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Farming & the land, 1910

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 15
Also in Daily Commercial News and Shipping List

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., report receipt o[?] the undermentional cablegram:—"Wool sale: Market firm. American buyers not paying extreme prices."…

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Bradford Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 12

The Bradford wool market is unchanged, but the tone is certainly cheerful. Tops on spot: 64's are quoted at 27 12d. super 60's at 26 12d, common 60's at 25 12d, 46's at 17d, and 40's at…

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Inverell Co-operative Butter Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 20

INVERELL, Friday.--Following is the condensed report of the Inverell Co-operative Butter Company for the month ending December 31 last:--…

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The Butter Box Question. New Article Submitted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 20

LISMORE, Friday.--The representative of an English firm to-day interviewed the management of the North Coast Co-operative Company, bringing under his notice a new butter box…

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The Wool Trade. Phenomenally Bright Outlook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 9

The Australian 1909-10 selling season is now on the wane, and all the factors conducive to the realisation of the balance of the clip at rates satis[?]actory to growers are strongly in…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 13

At the wool a[?]ctions this afternoon there was a good sale at full opening rates. Yorkshire and Continental spinners were the chief operators…

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London Butter Shipments. Big Restrictions for February Ex[?]ected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 11

The export trade for butter at the present time is very strong, and is in a rather excitable state. The reason given for this is through a peculiar development in the…

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Trouble at the Wheat Wharves. Union Men Disagree

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 5

Now that the railways are obtaining coal supplies, and good trains coming forward, operations on the wheat wharves have brightened up considerably during the past few days, and…

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Conditions at Boggabri. Many Losses of Wheat. Boggabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 14

The first mails since Saturday arrived here on Thursday at 1 o'clock. Disappointment was occasioned owing to Sydney papers not arriving…

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London Wool Sales. London, Friday, 6.50 p.m

The Star · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 1

There was a good sale again at the wool auctions to-day. Crossbreds were exceedingly firm, and merinos were unchanged. The prices realised yesterday for the…

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My Life. by a Tweed Suit . From Sheep's Back to Garbage Tin

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 3

I first saw the light in Queensland. I did not reach a state of perfection without undergoing many forms of development and very severe handling: but that only served to…

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An Under-water Farm

The World's News · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 11

There's a little farm near Washington, D.C., that is all under water and that is very profitable. Walter B. Shaw, a one-armed…

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Dairying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 9

LISMORE.—Some figures published of dairy returns show that of £68,800 paid last month by the Byron Bay Co-operative Company four suppliers divided £1783 8s 9d, their cheques…

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Dubbo Fruit Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 9

DUBBO.—The fruit crop in the Dubbo district is proving very good this season. This particular portion of the west [?]ems well adapted to the growing of summer fruits,…

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Training Farms. Immigration and the Land Tax

The Star · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 8

The Dreadnought Fund Committee have secured the co-operation of the Government in the scheme under which their training farm proposals are to be put into effect…

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The Influx of Farm Laborers. Department's Strong Conviction. That More Labor Will Mean More Land. Mr. Percy Hunter Interviewed

The Star · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 3

Mr. Percy Hunter, director of the New South Wales Immigration and Tourist Bureau, gave the "Star" this morning a few facts about past, present, and future…

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Butter and Microbes

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 January 1910 · page 17

A few years ago attempts were made to use for illumination long tubes filled with vapor ot mercury and lighted by electricity. Lamps of this sort have been tried…

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Butter Extort Trade

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 23 January 1910 · page 2

The butter export trade in Sydney has been exceedingly brisk during the week. The R.M.S. Orvieto, which left Port Jackson yesterday, took 27,813 boxes --which constitutes a record. At Melbourne the same vessel…

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Queensland Wool

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 23 January 1910 · page 2

At the last two Brisbane wool sales the market in greasy merino has been topped by Messrs. Pereival and O'Hara, of Glenelg station. In November last they secured 17½d, which is the highest price ever paid in…

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