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Farming & the land, 1907

7,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Local, Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 9

At the opening sales of the week two catalogues, totalling 7936 bales, were presented. Buyers were in usual attendance, and competition was excited throughout. The market…

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Carriage of Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 8

PENRITH, Monday.--Messrs. Magrath Bros., wool scourers, of 'Emu Plains, have for some time past had their wool conveyed to and from the metropolis by traction engine, owing to the…

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Victorian Butter Export. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 3

During the week ended Friday last 641 tons of butter, valued at £67,305, were exported to places beyond Australia. Of this, 618½ tons went to Great Britain, and 22½ tons to Eastern…

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Homebush Stock Market. Yesterday's Sales. Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 9

Only 4921 sheep Were penned at yesterday's sales, from 10 consignois. Of the penmngs, one draft of 2030 head (chiefly carly-shorb wethers) was forward from Queensland. The sheep in mainly comprised good,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 9

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., held their fifteenth sale of the season to-day, offering a good catalogue of 4500 bales. There was a large attendance of buyers and keen competition at the highest rates of the…

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Wool Season the Season's Figures

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 7

The wool season has practically concluded, and only small quantities continue to arrive. Last week [?] bales were received at Darling Harbour and Newcastle from inland…

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Victoria. the Wool Market. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 5

The wool market to-day was very firm and buoyant, and large and representative catalogues were almost cleared at prices equal to the highest rates of the season…

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The Soil Settlement and Production. Tuberculosis in Cattle. the British Commission's Finding. Behring's "Bovovaccine."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 9

The finding of the English Royal Commission that tuberculous infection can be conveyed alike from man to animal and from animal to man, is no doubt based upon ample evidence--the…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Good Seasons in the West. Prospects of the Future

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 3

The out-back country of New South Wales, though not by any means so permanently profitable for occupation as the Central and Eastorn Divisions, is decidedly the most…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 3

GRAFTON.—At the annual meeting of the Palmer's Island Dairy Company the balancesheet showed an income of £9226, payments for cream £7171, and for milk £279…

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Pastoral Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 323

It is noteworthy that the quantity of wool disposed of up to date for this season by all the selling brokers is 24,218 bales less than was sold for the same period last year, the…

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Pastoral. the Shipping of Pastoral Products

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 322

Anyone who lias studied our pastoral products-export trade for the past two years must be struck with the great development during that period as compared with the…

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Our Butter Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 11

Butter shipments from Sydney last week totalled 24,963 boxes, against 11,144 boxes in the previous week. Of this total 24,718 boxes were exported to the United Kingdom, 100…

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Wheat Afloat

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,280,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 1,260,000 quarters. The shipments of…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 9

The selection at to-day's wool sales was large and attractive. Competition was exceedingly brisk, and prices equal to the highest rates of the season…

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The Fat-Tailed Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 26

The subject of the above little picture forms one of the valuable collection of animals in the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, and belongs to the best of the various breeds of sheep to be…

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Sheep on the Tweed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 6

MURWILLUMBAH.—Mr. A. Ness, of North Arm, recently sold a number of locally-bred sheep to a butcher at good prices. The mutton turned out excellent, the sheep averaging…

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Local Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 11

The local wool sales were continued at the Royal Exchange yesterday afternoon, when two catalogues, totalling 9272 bales, were submitted. Buyers were in strong…

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Australasian Wool Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 11

The exports of wool from Australasian ports up to the end of last month show an Increase of 93,472 bales compared with those for the corresponding period last year From New…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 11

Sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9258 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted to 8321 bales, as under:…

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