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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Federated Farmers. Adelaide Conference. Important Resolution Carried

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A number of important resolutions were adopted at the second annual conference of the Council of Federated Farmers' organisations, which concluded in…

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Wednesday Wool Sale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 15

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, will submit an attractive catalogue of about 4000 bales of wool on Wednesday, the 29th instant. the following are some of the brands to…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 9

A cable message has been received by Dalgety and Company, Limited, from their London house, under date of 23rd instant, stating that, owing to a thick fog, no sales were held in the…

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West Australian Wheat [?]Setimate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 10

PERTH (W.A.), Friday. -- The Government Statistician, having received final reports from all agricultural centres, now estimates the wheat yield as follows: -- 291,100 acres, 3,421,000…

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The Wool Trade. Improving Conditions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 9

On Tuesday last public sales were resumed in the Sydney market, after a recess dating from December l8 last. Buyers were fresh back from Brisbane, and several were…

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Wool Sales Postponed. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 13

The wool sales this afternoon were postponed owing to a fog…

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Bag of Wheat Weighing 610Lb. Wanted, Regulations

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- In view of the dissatisfaction concerning the large size of some of the wheatsacks at present used, it is interesting to note that this afternoon there was…

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Important to Sheepowners. No More Destruction of Wool

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 9

We have published from time to time in these columns complaints by sheepowners regarding the sale of branding or marking oils. Not only has rubbish…

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Wool Sales London. Friday, 7.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day, merinos and best crossbreds Were keenly competed for. Faulties were slightly in buyers' favour…

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Snail Farms

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 12

France is perhaps the premier snail producing nation, although Austria, Bavaria, and Switzerland have thousands of snail farms, where the famous escargots are raised and fattened on…

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Highly Profitable Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 9

The cutting up of the magnificent Ben Lomond lands, on the fertile New England tableland—a district that has never known a drought—offers a splendid opportunity of…

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Cowra Experimental Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 9

COWRA,—About a fortnight ago harvesting was completed, and the crops, secured on the farm. There is no doubt that Mr. Sutton's system of husbandry, which tends to conserve…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. "Herald" and "Mail" Farm Competitions. Farms on the South Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 9

The South Coast dairy cattle have such a reputation throughout the State, that expectations are perhaps unduly high. Allowing for the drought and consequently low…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 9

QUEANBEYAN.—Threshing and chaffcutting operations are being carried on throughout the district. In some places farmers are cutting their wheat crop for chaff, on account…

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Stations and Farms for Sale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 12

Classified advertisements under this heading will be found on page 19…

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Record Cane Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 9

TWEED HEADS.—There are record cane crops this year. There are still nearly, ten thousand tons of cane to cut…

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The Farmer's for

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

At the Farmers' Conference in Adelaide -- the second annual one--a…

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The Dairy Trade. Position of This Consumer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 10

A meeting of dairymen and milk vendors was held to the Hotel Victoria, Marrickville-road, Marrickville, last night, for the purpose of considering the advisableness of raising the…

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A Butter Maker's Methods

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1908 · page 2

I keep ten cows (writes a correspondent of the "American Agriculturist"), and have the most of them freshen in the Autumn. As I supply customers all the…

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Experimental Wheat-growing

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1908 · page 2

The wheat experimentalist of the New South Wales Department's desirous of obtaining some definite data as to the minimum amount of rain required in different…

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