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Farming & the land, 1907

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Wheat Afloat

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday, 6.30 p.m.—The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,825,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 1,270,600 quarters. The Shipments of…

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Australia's Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 19

Last season (1905-6) the Commonwealth produced 68,520,772 bushels of wheat. Of that quantity the yielding from New South Wales amounted to 20,737,200 bushels, leaving 47,683,572 bushels as the production of the remainder of Australia. The yield from New…

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Pastoral. the Meat Slaughtering Trouble

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 6

Thanks to the forbearance of the master butchers and commonsense of the representatives of the Slaughtermen's Union a very acute crisis in the meat trade has been…

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Wheat in the Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 7

The wheat stacked on railway, premises totals 42,151 bags, compared with 49,002 bags a week before. The wheat was last week stored as follows: Lockhart 280 bags, Henty…

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Rural Topics. Wheat Areas

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 8

The districts around Wellington and westwards towards Trangie on the Great Western Railway line produce large quantities of wheat. Narromine is a great…

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Monetary and Commercial. Financial. Australia Pastoral Companies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 13

Several of the Australian land companies have now published their reports for the year ended June 30 last, and the improvement in earnings which is very generally…

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PASTORAL. The Season in New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 9

Our correspondents continue to furnish satisfactory reports regarding the harvesting, which is now in full swing in many parts of New South Wales. The yields of wheat general…

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Wool for Exhibition Purposes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 6

No wool lends itself better to attractive display than the Australian fine-wool merino. Yet no commercial article receives less attention from the show point of view…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Chaff Versus Wheat. a Neglected Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 5

In an article in these columns recently reference was made to the somewhat careless methods which govern our hay-making industry. A considerable quantity of crops are…

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The Bonchamps to Load Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 10

Early this morning the French barque Bonchamps will be berthed at Darling Island to load wheat on behalf of Messrs Nelson and Robertson for the United Kingdom…

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Large Wool Shipment. the Japanese Mail

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 7

Messrs. Barns, Philp, and Company, Limited, managing agents for Nippon Yusen Kaisha will dispatch the steamer Nikko Maru from the east side of Circular Quay at noon to-morrow for…

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Effect of Wet Seasons on Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 6

The question of the effect of wet seasons on wool was raised recently in the press by a wool grower, and replied to by another. The discussion was interesting because it opened…

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At Harvest Time in the Wheat Fields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 30

On the End of the End of the Crop. A Stripper at Work…

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Wheat Shipments London, Tuesday, 6.30 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 1

The quantity of wheat afloat is 1,825,000 quarters for the United Kingdom, and 1,270,000 quarters for the Continent. The shipments from Atlantic ports last…

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South Australia. a Good Wool Season. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 9

The 1906 wool season was the best recorded for many years. Altogether 109,523 bales were offered for sale, and 103,059 sold. These figures represent an increase of 20,000 bales…

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Farm and Dairy. Farm Notes for January

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 6

The exceptionally fine rains that fell throughout tht State during December will keep all vegetation growing, so much so that farm produce will begin to be actually a drug on the…

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To-day's Commercial. a Late Wheat Harvest. Especially in Riverina

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 5

Advices from several of the N.S.W. wheat areas confirm the news that the yield will be patchy there as to quantity and quality, and much of the hay is weather-stained from…

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The Golden Grain Progress of Wheat-Growing. in New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 23

It is interesting at a time like this, when not only New South Wales, but the whole of Australia, is engaged in harvesting the most important of her annual grain crops, to glance…

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Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 5

GUNDAGAI.—Stripping is now general. The wheat crop is very disappointing, owing to the excessive rainfall in the last few months. Some paddocks which averaged eight bags…

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Agricultural and Dairying. Looking Backwards

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 8

The year just closed has, generally speaking, been a prosperous one to New South Wales agriculturists. The rainfall has been more generous towards the inland…

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