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Farming & the land, 1910

7,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Wheat Buyers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 9

MOLONG.—Very keen competition exists among the wheat buyers at Molong and Manildra, and some large parcels have changed hands during the past few days. Up till…

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Napier Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 14

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.—Over 20,000 bales were offered at the Napier wool soles. The recent high prices were maintained. A feature of the sale was the strong demand for lambs'…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 18

BRISBANE, Friday.—The fifth of the 1909-10 series of Brisbane wool sales concluded this evening, when 16,041 bales were submitted. Bidding wag extremely animated throughout. The…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A cable message, received by Dalgety and Company, Limited, from their London house, under date of 6th instant, states that the wool market in London is very firm, and that…

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Frauds on Farmers. Rogues get much Money by Raising Spells on Sick Cattle

The World's News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

An extraordinary story is related by the Blois correspondent of the "Journal" (Paris), in connection with the arrest of a man and woman named Amiot on a charge of fraud. This…

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Argentine Cattle. British Restrictions. Negotiations for Removal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 13

LONDON, Friday.—In consequence of the re-admission by the United States of cattle from the Argentine, the latter republic has asked Great Britain for the abolition of the…

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Brisbane Wool Sales. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 14

At the wool sales on Thursday catalogues embracing 17,326 bales were submitted to one of the largest attendances of buyers seen in this market. Competition was very animated and general, all sections of the…

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British Cattle Imports. Restrictions Relaxed. London, Jan. 7

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

Consequent upon the readmission of United States cattle into Great Britain, the Argentine has asked for the abolition of restriction in the case of its cattle…

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Casualties. Injured by Bale of Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 16

Yesterday William Harold, 39, whartlabourer, residing at.19 Campbell-street, North Sydney, was working on the Federal.Wharf Stacking wool when a bale rolled off and fell…

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Fire Amongst Wool a Professor's Opinion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 15

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.—Professor Park, after exhaustive experiments, has come to the conclusion that outbreaks of fire amongst wool cargoes are caused by heat generated…

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The Wool Trade. a Very Strong Position

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 9

On Monday next auction sales will be resumed in the Sydney market. There is a larger quantity of wool to be submitted during the currency of the second half of the…

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First Wheat Steamer Sails. Ormiston Takes 255,000 Bushels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 12

Last night the big cargo steamer Ormiston —the first wheat steamer of the present season from Sydney-was despatched for Las Palmas, where Instructions will be…

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American Wheat Ring Methods. How the Market is Rigged and Bread Made Dearer

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

The United Status is famous for its strikes, blizzards, and Hood disasters, but these pale into insignificance compared with its g[?]ganue…

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Largest Dairy In N.S.W. Milking Machines Used

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 4

At Ben Lomond, Mr T A Stirton, the well known pastoralist, is dairying on a very extensive scale. At present 350 cows are being milked under one roof, and this…

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Record Farming

The World's News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 3

A record in tenant fanning that muit be exceedingly rare in the land nowadays has been closed by the death of Mr. Archibald Mathieson, fanner, Glenehanty, Kintyre. Mr…

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Dairy Produce in England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 15

Dalgety's cable, dated Thursday, read:—"The market for Australasian butter in the United Kingdom is firm, notwithstanding that the offial quotation for Danish was reduced about [?] per [?] in Copenhagen to-day…

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Assisted Immigration. Farm Labourers Wanted. Statement by the Acting Premier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 8

The demand for skilled agricultural labour keeps up well throughout the State, and the Immigration Bureau is finding difficulty in dealing with the requests for Immigrants…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Homing Instinct

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 9

In all nature there is perhaps nothing more wonderful, mysterious, and universal than the hold which the locality of birth retains upon animals and many human beings. This…

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Gold From a River Bed. How a French Farmer Parted with £3200

The Star · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 8

A remarkably clever swindle was that committed by a man named Leon Goldsmith, who passed himself off as an American doctor. The man had fallen in with a wealthy…

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