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Farming & the land, 1908

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The Troubles of Dairymen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

A matter of interest, to dairymen was dealt with in a case at the North Sydney Police Court, yesterday. Two parties were summoned for breaches of the Dairies Supervision Act, the…

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The Soil Settlement and Production. Mixed Farming. a Bathurst Object Lesson

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 7

BATHURST, Monday. -- That mixed farming can be successfully carried out in the Bathurst district is strikingly evident from the results achieved in this connection at the Bathurst…

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Dairying

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 7

TUMUT, Monday. -- The management Tumut Freezing Works and Butter Factory report: -- The sixth monthly payment to the cream suppliers, up to 14th ult., has been made…

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Unregistered Dairy Premises

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 8

At the North Sydney Court, the inspector of the Lane Cove Council proceeded against George Harrison, on an information charging him with using unregistered dairy premises. Prosecutor stated that about twelve milch…

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The State Casual. Strange Farm Workers. Dead Hopes and Young Lives. a Day at Pitt Town

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 5

Whatever may be the opinions entertained by those who have given a thought to the casual labor farm at Pitt-Town, the result of a visit can hardly, fail to be admiration for what has…

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Pastoral. Wool Sales of the Future. Some Possible Developments

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 586

It is interesting to all concerned in the industry to speculate upon the lines upon which the future develoment of wool-selling will run. The history of the past shows that…

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Pastoral Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 587

The live stock statistics of Great Britain in 1907, show that at the end of last year there were 26,115,455 sheep, being the largest total recorded since 1901, and 695,095 in…

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Dairy Cattle for Java

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 10

A representative of Messrs. J. F. Couvreur and Company visited the Wollongong district last week, and purchased about 140 head of dairy cows and heifers for shipment to Java…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 30

A novel and successful Surf Carnival, under the auspices of the Bondi Surf-Bathers' Life Saving Club, was held at Tamarama Beach, near Bondi, on Saturday afternoon, Febpary 29. The splendid picture of some of the competitors given above illustrates the hold surf-bathing has on Sydney people. More than 20,000 persons witnessed the carnival…

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Cattle Sale

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 2

A McIllrea and Co. report usual sale of dairy and store cattle at the Blacktown saloyards on Friday, 28th February. A good attendance of buyers were present…

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New Zealand Bush Fires. Cattle, Sheep, and Rabbits Roasted. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 10

A recrudescence of bush fires which took place in the neighbourhood of Carterton, Wairarapa, did considerable damage. In one district hundreds of sheep and young cattle were…

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Methodist Conference. Pastoral Session

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 7

The Methodist Conference reopened in pastoral session at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. EXCHANGE OF MINISTERS. Further communication was received from the…

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Ensilage for Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 10

It is" reported from Alectown that three months ago Mr. John M'Intyre, of Tyrone Park, pitted 70 tons of ensilage, and for several weeks past has been feeding 750 weaners on the…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 583

Dalgety and Co., Limited, report:—We held our closing sale in the weekly series on Monday last, 2nd inst, when we offered 3002 bales to a good attendance of the trade. The catalogue included several…

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Wool-scouring Competitions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 587

A contest, similar in most respects to those carried on for many years by the Wagga, Deniliquin, and one or two other pastoral and agricultural societies, has just been concluded…

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"That Little Butter Over There."

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 584

The thing that pleased the Borambil station hands was the absolute absence of "side" both on the part of the Duke and Lord Hopetoun. They were not a tithe so important and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Woo[?] Exchange. Bridge-street, when the quantity catlogued totalled [?] bales and the sales, including private transactions, amounted to 4624 bales as under:…

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Hints to Producers. Fall in Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 8

This week opened in Sydney with a further fall of 6s per cwt in the wholesale quotation for butter, making the pet brands 110s; otner makes proportionately. The principal cause…

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Exported Butter. Splendid Report From London

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 590

The Department of Agriculture has received grade notes on the butter shipped by the Himalaya of a very satisfactory nature. Mr. James Gillanders, an expert of the…

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To-day's Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 11

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, will submit a catalogue of about 3000 bales of wool at their sale to-day. The following are some of the brands to be included:—E and AW/Tomalla…

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