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Farming & the land, 1909

8,553 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

The Dancy Breeding of Dairying Cattle

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 7

There are many incipient factors operating that by combination will assuredly drive our dairymen to the improvement of their herds. In every…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 12

For our 16th sale of the season on Tuesday we brought, forward an attractive catalogue of 4,601 bales. The offering comprised many very desirable lines of…

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Wheat Deliveries

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 8

The wheat handled by the railway department during last week brought the total on the stacks at Darling Island up to 101,213 bags, and the…

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Rustproof Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 8

A Tasmanian farmer, at Swansea, Mr. J. E. Meredith, claims to have evolved a rustproof wheat from the original Manitoba wheat. He has…

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Thursday, Feb. 4. Sheep

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 4

About 53,900 sheep and lambs were penned the bulk comprising middling quality merino wethers and ewes, with several drafts of really prime, a number…

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Lung Worm in Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 10

Mr. J. K. Fulton, Underbank, writes:—I am still fighting with the lung worm. I have used Messrs. Pottie's lung drench with good results,…

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The Wheat Market

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 13

The wheat market has ruled steady, but firm, and it has been gathering strength all the week, due to the stronger felling in London. Owing to…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 7

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited, report having received from their London agents the following cable:—Greasy merino wool, market stronger. Sheepskins: Merino full-woolled…

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Wool. Sydney Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 13

The improved conditions prevailing at the closing sales of last week were strongly reproduced, exicited competition ruling for all descriptions. Prices…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 7

Some satisfactory prices were obtained at the Sydney wool sales today. Two attractive catalogues wore offered, comprising 8765 bales. A number of good wools,…

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London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 5

LONDON, January 1.--The customary standstill of business during the lust week of the year has on this occasion been accentuated by the state of the weather. it is not of ton this…

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Australian Cattle for the Argentine

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 8

Australian cattle for some time past have been under an embargo so far as importation into tho Argentine Republic was concerned, the action of…

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Protection for Stored Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 5

In reply to the request of the Parkes branch F.S.A., that provision might be made for the protection of wheat stored in the grain-shed at Parkes,…

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United States Wool Clip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 9

Just now, especially in view of the fact that a revision of the United States tariff, as applying to wool is in contemplation, figures showing the position of the wool clip of that…

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Australian Wool for Japan

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 10

Commenting upon the fact that whereas Japan took from Australia in 1907 Australian wool valued at £3,171,156, of which £1,940,668 was…

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Financial. Points About Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 9

From London we have received a copy of the annual wool market report of Messrs. Windelar and Co, From this the following points are extracted:—…

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In the Meat Market. Sheep Values Firm

The Australian Star · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 7

A heavy day's business was transacted at the Homebuse fat stock saleyards today, when £8,608 sheep were advised fur sale. The cuttle allotted for sale numbered 1265 head,…

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Solving the "Wet Wool" Problem

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 10

Mr. D. Macdonnell, in his report to the Australian 'Workers' Conference in Melbourne, referred to the effort made in the direction of settling…

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English Wool Trade. Wool in 1908. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford. Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 4

Standing talking on Bradford Exchange on the last day of the old year with the principal of one of the largest topmaking firms in that city, he said that they had been in…

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The Wool Trade. Thursday, February 4

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 10

The southern markets have now finished seling, Geelong concluding last week and Melbourne during the present week, Sydney is thus the only centre where any…

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