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Farming & the land, 1910

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Value of Butter Grading. New Zealand's Contention. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 8

Referring to the Sydney butter factories' resolution against grading, the New Zealand director of dairy produce considers that the docision casts a serious reflection on the New…

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Wheat Gamblers Retire. Nine Millions Amassed. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 7

Mr. James Patten, the wheat, speculator of Chicago, who cornered the market last year, has amassed £4,000,000. He announces: "I have made my pile, and I…

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London Market Cables. Visible American Wheat. London, March 2, 6.35 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 9

The visible supplies of wheat and flour cast of the Rocky Mountains is estimated by "Brad-streets" at the equivalent of 52,566,000 bushels of wheat, as compared with 65,673,000 bushels…

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English Wool Trade. Good Buying in London. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 4

Business in Coleman-street has again been of a very satisfactory character, although some Australian woolgrowers will probably feel just a little disappointed that higher…

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The Richlands Estate. Thirty-seven Farms for Settlement. to Be Available March 29

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 7

The Lands Department announces that the Closer Settlement Purchase Farms into which the Richlands Estate is being subdivided, will be available on March 29. Applications…

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Warwick Farm Races

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 5

On Saturday last the Warwick Farm Club held its February meeting and [?] a large number of Sydney [?] folk having journed to…

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Dairy Tests in America

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 7

Interesting as affording a comparison are the records of the first month in the We[?] dairy cow competition. sixty entries were made and records…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Items

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 4

In wheat cultivation in Queensland only a very small quantity of fertiliser is used, but it is expected that the use of phosphates will be introduced on the Darling Downs…

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A Dairyman Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 8

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.-- William Glasheen, a dairyman, residing at Knockfin, near Lochinvar, met with a fatal accident on Kaudahroad last evening. He was returning from…

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Casino Co-operative Dairy Co

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 10

CASINO, Tuesday.--The half-yearly meeting of the Casino Co-operative Dairy Company was held on Saturday, and the report showed that 283½ tons of butter were produced, being an…

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Wheat and Wool Traffic

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 5

The wheat traffic on the N.S.W. railways is still heavy. Last week 218,783 bags were carried an increase of 121,103 bags as compared with the corresponding week, of last year…

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London Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 17

Dalgety's London massage reports the butter market in the United Kingdom as firm at the prices given below. The official quotation in Copenhagen for Danish…

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Butter for Competition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 16

BANGALOW, Friday.--Mr. K. King, of Alstonvile, was again the winner of the Bungalow Agricultural Society's £100 butter fat competition, with last year's winner. Lady. The two…

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The Sheep Show

The Star · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 2

The schedule of the annual show of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders Association is now ready, and the secretary has mailed several hundred copies to sheepbreeders in the…

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Sheep-breeders Association Show

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 7

The schedule for the annual show of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association is now ready, and the secretary has mailed several hundred copies to sheepbreeders in the…

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Wheat on the De Dijon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 16

The French barque Ville de Dijon, hav[?]g completed loading her cargo of 31,044 bags of wheat, is now ready for sea, and will be despatched for Falmouth within the next few days…

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The Wool Trade. Strong Demand for 'Good Wools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 11

Auctions have proceeded on sound lines during the week, and the demand has been strong for well-grown wools in fair order. With the near approach of the close of the…

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Produce Markets. Trade in Sussex-street. Onions[?]selling Butter—maize Cheaper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 17

Had it not been for a "ca[?]ng order" arriving from San Francisco for onions, merchants consider that the market would have fallen to £3, whereas when this order was executed there was a good deal of…

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Mr. Patten's £4,000,000. Wheat Corner Profits. the Man and His Methods. Starts Life As a Poor Boy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 15

"I have made my pile and I intend to enjoy it." It is thus that Mr. James Patten, the Leviathan of the Chicago Wheat Pit, has announced his retirement from business, as a…

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Ostrich Farming

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 2

In the Royal Agricultural Society's "Annual" for 1909, recently published, there is an interesting account of the ostrich farm near Sydney,…

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