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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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Sydetsy Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 9

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9401 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted to 10,649 bales, as under:…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 15
Also in The Star

The wool auctions were resumed on Monday last, when there was a big attendance of buyers. Competition was Keen for all lines, but those suitable for American…

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Lobelia Plants and Cattle Mortality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

Nature is now putting forth for the Second crop young tender shoots that will shortly be of maturo growth, and strong vigorous plants will be in evidence right on to the…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 8

Some 8400 bales wool were offered to-day. The selection was an excellent one. Competition was very Keen and general, but, as has been the case throughout the week, the best American [?]orts did not realise the…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. What Wheat Will Do. the Story of Balldale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

A previous article death with the progress of the little township of Balldale, on the Culeairn-Corowa [?]ne. As stated, it is due solely to the opening up of land and the…

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The Markets London Wool Sales

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 15

Goldsbrough Mort, and Co., Ltd., have received from their London house, under Tuesday date, the following cable:- "The quantity available for the first series,…

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Late Commercial. Auckland Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--At the Auckland wool sales to-day competition was keen. Super crossbred sold to 12[?] coarse do. 10, fine halfbreds 13[?]…

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The F.a.q. Wheat Standard

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

The f.a.q. standard for the current season's wheat crop is generally fixed by the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, on or about January 20. The usual arrangements have been made for the…

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New Zealand Wool Sales. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 9

At the wool sales to-day 6378 balts were submitted, and prices showed an advance of 1d to l½d compared with November sales…

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Farm and Dairy Produce

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 15

Sussex-street is gradually assuming its normal condition since the conclusion of the holidays. Largo quantities of onions from Victoria were placed on the market, in all…

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Tariff Reform Arguments. Comparison of Trade. Colonial Wheat Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 7

Mr. A. Lyttelton, in the course of an address at Wolverhampton, said that the business of Australia and New Zealand with Great Britain amounted to £7 5s a head of…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. a Sharp Advance. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 7

The Antwerp wool sales opened today. Competition was animated, and there was a large attendance of English buyers. Merinos advanced 5 centimes. Crossbreds…

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Government Immigrants. Fine Scots Farm Laborers. Special Shipment on the Water

Evening News · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

The Director of the Immigration Tourist Bureau reports that there are a particularly fine lot of British immigrants coming to the State at the present time. The demand for skilled age…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

WOLUMLA-—The output of butter at the South Wolumla [?]reamery for December was 11,794[?]b, which realised £491 7s 9d. Suppliers were paid n[?]t cheques amounting to £417 12s…

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Meetings of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

COONAMBLE.—At a general meeting o[?] members of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association Mr. J. A. Berryman presided. It was decided that a…

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Coonamble Demonstration Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

The establishment of a demonstration farm at Coonamble should open up a new field for the exploitation of our agricultural resources. Evidence of the fert[?]ity of the country has…

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What the Bureau Does. Placing Farm and Domestic Workers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 6

In connection with the paragraph which appeared in our issue [?] Tuesday last from our London correspondent, commenting on the excellent type of Scotch agriculturists he had…

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Scottish Farm Workers for New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 7

FROM THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS TO THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH. This photograph of a group of immigrants for New South Wales was taken in London Just before the men sailed for Sydney in the Geelong, included in a shipment of 200 on this boat, which is due on the 24th inst. The men depicted are 45 specially selected Scotsmen from farms in the vicinity of Aberdeen, and ate a particularly fine lot of skilled agriculturists of a type for which there is a very keen demand in this State. Just before they left London the Scotsmen were driven round the ei ty in large drags bearing placards stating that they were form workers ready to sail for New South Wales. Australia, and…

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Wet Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 10

"G.B.R.," who claims, to be a shed overseer of many years experience, writes :—It is absolutely impossible to fix any even, approximate time, after…

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