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Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 21

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,622 bales, and the sales, Including private transactions,…

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London Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 4

The A.M.L. and F. Company, Ltd., have received the following cable from their London office, dated the 6th January:—"List of arrivals closed for…

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Produce. Wheat and Flour

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 40

THE wheat markets have been quiet all the holidays, and very little business has been done. Just before Christmas week the market firmed somewhat, and…

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The Soil Farmers' Experiment Plots. in the Southern Districts. Excellent Wheat Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

Further returns in connection with the farmers' experiment wheat plots in the southern districts show excellent yields. These plots were show excellent yields. These plots were sown with ½cwt. of superphosphate per…

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Agricultural and Pastoral the State of the Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 3

Rainstorms of varied amounts have fallen over a very large area of the State during the week, and in many places have pleasingly replenished the stores of moisture in the soil,…

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Wheat in the Country. STACKED

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

The following statement shows the numbjer of bags of wheat stacked at various stations on the N.S.W. lines during the week ended December 21.-- Gundagal, 350 bags, Stockinbingal 119, Springdale…

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The Royal Show Wheat Entries

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 40

SCHEDULES for the Royal Show may be had from the secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society on application. The first of the entries for the show are those…

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Wheat Bounties. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 19

The Conservatives are giving prominence to Sir Joseph Lawrence's idea that a bounty of 2s should be granted for colonial and home grown wheat, the money to bo obtained by…

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Queensland. Cattle Killed by Lightning. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 20

At Roma, during a etorm, John Bates, dairyman, near Roma, had ten valuable dalry ccws killed by lightning, and during the recent rtorm ho had seven Injured. v…

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N.Z. Wool Sales. Wellington

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 14

At the wool state to-day there was a record in the quantity submitted, no fewer than 28,000 bales being listed. In prices there was an average decline of one half-penny…

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Hints to Producers. Thew Wheat in Request

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 4

During the last 20 years a number of wheats have come into fashion in New South Wales, some for grain, some for green feed, and some for both. Perhaps the most puffed, and the…

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A Dairy Farmer on Milking Machines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 12

A practical dairy farmer of Indiana, U.S., sums up his experiences with milking machines, in the "Indiana Farmer," as follows:-- After using the machines on 40 too 45 cows…

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Bounty Proposed. Colonial and Home-grown Wheat. London

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 10

The Conservatives are giving prominence to E[?] Joseph Lawren[?] idea that a bounty of is should be granted for colonial and home grown wheat, the money to be obtained by…

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Australian Butter Trade. English Market Tricks. Position in a Nutshell. London, December 6

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 6

Recent debates in the Australian Federal Parliament have aroused some interest over here, especially the debates on Australian butter. We have heard for years of the…

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New Zealand Wool Sales. Record Catalogue. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

For the current wool sale there is a record catalogue of 25.900 bales, Prices at the opening were a half-penny lower than the closing rates of last sales…

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Australian Wheat. Strong London Market. London, Tuesday, 9.30 p.m

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 8

Australian wheat met an exceedingly firm market to-day. Quotations showed an improvement from 1 12d to 3d per quarter…

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For the Man on the Land. Export of Sheep to South Africa — The Proposed Prohibition

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 36

This sheep represents a type of the fine-Woolled Merinos bred by the small holders, which, if export Were prohibited, would be liable to become extinct. Strange, the present fashion is but the resuscitation of a type these small owners bred very successfully over 20 years ago, before the intense development of body folds and wrinkles. BECAUSE the South African Government has prohibited…

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London Market Cables. the Wool Arrivals. London, Jan. 6, 7.20 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 21

Arrivals of wool amount to 282,600 bales, of which 149,500 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, and with those left over from last sales, 135,000 bales are available…

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Monkey Farm Servant

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 16

The Paris "Gautois" assets that a large farmer in the neighborhood of Paris employs on his farm on ape brought from Central Africa by his son, a non-commissioned officer…

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Dry Farming Lectures Abandoned

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 14

About a month age it was intimated that Mr. H. W. Campbell, the "father of dry farming," was centemplating a trip from America to Australia, to deliver a course of leceures on…

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