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Farming & the land, 1908

8,773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Successful Wheat Experiments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

ADELAIDE.—Mr. T. Pengelly, of Aldinga, 30 miles from South Adelaide, has been experimenting with eight or nine different kinds of wheat, the crops yielding from 30 to 71…

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Wool Production Abroad

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 35

Conditional Purchase (Original or Additional) or Conditional Lease (not classified or specially set apart under Section 4 of the Crown Lands Amendment Act of 190/—…

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Wool and Tallow

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company, Limited, have received from their London house, under Wednesday's date, the following cable:—Wool: Since opening this year, tops have advanced…

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Improved Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 7

Eighteen thousand bales were offered for the third wool sale of the season at Christchurch. The demand showed a decided improvement. Halfbred and three-quarter bred sold at ¾d to…

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Vegetable Fibre in Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 9

A meeting of the full committee took place on the 4th inst. to reconsider the above question, as since the last meeting a great amount of interviewing of the makers in all parts of…

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Wheat Shipment. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 7

Fourteen thousand bags of Australian wheat, January-February shipment, has been sold at 41/3 per quarter of 480lb…

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The Markets the Wool Market

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 27

There has been very little business in wool during the past week or two. Both buyers and sellers are waiting for the results of the London sales, which open on January 21. The…

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Butter for Export. Unionists Refuse to Handle Cargo

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

This afternoon the unionists decided that they would not handle butter brought to Sydney from Byron Bay by the steamer Cavanba for export. It was intended to tranship 600…

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Frozen Cargo. North Coast Fish and Butter 44Lb. Darkies

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 3

"They grow to the size of whale," said a facetious young man at the North Coast Com pany's Druitt-street wharf, Darling Harbor this morning…

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In and Out Two Wheat Cargoes at Darling Island

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 6

There were yesterday two barques alongside the Darling Island berth interested in the wheat trade. One is discharging wheat, while the other is shipping wheat home--an…

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English Wool Letter. Markets and Prices Weaker. London, Dec. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

Coleman-street this week has presented no new feature, and the series coming to a close are the worst seen this year. A fair amount of buying has been indulged in, and both the…

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Meeting of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

ORANGE.—The annual meeting of the Orange A. and P. Association was held on Monday. Mr. F. Dalton was elected president, Mr. H. W. Laranee, vice-president for…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. "Herald" and "Mail" Farm Competitions. Second and Third Prize Farms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

Mr. C. H. Harding, of Templeton, Inverell, whose holding compriaes 1045 acres, was a South Australian farmer. He went to the Inverell district about three years ago…

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The Dairy Butter Grading

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7

BUTTER grading has again loomed up as a question of supreme importance and is the topic in "the street" at the present…

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Butter Grading

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 5

Mr. L. A. M'Intyre, Brisbane, writes:—In your last Thursday's issue I noticed some comments by your London correspondent having reference to a letter written by me on…

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Pastoral Finance Association. Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 12

The market remains quiet, and although there have been some inquiries for wool, the demand is by no means general, and the quantities dealt with are on a small…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Societies

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 3

THE PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES' UNION OF N.S.W. President: R. T. KEYS (Muswellbrook). Vice-Presidents: F. D. BADGERY (Argyle), P. OAKDEN (Bogan), H. ROURKE (Hunter), J. PERRY (Liverpool Plains), H. SUTTOR (Macquarie), J. C. RYRIE (Monaro), W. J. CARTWRIGHT (Murrumbidjee), F. W. A. DOWNES…

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Victorian Butter Exports

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 8

Victorian butter export trade for 1007 shows a decline of nearly 3,000,000 lbs. in oversea shipments, as compared with 1906; but the total is larger than…

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Federation Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 10

The late Mr. Farrer's work in the cross-breeding of wheat is bearing good fruit. Mr. G. L. Sutton, wheat experimentalist at Cowra farm, who…

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Wheat-eating

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 11

A resident of Murrumbidgerie, Mr. Hills, had the misfortune, to lose eight out of a fine team of ton draught horses through the animals eating…

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