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Farming & the land, 1909

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The Steamer Paparoa. Jettisons 16,000 Casks Ok Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Eaparoa, from Wellington for London, which put in at St. Vincent (Cape Verde Islands) on December…

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Commercial. the Wool Trade. a Rising Market

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 16

Wool selling operations were resumed in the Sydney market yesterday, considerable interest being manifested in this important commercial event. The reason for this is not…

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The Produce Markets. Tuesday Evening. Wheat and Flour

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 16

As far as the wheat market is concerned it has undergone very little change during the holiday week. Neither buyers nor sellers have been cultivating business to…

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The Fire on the Paparoa. Damaged Butter Jettisoned. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 9

The steamer Paparoa, whose cargo was damaged by a fire in No,[?] bold, off St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, has jettisoned 16,000 cases of damaged butter…

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SHIPPING Rough Seas on the Coast Big Wheat Cargo

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

Rough seas were reported from several coastal stations to the north and south of Sydney to-day. At the Reads a heavy south-south-west blow prevailed with a moderate sea, but the condition were far…

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Farms Destroyed. Birds Drop From the Trees. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 10

Yesterday and to-day were the hottest within the experience of most of the residents, on each occasion the thermometer reaching 118. Yesterday a bush fire started…

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Bush Fires. Terror and Devastation. Farms Destroyed Utterly. Families in Peril. Many Heroic Rescues. Eden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 10

Owing to the continued dry weather the bush fires, which for some time have been raging within a few miles of Eden, have alarmingly developed in oxtent and intensity…

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Agricultural and Dairying. Australia's Great Need. Where to Teach Ensilage-making

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 12

Ensilage-making is no new thing. Many farmers in this country, however, seem to look upon any attempt to make it as an experiment. They shake their heads and say,…

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Points for Producers. Dairy Education

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 12

All progressive dairying countries adopt intelligent and up-to-date systems of education. In exporting countries this becomes a necessity. High quality and uniformity of…

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Youngsters at the Farm

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 1

Purely on private reputation has Lupolo been heavily backed on several occasions, when the pruning had been completed in the Nursery Handicap at…

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Farmer's Residence Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 11

ALBURY', Tuesday.--A disastrous fire occurred at weebo Park this morning, the large brick residence of Mr. J. D. Dunn, a well-known farmer, containing nine or ten, rooms, being totally…

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The Grape Crop

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

The hot weather on Sunday occasioned great loss to vignerons in the Liverpool district. In the district the effect upon the vines was such as in some cases to…

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Victorian Butter Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

MELBOURNE.—During the half-year ended December 31, 5472 tons of butter were exported from Victoria, as against 8102 tons for the same period of the previous year. The United…

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American Wheat

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Brad-street's," is 84,895,000 bushels…

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Wheat Harvest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 6

It is now clear that the wheat crop in this State is turning out better than had for a time been anticipated, and it appears that New South Wales will have some…

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Cattle's Drinking Water Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

WOLLONGONG.—The very high spring tides during the New Year holidays were responsible for an immense quantity of salt water finding its way into Lake Illawarra, which…

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London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 5

LONDON, December 4.--The speetre which always menaces the steady course of wool-selling In London in mid-winter has been much in evidence this week. Monday's sales were post…

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10-Day5s Wool Sales

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 25

To-day (Thursday) John Bridge, and Co., Ltd., will offer a catalogue of 3696 bales of wool. The selection is a rather mixed one; nevertheless, the catalogue will include some…

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The Markets Sydney Wool Sales

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 15

Auctions were continued on Monday last, and the state of the market was highly satisfactory. Competition was keen, and prices were higher by fully 5 per cent, than at the…

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Launceston Wool Sales. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

The wool sales were held at Launcheston to-day. A remarkable feature of the sale was that practically all the wool was sold under the hammer, and the passed in lots were smaller than ever before in Launceston…

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