000 bales greasy and [?] bales scoured. The latter made a fine show. The selection included wool from every State in the…

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Wool Season. the Season's Figures

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 6

The wool arrivals from the country stations to the shipping ports, Darling Harbour and Newcastle, last week amounted to 12,244 .boles, an increase of 6845 bales as compared…

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Pitt, Son and Badgery in Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 11

When Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery went into leather some twelve months ago, there were not wanting friends to prophesy that the venture…

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Australian Produce. London, Dec. 4. the Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

The depressed tone which prevailed in the butter market when I last wrote developed into a slump for a week, and prospects appeared anything but bright for the colonial…

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Butter Shippers' Enterprise. Steamers Fitted with Wireless Telegraphy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--All the Danish steamers carrying butter are fitted with the wireless telegraphic apparatus, so that they can notify the time at which the…

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P. and O. Company. Loss in Butter Freights

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 8

In moving the adoption of the report of the directors of the P. and O. Company at the sixty-sixth ordinary meeting of shareholders held at London on December 11, Sir Thomas…

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