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Farming & the land, 1909

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Australian Produce. Butter Market. London, Dec. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

The butter market is still in an unsatisfactory state; the Christinas trade is of small proportions, and it is plain that the butter business of Tooley-street will not get into…

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Not Genuine Orders. Turkey and Victorian Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--By the English mail, which was delivered to-day, Holderson and Neilson and the Fresh Food and Frozen Storage Company received further evidence in support…

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Australian Produce in England. London Notes. Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

LONDON, December 25.---Unusually heavy supplies of Danish butter have caused general weakness in the northern markets, and successive reductions of 2 kroner and 4 kroner in…

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The Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 9

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., report:—"We offered 6000 bales to-day, including consignments from every State of the Commonwealth. There was a large attendance of buyers, and brisk competition from all sections of…

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London Wool Sales. Crossbreds Hardening

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.—At the wool Bales this evening short, faulty merinos were somewhat irregular. Crossbreds are hardening, owing to the strong American demand…

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N.s.w. Wheat and the English Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 11

Two members of the grain trade sectional committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce having reported that they had received cables from their English agents that it was reported there that the crop 1908-09 was…

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English Wool Trade. Values Again Recover. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Dec. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

In wool circles things are far from being dead. Last Monday's market showed considerable activity. Coming after two weeks of quietness, and a partial decline, it was quite…

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View on the Pitt Town Labor Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

This photograph shows a portion of what was originally the Pitt Town Co-operative Settlement, and is now a Labor Farm, utilised largely for the absorption of unemployed labor. Here, also, boys who desire employment on farms as laborers are given their preliminary training…

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The Soil Settlement and Production. General Notes. Experimental Dry Farming

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

The South Australian Department of Agriculture has set aside 600 acres at Loxton, on the Murray, for an experimental farm, to be worked largely on the dry soil culture principle. For…

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Accident to a Farmer. Kangaroo Valley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

Mr. M. M'Inerney, a dairy farmer, met with a serious accident on his farm on Saturday afternoon. It appears that he was engaged in drawing feed for the cows, and the bullocks…

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Experimental Farming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

MELBOURNE.—Whilst in Sydney recently the agricultural superintendent {Mr. Lee) made inquiries regarding the projected experimental field work of the New South Wales…

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The Maize Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

CANOWINDRA.—A farmer on the Belubula this year has been demonstrating the value of irrigation for maize crops. Three months ago he sowed an area of corn, part ot which he…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

BALLINA.—A public meeting was held in Tintenbar on Saturday to consider a proposal to establish a co-operative creamery in that district. It was decided to ascertain and…

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Farmers' Meetings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

COWRA.—A meeting of delegates of the various branches of the Farmers and Settlers Association in this and neighbouring centres was held on…

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Evenness in Wool Preparation Hints to Sheep Farmers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 11

The sheep farmer who would secure the very best results for his wool cannot do better than adopt evenness as his watchword, and endeavour to make each bale of even…

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Pastoral Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 11

The grain trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce has fixed the f.a.q. standard at 61½lb per bushel. Three valuable Clydesdale horses, consigned…

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Wool Rates

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 4

Since we wrote our notes of freight in our last issue we are confidently informed that so far as wool rates are concerned they have been restord to…

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Homebush Stock Market. Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 19

Supplies have been on the ample side during the past "Mail" week, and values have shown no material change upon late rates. Prime sheep, both merinos and crossbreds, have realised satisfactory prices, and…

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Thrips in Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 8

To the many troubles of the Australian wheat-grower there has now to be added another, and that is the destruction of wheat plants by thrips. The pest has been prevalent in this…

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Australian Pastoral Company. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 9

The Australian Pastoral Company has deelared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent., and has carried £40,000 to the reserve fund…

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