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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

11,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 9

For our sale last Wednesday we submitted an attractive catalogue of some 6,000 bales, which commanded the close attention of a fine master of buyers. Our auction was…

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London Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 11

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., is in receipt of a cable from its London office, dated Wednesday, advising that the market in the United Kingdom is very quiet. The total imports into the United Kingdom for the last…

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The Sheep Market

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 12

Holders of sheep are still very firm in their prices so much so in fact, that sales are few and far between. It is very evident that there are not going…

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Bombala Wheat Experiments

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 18

The wheat on the Government experimental plots at Mr. A. Bellehambers' farm (at Bombala) has made very satisfactory growth. There was a marked…

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Record Wheat Loads

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 18

The record load of wheat was brought into Eumu[?]gerie (Dubbo) last week, and delivered to Messrs. John Wheaton aud Co. The load consisted of 156very bad roads…

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Rushing Wheat Trucks

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 6

CANOWINDRA, Thursday.--Thousands of hags of wheat are stacked at Glen Logan, Billimari, Bangaroo, and Canowlndra, and farmers complain bitterly of the inadequate supply of…

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Commonwealth Wheat Exports

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 18

Exports of wheat from the Commonwealth since the beginning of the wheat year, December 1, have been moderate. As the year opened with bare boards,…

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Record Wheat Figures

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 18

Deliveries of wheat to the Grenfell railway station continue very heavy. On Friday last a record was established, when 11,015 bags were stacked from…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 6

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8924 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 12

The last of the present season's wool sales, with the exception, possibly, of a clearing up sale next month, was held in Adelaide on Saturday lust, and prices…

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London Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 10
Also in Daily Commercial News and Shipping List

The course of the London-Colonial wool sales, now in progress, has been marked by an exceedingly firm trend in prices. Greasy merino wools have…

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Agents' Wool Reports

The Land · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 11

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report: —At the wool sales this week good catalogues have been submitted, and competition has been very keen from…

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Good Prices for Good Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 11

Joseph Leeds and Co. report that amongst 7000 sheep sold by them at yesterday's sales they disposed of the following high priced lots:- On account of Mrs. A. C. M'Culloch, N[?]a,…

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Notes. Wheat and Railways

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 6

The forty-five-bushel crop, which won the Cowra competition, is in such striking contrast to the average for this State, that it cannot fall to stimulate growers to use better methods…

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Our Wool for America

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 8

It is quite possible that the results of the American elections may make an important difference to our wool Industry. The Democrats believe in a revenue tariff,…

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Getting Wool to Sydney

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 12

"Woolgrowers who live in what is known as the inside portion of New South Wales have little idea as a rule, of the hardships or hindrances that…

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Arrival of Wheat by Rail

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 18

The receipt of wheat and flour by rail at Darling Harbour and the suburban railway stations for the week ended January 28 were:—…

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Fat Stock. Thursday's Sales. Sheep and Lambs

The Land · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 11

Monday having been a holiday, the consignments for yesterday wore about as heavy as last Thursday's, 63,004 head (including lambs) being yarded,…

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Wool Tops and Insect Pests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 11

The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has again [?]een grapp[?]ing with the [?]on of the [?] age to wool tops through a species of weevil. The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage…

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