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Farming & the land, 1912

11,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Wool SYDNEY

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

Auctions will be Held in Sydney next week and will be continued weekly until the 27th February, when a fresh foster will be arranged for the rest of the season. Indications…

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Sheep with Two Mouths

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 6

GOULBURN.—Whilst shearing recently, Mr. A. Speer, of Woodhouselee, discovered a sheep with two mouths. Mr. Speer observed a lump on the animal's head just beneath the ear…

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Fat Stock. Monday's Sales at Homebush. Sheep and Lambs. Sheep

The Land · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 10

The supply of sheep and lambs was by no means a full one, only 15,099 head of both being; penned from 51 consignors. This being the first…

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Pallamallawa Wheat Land

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 7

Messrs, W. F., Myring and D. Good-sell, wheat-growers from Eugowra, in the Forbes district, N.S.W., have just inspected Pallamallawa, near Moree,…

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Riverina Wheat Harvest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 6

ALBURY.—Careful inquiry shows that the recent wheat crop, the harvesting of which is just completed, is about two-thirds the weight of last year's crop, which it is generally…

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Crop Experiments at Dapto. Oils, Wheat and Clover

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 7

Inspector Makin, of the N.S.W. Agricultural Department, attended last meeting of the Dapto Agricultural Society, and gave the results of the…

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American Wheat Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 12

The visible supply of wheat in the United States is 118,094,000 bushels, as compared with 112,709,000 bushels a week ago, and with 77,408,000 bushels in the corresponding week of…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 12

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—Wool sales resumed on Monday, when we offered 6000 bales to a very large attendance of buyers, including…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 11
Also in The Land

Hill, Clark, and Co., Limited, report the receipt of the following cable from their London agents:— There will be about 181,000 bales available for the…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

LONDON, Thursday.—There was a small attendance at the Antwerp wool sales and competition was poor. Prices ruled 2 per cent. Lower than during December. Three…

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Education in Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 1

"Farmer and Settler" readers must have felt, in leading the Henshaw Jackson interview, published in last issue, that the South Australians are…

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London Wool Imports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 11

Dalgety and Company, Limited, are in receipt of a telegram from their head office stating that the wool imports into London for the 12 months ended December 31 last amounted…

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"A Paradise of Fat Sheep,"

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 15

Mr. Norman Angell tells the story of his great book "The Great Illuston." in the new "Everybody's Weekly." The book when first published was…

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Wheat and Bran Bags

The Land · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 12

The week has seen but little alteration in the market for jute. Bran bags have received most attention, and have continued firmly held at from 4/9 for…

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Haystacks and Wheat Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 10

TEMORA, Thursday.--A fire occurred at Mr. G. Rapley's farm, Young-road, yesterday. Two haystacks and 100 bags of seed wheat were destroyed. There was no insurance, and the…

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Gorged with Wheat. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 10

Mr. Charles Hodges, farmer, of Budgerabang, lost four draught horses, valued at £200 recently. The animals got into a wheat crop, and before discovered, had gorged themselves…

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Homebush Stock Market. Sheep. Further Reduced Rates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 11

A large supply was forward for yesterday's sales. All the sheep had not arrived by the opening of the sales and some of the lots were too late to be properly penned, being…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 11

The second scries of wool sales were inaugurated at Geelong to-day, when the selling brokers brought for ward catalogues containing some 12,000 bales. The selections of both merinos and crossbreds were good,…

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