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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Co. report:--We held our first sale after the Christmas and New Year vacation on Thursday afternoon last,…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association (Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd ; Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd.,…

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Selling Wheat by Auction

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

A MOVEMENT is on foot in Sydney to introduce the selling of wheat by auction, the proposal being that a central exchange, as existing in other countries,…

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The Pastoral Properties of Riverina. Some Interesting Particulars

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 4

From an article entitled " Tysoniana," by Mr. A. M'Collough, which recently appeared in Hie Pastoral Times, we take the following:…

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Wool Sale

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, report :—We held our first sale after the Christmas and New Year vacation on Thursday last, when we…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Wheat Market

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 2

Wheat is quoted to-day at 2s 8d per bushel…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 1

No. 67. The Hop (continued)- Gathering the Hops-Drying-Bagging-Diffarent kinds of Bagging-Stripping and Stacking-Crops-Expenses of forming a…

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Salting Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 13

One of the chief errors widely committed by farmers in making butter is that of using too much Bait. The bulk of the butter manufactured on farms is salted to the extent of from…

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Commercial. Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report as follows for week ending 14th January:—Wool.—At the sales which were resumed this week after the Christmas…

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The Coming Wheat Tax

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 27

Despite the glowing accounts of the revenue returns as communicated officially to the daily press, there is a very uncomfortable feeling current in freetrade circles that when…

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Reduction in Freight for Seed Wheat. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have agreed to carry seed wheat half ordinary rates to country districts, where crops have totally failed…

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Latest by Telegraph London Wool Sales. Animated Demand and Full Prices. London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day there was on animated demand, and full prices were maintained…

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Gunbar Farmers' Association. The Question of one Year's Rent Concession. GUNBAR

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 1

At the Farmers' Union meeting, held at Gunbar on the 16th inst. (Mr. W. Gibson, president, in the chair), the landholders of the district were well represented…

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Farm and Garden. Five—horse Plough Hitch

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 12

The advantages of the method of hitching five horses to a gang plough as portrayed herewith are:-1. The team's line of draught and the line of draught of the plough are the same…

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Co—operation for Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 13

The farmers of the Toxas coast country have developed a system of cooperation, which has materially improved their tinancial condition. They formed local and then district…

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Novel Experiment in Wheat Growing

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 4

Mr J. J. Piper, writing to the Tamworth News, gives the following particulars of an experiment in wheat sowing:— “For the last two or three years I have used…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, January 20, 1899

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

IN the early part of the week the weather was cool. On Wednesday a change to rain took place. During the afternoon the showers were steady, and in the night there were several brisk ones which made up a total of…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

No. 69. Flax (continued)—Drying—Objections—Drying for Different Purposes— Rippling— For Cambric—Water-Retting — Running Streams and Standing Pools—…

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Sheep's Head

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 2

Required: A sheep's head, three carrots, three turnips, three parenips, five onions, parsley, pepper and salt. Method.-Soak the head in warm water to…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report as follow:-Wool-After an interval of ten days, sales will be resumed in the Sydney market on 23rd,…

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