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Farming & the land, 1908

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Jersey Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 18

Speaking of Jersey and its cattle, an English authority says:—"It might poseibly be supposed that a breed of animals so long and so closely hedged round by…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 15

We presented at our sixteenth sale a catalogue of 5,037 bales, very largely, composed of wools free from fault, and of good quality, and some of the best…

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The Butter Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 6

Several leading merchants and agents in Sussex-street were interviewed with reference to the effect of the timber strike on the butter trade, and the unanimous…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 7

The United States Bureau of Animal Industry has been making some enquiry into the prevalence of tuberculosis in the various breeds of cattle, and have…

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Export of Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 7

Messrs. Wm. Cooper and Nephews have purchasd the ram which gained the graned championship in the housed section at the last New South Wales Sheepbreeders Show for a South American olfent…

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Wheat Experiments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 3

MOLONG.—Last season Mr. Jas. Watt, of Tairy Mount, Bilderodge[?]y, experimented fairly extensively with several varieties of wheat, and as a result recommends the…

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Thursday, Feb. 13. Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 3

About-22,000 sheep and lambs were penned, the bulk being medium to good quality useful weight merino wetherS and cwes, with several small drafts of good…

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Pickling Seed Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 12

Mr. Geo. L. Sutton, wheat experimentalist at Cowra, writes in the "Agricultural Gazette":— Seed wheat intended for this…

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Crenfell's Wheat Output

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 12

A special train is arriving daily at Grenfell to cope with the enormously heavy wheat yield. The railway station and sidings arc a hive of industry…

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Effect on the Butter Trade

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 11

The strike in the timber trade threatens the dairy industry in a very serious way. The boxes necessary for the packing of butter are all made in…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 9

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8277 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted to 7036 bales, as under:…

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The National Wool Institute

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 10

A very interesting schoolroom is that which has been popularised as the "National Wool Institute," situate at 482 George Street, at the rear of…

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Homebush Stock Market. Yesterday's Sales. Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 9

Again there was a small supply of sheep; 23,464 (including lambs) were advised for sale, from 94 consignors, and 21,996 head were penned. This was a very light supply for a Thursday, following upon under 4000…

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AGRICULTURAL and Pastoral Shows. Dates for Forthcoming Events

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 1

(The Editor will feel obliged if secretaries of Agricultural and other Shows will forward dates, which we publish tree of charge. We are particularly anxious to keep our list of fixtures…

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Outbreak of Cattle Ticks at Mitchell, Queensland

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 15

A proclamation bus been issued in to-day's Government Gazette notifying that all loose stock that have been within 50 miles of Mitchell, in…

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Cricket. Wool Storembn at Play

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 9

Teams from the wool stores of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited and Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Limited met in a friendly game on the northern wicket at Rusbcuttors Ray…

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Dear Sheep. Procedure at Homebush. (By Our Homebush Representative.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 5

This is a country of extraordinary conditions, and the Homebush fat stock market reflects the wonderful changes that consequently take place with regard to supplies of stock…

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Sydney Wool & Stock Journal. A Review of the Wool, Fat Stock, and Station Produce Trades. Published Every Friday. the Wool Trade. Thursday, February 13

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 10

It might with truth be stated that the course of the market during the week has shown but little change, and that prices are unaltered. But while it is difficult…

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The Butter Market. Will It Continue to Rise ? Big Shortage in New Zealand

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 4

The high prices new ruling for butter in the middle of the season causes housewives to view with some concern the probability of a further increase during the winter months…

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European Wool Markets. (From Our Special Correspondents.) Berlin, Jan. 2, 1908

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 17

As usual, around the Christmas and new year holidays business in raw material has been dull last month. Consumrs everywhere are preparing for their yearly…

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