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Farming & the land, 1908

8,773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Cattle-driving in Ireland. Farmers Ruined by the League. Dublin, December 14

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1908 · page 12

It is almost impossible to estimate the disastrous effect on Irish industries of the cattle-driving campaign. Merchants declare that trade was never so bad in…

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Ladies' Question Box Replies to Queries To Teat Butter

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 26 January 1908 · page 6

"A.S." (Balmain): Put a piece upon a spoon and hold It over a gas jet. Let the contents of the spoon melt, and then stir with the stick of a match. Lower the…

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Wool Sales London, Saturday. 6.25 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 26 January 1908 · page 1

The following prices were yesterday realfaed the undermentioned clips:--Beltana, 872d; Tamala, 9¼d; Gear, 1058d; Euglo, 11d; Mel[?]en, 20¾d; Tarevelton, 2278d,…

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The Scientific Farm

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1908 · page 2

A writer in an American magazine discueses how "science transforms the farm." The up-to-date farmer, we are reminded, is himself a chemist and…

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Farmers in Conference

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1908 · page 12

A number of important resolutions were adopted it the second annual conference of the Council of Federated Formers' organisations, which concluded in Adelaide on Wednesday…

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Farm and Garden Answers to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1908 · page 2

CATLE (to "Farm." North Coast) : Cannot say ; but here are the extracts from the Chief Inspector of Stocks report relating to the outbreak of sickness at Muswellbrook attributed…

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Music and Drama Last Nights of "Girls of Gottenberg." the Dairymaids" Next

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 26 January 1908 · page 15

The Williamson Comic Opera Co. are nearing the end of the wonderfully successful run of "The Girls of Gottenberg" at Her Majesty's. Last night the bright and breezy combination of music and mirth…

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Butter Factory Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 9

NOWRA, Saturday.--The output of the Nowra Co-operative Dairy Company's factory for the past year was 328 tons. For the previous year it was 398 tons…

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London Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 9

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has received a cable from the Agent-General, dated London, January 17, in which it is stated that superfine New South Wales…

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Wheat Afloat

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,365,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 1,300,000 quarters. The shipments of…

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London Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 9

Messrs. Hill, Clark, and Co. report having received the following cable from their agents in London:— "Market firmer; prices stiffening."…

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Wool and Produce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 9

The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., Hill, Clark, and Co., New…

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Western Australian Wheat Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 4

PERTH.—The Government Stat stician states that the cotal wheat yield for the State will be [?] follows:—Area, 292,100 acres, total yield, 3,421,000 bushels, average yield per acre 11.7…

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Cattle Driving in Ireland. Another Abortive Trial

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—A Dublin Jury has acquitted three men charged with cattle driving in Roscommon, and who were tried before Mr. Justice Wright in November last, when…

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Rise in Butter. Effects of South Coast Drought

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 6

Supplies of superfine butter are scarce, mainly because of the drought along the South Coast, and cost of production is enhanced by the high prices of bran, lucerne, and other lines of…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 7

At the wool sales this afternoon, best crossbreds received keen competition, but faulty sorts were slightly in buyers' favour…

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Wheat Shipments London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 1

The quantity of wheat afloat is estimated at 3,365,000 quarters for the United Kingdom, and at 1,300,000 quarters for the Continent…

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Deadly Lighting. a Dairy Farmer Killed

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 3

COBAR. Monday.—During the progress of a storm on Saturday afternoon a man named Edward Williams, a dairy farmer, was uncoiling a fencing wire, when he was struck dead by…

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Irish Lawlessness Cattle-driving and Riot Further Acquittals in Dublin London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 1

A Dublin jury has acquitted three prisoners. who were charged with cattle-driving in Roscommon. These men were tried before Mr. Justice Wright in November last, when,…

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Drought on the Hawkesbury. Poor Fruit Crops

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 3

WINDSOR, Monday.—The Nepean River, which empties into the Hawkesbury just above the spot whence the Borough of Richmond and Hawkesbury Agricultural College obtain their…

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