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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

The Soil Trade with Japan. in the Decline. Japanese As Dairymen

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 5

It would seem that Australia can no longer look to Japan as an outlet of any consequence for butter. The trade is a declining, one. A British firm at Yokohama, in ordering 150 cases…

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Farmers for Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 9

The Vancouver mail steamer, which arrived last evening, bought amongst her passengers sixteen farmers and farm laborers for the southern State. They appeared to be a good…

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Warwick Farm. Winners, S.P., Riders, and Post Positions

Co-operator · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 3

Careel, 15 to 1 (Shannahan), 7. Lorn, 2 to 1 (Kenny), 9 Willow Green, 5 to 1 (Townsend), 8. St. Carwyne, 20 to 1 (McDonald), 9…

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Sheep and Wool. Merino Wool-growing

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 12

At a recent meeting of the Crudine Agricultural Bureau. Mr. J. W. Matthews, sheep and wool export, lectured on Merino Wool-Growing," with…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 3

2,291 were yarded, the bulk consisting of fair trade quality bullocks and steers, with a limited number of good and prime and a plentiful supply of cows and young cattle…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 15

About 3,800 were yarded, including several large drafts of Queenslanders. The supply consisted principally of trade quality bullocks and steers, with a proportion…

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Wheat

The Land · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 10

A good deal of grumbling has been heard amongst shippers, millers, and Brokers here during the week about the quietness of the wheat market, and…

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London Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 11

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., has received a cable from London under Wednesday's date, stating "the market in the United Kingdom is weak. The total imports for the last week were 64,000cwt, as compared with…

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Wool SYDNEY

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 5

Over 8,000 bales were offered yesterday to the usual attendance of buyers, who operated freely for all medium and good lines. Secured was a strong demand at higher rates…

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Compensation for Cattle Destroyed

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 7

At the List meeting of the Victorian Chamber of Agriculture, the executive committee submitted a payment of compensation by the Government for…

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New Zealand Sheep Returns

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 12

The official sheep returns for the Dominion show a decrease of 245,973 on April 30 of the current year, as against the number of the…

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Western Australian Wheat

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 7

The Western Australian Government Statistician has issued a reestimate of the crop from the latest official returns. He estimates the wheat yield…

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Wheat Carters' Demands

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 7
Also in The Farmer and Settler

A meeting was held at Peak Hill on Saturday night of the Carriers' Union. Farmers were asked to attend to discuss the carrying rate. The…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 6

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8232 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted…

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Big Wool Shipment

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 4

Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Company will to-day despatch the Australian-Union steamer Port Pirie for the Continent and Hull with 8200 bales of wool…

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London Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 10
Also in Daily Commercial News and Shipping List, The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have been advised by their London office that, compared with rates ruling at the close of the…

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Homebush Saleyards. Insufficient Cattle Pens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 5

One or two innovations were made in connection with the cattle sales at the Homebush yards yesterday, and considerable excitement prevailed during the greater part of the day…

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