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Farming & the land, 1907

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The local wool auctions yesterday were again animated, and competition ruled strong from a very full muster of buyers; consequently very satisfactory clearances were made…

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Local Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 9

At the opening sales of the week, two catalogues comprising 9108 bales were presented. Buyers were in usual attendance, and competition was keen throughout. No material…

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Berry Milk and Butter Tests

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 6

The milk and butter test prizes under the auspices of the Berry agricultural association have been awarded. The competition was conducted under…

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Yesterday's Sales at Flemington. Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 12

Forward 28,766, including' lambs. The quality, taken as a whale, was much better than we have had this year, there being a fair number of…

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Yesterday's Sales at Flemington. Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 4

Forward 5,450, included in which were about 700 crossbreds, the balance being ewes and wethers from medium to good trade sorts. Buyers were fully…

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Yesterday's Sales at Flemington. Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 20

Forward 4920, included in which were a few prime crossbred wethers, the balance being ewes and wethers, medium to good quality being about…

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Wheat Going to Victoria

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 23

A wire from Berrigan says:—Wheat-buying operations are considerably hampered here, owing to a great scarcity of trucks. Up to date only…

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Wheat and Flour Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 9

Overson shipments of breadstuffs from the port of Sydney for the week ended January 36, according to the Customs-house returns, wero 700,967 bushels of wheat and 6512…

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Result of Wheat Experiments

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 23

In the annual report of the Director of Agriculture, just issued, Mr. George L. Sutton, government wheat experimentalist, who took up the work of the…

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Co-operative Society and Butter Commission

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 22

Sir William McMillan presided on Friday at an extraordinary meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Society, Limited. The object of the…

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Wool. Dalgety & Company. Ltd

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 20

Sales for this week opened yesterday with a keen and excited market, all descriptions selling well at prices fully up to lately reported rates…

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To-day's Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 9

Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Limited, will offer this day, at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, at 3 p.m., 3421 sales wool.—Advt…

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Sales of British Breeds of Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 5

For several years past sales of sheep of these breeds, i.e., Lincolns, Leicesters, Romney Marsh, Shropshire and Southdown, have been held at the end…

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Homebush Stock Market. Yesterday's Balls Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 9

About 5016 sheep and lambs were penned at yesterday's sales, from 22 consignors. The cheep comprised a larger proportion of medium and light merino wethers and ewes than for a very long while past…

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Melbourne, Wool Sales. Mllbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 9

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report:—We held our fourteenth sale of the season to-day, offering a reprcsentative catalogue of 4600 bales. The attendance of buyers was large, and competition animated. Values…

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London Market Cables. Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 9

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited, report having received from Messrs. Sanderson, Murray, and Co., the following cable:—"Scoured merine superier market advanced 5 per cent."…

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Wool. Harrison, Jones & DEVLIN. Ltd

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 12

At our sale on Wednesday we submitted a catalogue of 4,233 bales. The selection was comprised principally of wool in the greasy state, with a…

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London Wool Sales. Spirited Competition

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.—At the wool sales this evening there was spirited competition. Prices for low crossbreds are recovering…

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The F.a.q. Wheat Standard

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 23

Tho announcement that the Chamber of Commerce has fixed the wheat standard for the season at 62¼ lbs. is one of serious importance to every grower of wheat, because it affects the price he receives for his crop…

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