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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

11,717 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

High Prices for Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 11

Pitt, Son, and Bad[?]er[?] Ltd., report having sold at Flemington yesterday the following high-priced consignments:—26 bullocks, A. W. Nivison, Paterson, to £15/18/, avg £15/8/1: Bowman Bros., Junr.,…

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Worm Nests in Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—At n meeting of the Board of Agriculture, Dr. Reakes, director of the live stock division, Department of Agriculture, gave an account of a serious spread…

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Hill, Clark & CO. Sheep

The Land · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 15

P. Tully, Tullyray, Gunning, 12 r and 1 stg, 10/6, 53 w, 18/1; T. Fitzpatrick, Carcoar, 8 xw, 19/1, 11 xe 16/, 13 xe 12/; J. J. O'Brien, Major's Flat, Carcoar,…

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Good Wheat Yield

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 7

Mr. M'Auliffe, of Jeir, Yass, has just completed harvesting his crop of wheat. Fifteen acres of Yandilla King yielded 150 bags, equal to 30 bushels…

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Coonabarabran Wheat Lands

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 7
Also in The Farmer and Settler

Thirteen homestead farms, ranging from 600 to 1043 acres, will be available on March 1 in the Coonbarabran land district. The area is 18 to 23…

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Wheat From Argentina

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 7

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hutchinson) made an important statement on Tuesday to a deputation from the Millowners' Association of…

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Victoria's Wheat Shortage

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 7

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hutchinson) made an important statement on Tuesday to a deputation from the Millowners' Association…

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Chicago Wheat Pit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 9

The Chicago market was panicky to-day, with wide and erratic fluctuations. Pit operations were uneasy owing to a report that the Government intends to…

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The Wheat Seizure

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 7

A well-attended meeting of farmers and citizens of Dubbo and district protested against the action of the State Government in seizing the wheat of…

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London Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4
Also in The Land

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report having received from their London agents, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co., London, the following…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 6093 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 5

At the Sydney woo] sales on Tuesday 6170 bales were catalogued and sales, including private transactions, totalled 7030 bales…

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Wellington Wool Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 5

At the Wellington, N.Z., wool sales on Tuesday, 6000 bales were offered. Biding was keen. Prices were [?] above November rates for heavy and medium…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 5

At the Melbourne wool sales on Tuesday comebacks and crossbreds were well represented. Competition was keen from all sections. American operators took…

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Auckland Wool Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 5

Record prices were realised at the Aucklund wool sales on Tuesday. Six thousand bales were offered, and the buyers represented England, France,…

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Export of Wool

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 5

Advice has been received from the Comptroller-General of Customs that for the present permission to export merino wool to the United States of America has been…

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Field Peas in Sheep-fattening

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 16

The experience of a South Australian farmer in the Willungra district is thus described:—"In a seven-acre paddock the ordinary dun pea sown towards the end of…

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Danger to Commerce. Watch the Wheat Supply. Appeal to Farmers

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 3

"There are two small but very suggestive pieces of information in yesterday's cables," said Mr. Carmichael this morning. "One shows the danger to British commercial…

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