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Farming & the land, 1911

10,786 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

To Load Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 4

The ship Verbena has been chartered to load a cargo of wheat at Sydney for the U.K. or Continent, and the steamers Llanwern and River…

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Wheat Land Wanted

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 3

Two brothers having a long experience in farming and grasing, and with a capital of [?]500, are wanting a property to lease, which must be ready to work, with purchase option,…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange Bridge-street when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,235 bales, and the sales including private transactions, amounted to 9060 bales, as under:…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 11
Also in Daily Commercial News and Shipping List

The Australian Mortagage, Land, and Finance Co., Limited, have received the following cable from Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartze, and Co., London, dated Tuesday:— "Sales continue animated, lately reported rates are…

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Wagga Wool Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

WAGGA.—The stork inspector Mr. Lyne, furnishes the following comparative figures of the wool yield, per head for sheep and lambs for the last three seasons:—Wagga district:…

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Big Wool Cargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 10

Gottingen, s, took a carge of wool which totalled 11,460 bales, It is all consigned to Continental centres. The Goettingen had also a large quantity of general carge…

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Geelong Wool Sales

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 8

The Secretary of the Geelong Wool Brokers' Association, E. Bechervaise, advises us that from January 20 to January 27, 10,094 bates were offered…

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General Notes. Big Butter Business

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 4

During January- 6,351,557lb. of butter, valued at £266,554. was exported from Victoria. Those totals compared with 4,759,454lb., valued at £199,808, for the first month of 1910, and…

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Veterinary Contagious Disease in Cattle

The Land · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 7

Of all the plagues which trouble the dairy cow, contagions abortion is probably the worst. Farmers who arc unfortunate enough to have the…

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Sheep on the North Coast

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 10

Mr. G. O. Mocatta has proved that sheep of oven the merino cross will thrive on the Bellinger river, N.S.W. His last season's clip realised top…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing at Homebush

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 7

At the Burwood Police Court on Monday, before Mr. W. Burton Smith, D.S.M., Frederick Sydney Martineer, 45, a drover, was charged with stealing a number of…

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Wheat Loading and Stacks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 11

During the week ended January 28 the quantity of wheat despatched from all country stations was 295,714 bags, compared with 325,925 bags the previous week, and 203,383 bags for the week ended January 30,…

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Dirty Wheat, or Clean

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 1

The Scottish Commissioners have concluded their comprehensive tour of Australia and have gone home to make their report and to write their book. We…

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Another Record Wheat Load

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 12

What is said to be a record load of wheat was taken into Narromine, N.S.W., on Tuesday week by Mr. W. H. Oates, Rosewick, Narromine. With…

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Wheat in Cattle Trucks. Curious Railway Method. Cumbersome, Expensive, and Insanitary. (From Our Special Reporter.) Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 9

Has the shortage of trucks been properly met, or has a reprehensible makeshift been adopted? The Railway Commissioners have gained…

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Moisture in Butter. an Extraordinary Case

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 7

From Melbourne comes news of a case that is sure to attract very wide notice and certainly calls for explanation. In a letter addressed the…

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Wool Expressed in Sovereigns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 11

The following table gives some idea of what the pastoral industry is worth to the State, as well as of the present relative unimporance of the local consumer:…

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Homebush Stock Market. Yesterday's Sales. Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 11

Upwards of 52,344 sheep (including lambs) were balloted for sale from 248 consignors, and 51,720 head were penned. All the sheep had not arrived by the opening of the sales. There were seven drafts ranging…

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The Butter Standard. [?]xity of Victorian Manufacturers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 11

Victorian butter manufacturers do not appear to have taken last year's warnings to heart. Already this sea­son 140 cases in which shippers of…

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