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Farming & the land, 1912

11,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 7

Edward Hugh Robinson, 16, was charged yesterday, at the Central Police Court, with stealing1 six cows, valued at £34, the property of three separate owners, at Moore Park, on January 25. Accused, it was stated,…

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Farming. Wheat Growing. Increased Cost of Production

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 12

The Liberal leader Mr. C. G. Wade, last week paid a visit to the south-western wheat-growing areas. He was taken for a trip along the Barellan line extension, from Temora…

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Government Experiment Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 12

At a meeting of the grain trade sectional committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce yesterday, samples of hard white wheats from the Government Experiment Farms were…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 9

Three catalogues, sovaring 12,000 bales, were presented to buyers this afternoon—Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Company, Limited. [?] bales; John Bridge and Company…

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Price of Butter. Further Increase

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—An advance of [?] has taken place in the butter market, the wholesale quotation for superfine Western brands being raised from is 1 1/2d to is 2d per…

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Price of Butter in Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 10

The continued dry weather. in New South Wales is responsible for this week beginning in Sydney with superfine butter at 130s per cwt, a rise of 4s. Other grades in proportion…

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Sheep in N.S.W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 15

One of the most thoughtful articles in the latest issue of the Royal Agricultural Societies' Annual, is ''Sheep in New South. Wales," by W. T. G., who begins by pointing to the…

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Railways Blocked With Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 11

The position at all the railway stations and sidings from Blayney to Harden, on the Cowra line, is becoming acute. At every station large stacks of wheat are piled, waiting the…

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To Tap Rich Wheat and Dairy Land--Proposed Duri-Somerton Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 22

The report of the Decentralisation Commission has established a fact of which most folk, in the country districts at least, have been aware for some considerable time. It…

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Pastoral Shearers or Spielers. Australian V New Zealand

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 10

Generally speaking, the shearer of to-day is a much better and more solid worker than the shearer of the past. There is more stability about the shearing business than there…

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Agricultural and Pastoral the State of the Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 4

Speaking generally, there has been no change in the dry conditions during the week. In a few places there have been isolated thunderstorms, and one or two have provided sufficient…

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Australian Produce in England. London Notes. Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 14

LONDON, January 5.--The year 1912 has opened auspiciously for the colonial butter trade, with an all-round advance of 4s to 6s per cwt. The firmness of colonial butter last…

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Sheep Men. the Value of Co-operation

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 11

Of all the land industries co-operation is less in evidence among sheepmen, large and small, than it is among other branches. Yet there is hardly a branch where it is capable…

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Stock Saleyards. Government Backing Down. Dodging a Pastoral Deputation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 18

How comes it that the Government is backing and filling over the question of new and efficient live stock saleyards? How comes it that the Government is now…

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Hints to Producers. Butter Scarce, Yet a Surplus

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

Many people in Sydney and the country towns, and even some people in the country dairying areas, fail to comprehend' how it is that N.S.W. butter can be scarce and plentiful…

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Wool Growing in Japan. Unsuccessful Experiment

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 10

Mr. J. B. Suttor, Commercial Agent in the East for this State, has reported the gist of some remarks made to him in the course of a discussion with Baron Makino, Minister for…

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English Wool Letter. a Feeling of Uncertainty

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 14

LONDON, January 5.--Business in colonial wool in this market during the week has been of trilling character, the only description of raw material inquired for being scouted…

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Wool Review. SYDNEY, February 6. Brisk Demand

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 11

Though, practically speaking, there are no alterations of note in the Sydney market, compared with last week, trade was again brisk for the better sorts of greasy wools, the…

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Doyen of the Wool Trade. Honoring an Octogenarian

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 11

Advantage was taken yesterday afternoon the members of the Sydney and Brisbane Wool Buyers and Sellers' Association to celebrate the 80th birthday of Mr. Henry Austin, at…

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Commercial. Excited Wheat Market. London and Sydney. Spot and Forward

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 7

Private cables to Sydney mention the sales is London of a cargo of Australian wheat at port of call at 11s 1d per quarter, of a cargo on passage at the same figure, and of a cargo…

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