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Farming & the land, 1908

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Monaro Fruit Crop Fails

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 4

COOMA.—The Monaro fruit crops this season are generally a failure. There are very few apricots and other stone fruits. The failure is accounted for by the dry year and the late…

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The Price of Milk. St. George Dairymen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 4

"Public" writes re the meeting of St. George dairymen as an old dairyman, and now a produce merchant:—Fivepence is received by Sydney dairymen in some cases, but in others to…

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Stations and Farms for Sale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 6

Classified advertisements under this heading will be found on page 2…

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Outbreak of Anthrax. Young Farmer a Victim. Dies in Great Agony. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

An outbreak of anthrax among dairy cattle is reported from Hillsborough, about tea miles from West Maitland. Unfortunately the disease was communicated to a young…

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Cattle and Sheep Dog Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Cattle, and Sheep Dog Club of Australia was held at the Lord Jersey Hotel. Castlereagh-street on Saturday. The following report was presented and…

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The Kennel. Cattle and Sheep Dog Club

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 135

The annual meeting of the Cattle and Sheep Dog Club of Australia was held at the Lord Jersey Hotel, Castlereagh-street, on Saturday The following report was presented and…

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World's Wheat Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 11

Last July (says "Becrbohm's of December 13) we gave our usual estimate of the probable world's wheat production for 3007 the total being 388,750 OOOqr; later and fuller knowledge shows the probable total to be…

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The Wheat Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 6

In another column will be found the official wheat estimate for this season. The estimate given is 8,686,500 bushels, or an average of 6.2 bushels. An estimate made by…

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Queensland Butter Exports

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 11

The Yongala, which left Brisbane yesterday for Melbourne, took 40 boxes of butter for the A.N.A Exhibition. Most of it will compete for the butter championship of Australia. Large…

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Dual Purpose Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 34

There is no doubt a strong element of truth in the contention that if it is desired to attain pre-eminence in the production of either beef or milk, there must be a concentration of effort…

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Sydney Sheep Show

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 9

The schedule of prizes to, be offered at the fourteenth annual show of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association, to be held on June 24, 25, 26, and 27, has been issued, and…

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Pastoral. an Old Cry Repeated

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 138

The fact that the north and a large area of the north-west are revelling in forage of all kinds, whilst the majority of the southern districts are in the midst of a big drought, is…

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Queensland's Record Butter Shipment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 6

BRISBANE.—For the week ended January 14, 10,241 boxes of butter were graded and stamped by the Government Inspectors. The net value of this…

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A London Cattle Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 6

Our London correspondent, writing on December 13, says:—The annual cattle show of the Smithfield Club has been held at the Agricultural Hall this week. The Agricultural…

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The Cattle-straying Nuisance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 10

In some of the municipalities in the metropolitan area there are large tracts of unfenced and unoccupied lands over which cattle and horses roam at will so far as their owners are concerned. In the public interest several…

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The Victorian Wheat Crop. Views of a Grain Buyer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 6

A very well-informed grain buyer, who operates at the Numurkah district, gives it as his opinion that the output of wheat from the Victorian farms this season, and consequently the…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 6
Also in Daily Commercial News and Shipping List, The Sydney Morning Herald

A cable message has been received by Dalgety and Company, Limited, from their London house, under date of 13th instant, notifying that the list of arrivals for the .first series of…

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A Dual Wheat Standard

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 18

Some of the New South Wales millers, while waiting for the wheat standard for the current cereal year to be fixed by the grain section of the Sydney Chamber of…

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