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Farming & the land, 1908

8,773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Canada's Wheat Crop

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4

Seventy million bushels of wheat and forty million bushels of good milling wheat are estimated as this year's Canadian wheat crop by the secretary of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange,…

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Butter-fat Test

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 9

DUNGOG.—Something like a record test for butter-fat is reported by Mr. C. Rumbel, of Salisbury. The milk of a half-bred Jersey cow in his possession is stated to have…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5

John Bridge and Company, Limited,have just received the following cable from their London agents:-"Good greasy combing wools are on average ½d higher than closing rates of last…

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Wool and Other Markets. the Wool Trade. No Improvement in Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 17

The position into Which the wool market has drifted is peculiar, and at the same time inexplicable. Admittedly, values are not low add unremunerative that range up to and 13½, and if we had not experienced a much…

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The Wool Trade. Unchanged Conditions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 9

The fifteenth weekly series of auctions in the Sydney market concluded on Thursday last. Nine firms of brokers submitted catalogues aggregating 31,547 bales, of which…

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"Much Cry and Little Wool! "

L'Italo-Australiano = The Italo-Australian · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 2

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The Wool Sales. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 13

At the wool sales this afternoon, prices were firm, and all qualities sold at full rates. LONDON, Feb. 7…

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The Wool Market. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 6

Sir,—The present aspect of the wool market makes one sorry that the sale had not been longer postponed. There is no question that if the interregnum had not taken…

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The Advance in Butter. an Excited Market. Due to Great Shortage. London, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 13

[?]he butter market is excited. Danish is quoted at 134s and 136s. Sales ex India and ex Tongarire commenced at from 120s to 122s, and rapidly rose to from 128s…

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Unemployed's Freak Marching on Windsor Want to Inspect the Cattle Lands London, Friday, 2.55 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 1

With the red flag in front of them, representatives of 25,000 unemployed in Manchester and Salford are marching to Windsor to petition the King for leave to inspect the…

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Wheat Combine Bogey. More Labor Leaders' Bugbears. "Cornered" Three Years' Supply Non-existent. Only Enough on Hand for the Year

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 13

Statements were made by Mr. Holman at the Political Labor League Conference on Thursday night about an alleged discovery by some person unnamed of a gigantic effort to start a…

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Wealthy Dairyman

The World's News · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 8

Baron Henri de Rothschild may be called the Lord Rayleigh of Paris, for, like the great British scientist, he has started a number of dairies in the…

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Stations and Farms for Sale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 12

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

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Warwick Farm Racing Club. February Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 14

The February meeting of the Warwick Farm Racing Club will be hold to-day. The course is reported to be in splendid order, the recent rains having greatly benefited the lawns and…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Closer Settlement. That Million Acres

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 9

In the course of an interesting interview with a gentleman intimately acquainted with, land matters published in these columns yesterday, it was shown that within the last…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 9

DUNGOG.—At the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory, the report showed that the output at the factory had been 107 tons…

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Diseased Dairy Herds London, Friday, 2.55 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 1

The outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the village of Gorgie, Midlothian, three miles from Edinburgh, has assumed serious proportions…

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The Soil Settlement and Production. General Notes. Weather and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 17

The good work initiated by the rain at the end of last week has been crowned by the further falls this week. The soaking character of the showers in the districts most urgently in…

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Warning to Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 13

LONDON, Friday.-- Both Lord Selborne (High Commissioner for South Africa and Governor of the Transvaal) and the Transvaal Premier (General Botha) have warned…

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The Grape Crop

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4

The heavy rainfall does not appear to have damaged the grape crop at all in this district. Notwithstanding the long period of drought experienced during…

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