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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Haymaking. WHEAT

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 9

Cutting of the crop should be commenced when the earliest of the flowers are appearing, as it is desirable that it should be cut before the grain forms in the straw…

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Crossing Breeds of Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 15

Few sheep raisers, comparatively speaking, appear to have much knowledge of breeding sheep, or of having very definite ideas of the type of sheep they want to produce to bring…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star, Daily Commercial News and Shipping List

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received the following cable message dated 2nd instant: "The list of arrivals for the second series of home wool sales, fixed to open on Tuesday next, 9th…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 7

The closing sales of the Sydney weekly wool auctions took place this afternoon, when two catalogues, covering 6598 bales were offered—the Co-operative Wool and Produce Company…

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Wheat by the Cambuskenneth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

The British ship Cambuskenneth clearrd at the Custom House yesterday with a cargo of 35,700 bags of wheat, shipped by Messrs, James Bell and Co. She is bound for the English Channel, where orders will…

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U.s. Wool Duties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 13

Australian wool-growers wool-handlers, and woollen goods manufacturers alike will be interested in the evidence given before the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. the State of the Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 6

The conditions for both pastoralists and agriculturists throughout New South Wales continue to improve, and the outlook for the autumn season is bright. Bountiful rains have…

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Wool Arrivals. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 9

Arrivals of wool number 422,000 bales. Of these 236,500 have been forwarded direet to the mamifacturer, and there are available for the next series, with those…

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Wool and the Small Holding

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 8

The very interesting question has been raised lately as to what effect the subdivi-sion of pastoral runs is likely to have on the production of the wool industry. Among…

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Wheat Afloat. London, Monday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 6

The amount of wheat afloat for the united Kingdom is estimated at 3,950,000 quarters and for the Continent at 2,735,000 quarters. The shipments of American wheat to Europe…

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Riverina. in the Wheat Lands. (By Our Special Reporter.) X.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 7

Berrigan is not yet 20 years old. When the selectors came across from Victoria and Tasmania they immediately engaged in wheatraising, and the town gradually progressed…

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Her Majesty's—"the Dairymaids."

Referee · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 12

It was made very apparent at Her Majesty's on Saturday when "The Dairy-maids" was revived that Australians, or, at least, a very considerable portion,…

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THE V.R.C. Autumn Meeting Soultline's Newmarket Victory Even Time's St. Leger Surprise—pendil Wins at Weight-for-age. Maltine a Disappointment—Mala again in Form—Trafalgar a Stayer—The Rosehill and Canterbury Meetings—Outsiders win Principal Races The "Dope" Question—General Notes Selections for Flemington and Warwick Farm The V.R.C. Autumn Meeting

Referee · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 1

WHEN Soultline only narrowly beat Irishman in the Futurity Stakes, McLachlan slated that but for for with bad luck entering the…

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Western Australia. Arrival of Farmers. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 11

The Premier has received information from Mr. Gilbert, Government Agent in Melbourne, that 25 experienced farmers would arrive in Western Australia from the eastern States…

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The Cabbage Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 11

MITTAGONG.—The cabbage crop ia good, and has greatly benefited by the rains. Large teams may be dally seen wending their way towards Mittagong railway station…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 11

KANGAROO VALLEY.—The annual general meeting of shareholders of the Barrengarry Dairy Company was held on Tuesday. The balance-sheet showed the buttor…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Coming of the Taxi-cab

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 11

Will the coming of the taxicab have a detrimental effect upon the horsebrceding industry? is the sum and substance of a correspondent's query. He appoars to fear it will, and…

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