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Farming & the land, 1908

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Food Supplies of New South Wales

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

A very striking contrast is presented by the circumstances of the food position In this State with, those which obtained some 10 years ago. It Is easy to recall that in those days…

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Dairying

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

BYRON BAT.—It is 12 years now since the attempt was made to establish a co-operative business here To show how great the success has been in bringing the product of…

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Crop Reports. the Hawkesbury District

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 9

RICHMOND, Friday.--Farmers have a very dismal prospect in front of them on account of the dry hot weather. The maize crop is a complete failure, which is a serious matter to this…

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Wool and Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 6

The wool receipts for the week ended Saturday. at Darling Harbor, Newcastle, and Morpeth depots, were 7027 bales, an increase of 2287 bales over the receipts for the same period last…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

Sheepskins.—A weaker market ruled last week and all descriptions of skins sold at lower figures. Pelts which form the great bulk of offerinus were 1/2d to…

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The Butter Industry. Dairy Expert's Annual Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4

In the course of his annual report, the Dairy Expert, Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, points out that New South. Wales is now the only State of significance in the industry that has not…

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Wheat Shipments

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom amounts to 3,365,000 quarters; and the shipments afloat to the Continent are 1,300,000…

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Pastoral Prospects. in North-west Queensland

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2

The prospects for 1908, from a pastoral point of view, were never better, right throughout the vast districts of the north-west of Queensland…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

LONDON, Monday Evening.—At the wool sales this evening all sorts were keenly competed for. Merinos were firmer than at the opening…

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Irish Differences. Cattle-drivers Acquitted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A Dublin jury has acquitted three men charged with cattle-driving in Roscommon, and who were tried before Mr. Justice Wright in November…

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An Australian Boy on Sheep

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 5

Sheep are herbivorious animals, though pet lambs, will eat anything from tobacco to Crimean shirts. Most sheep grow wool; it's no bother…

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The Season's Wool Clip

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 5

With regard to the all important matter of Australasian wool prduction (says "Dalgety's Review") we have found it necessary to modify our…

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Victoria. Wool Sales. Welbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

The second series of local wool sales was inaugurated to-day. The catalogues submitted were not altogether attractive, and they consisted largely of topmaking wools, the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 9

At the Melbourne wool sales to-day Dalgety and Co. offered a large and representative catalogue of over five thousand bales. There was a large attendance of buyers, and good competition ruled for most wools…

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Sydney Wool Sales. To-day's Auctions

Evening News · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 5

Two catalogues were offered this afternoon at the Royal Exchange, and covered 8520 bales— the Pastoral Finance Association 4820 bales, and Harrison, Jones, and Devlin 3700 bales. There…

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Comparative Wool Sales. London v. Australasia

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 5

In the early days of wool-growing in New South Wales—and indeed in Australasia generally—it was the prevailing practice for Rockmasters to…

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Irish Land War. Cattle-drivers Acquitted. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

A Dublin jury bas acquitted three Roscommon cattle-drivers, who were tried fruitlessly before Mr. Justice Wright in November last. The other nine were…

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London Market Cables. Wheat Afloat. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 9

The quantity ot wheat afloat to-day, a week ago, and a year ago compares as follows:- Year ago[?] Week ago. To-day. Qrs[?] Qrs. Qrs…

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London Wool Sales London, Monday, 6.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day all sorts were [?]enly competed for, merinos being firmer than at the opening of the sales…

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