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Farming & the land, 1899

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Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 November 1899 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. Melbourne, report: At our sales on Thursday we brought before the buyers a very line catalogue of 6600 bales…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 29 November 1899 · page 1

No. 112. The Clove Tree (continned)— Essential Oil—Characteristics— Medicinal Uses— Condiments— Soil and Situation— Traders' Devices— Firs or Spruces— The…

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Wheat Market

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 2

Mr. H. R. Carter, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows under date November 22:--Since the last general rain I have ventured to state that the…

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New Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 37

The first of the season's wheat was bought, by Mr. James Colquhoun on Monday from Mr. F. W. Lubke, of Walla Walla. The price given was 2s 3d per bushel for two…

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Wheat Growing Experiments

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 13

Upwards of 100 farmers and others attended the Longerenong College experimental farm on Saturday, 25th, at the invitation of the manager, Mr. Niven, to see the results of the growth…

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Melbourne Wool Market

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 2

Messrs. Younghusband & Co. Proprietary Limited held their usual weekly sale of wool on Wednesday, when they offered a catalogue of 1460 bales. During the…

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The Wagga Wool Awards

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 3

THE award of the judges in connection with the ninth Wagga sheep test prize, held under the auspices of the Murrum-bilgee P. and A. Association, has been…

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Further Advance in Wool. London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 3

The London Wool Sales opened brisk, with un advance of from ten to fifteen percent in prices…

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Albury Wool, Skin, Hide and Tallow Market

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 2

W. S. Norman and Co. report holding a fortnightly sale of wool, skins, hides, tallow and marsupials, on Friday, 24th November, when the entire catalogues of…

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Albury Farm and Dairy Produce Market

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 2

W. S. Norman and C'o. report selling privately during the week and by auction at their usual sale on Saturday, the 25th November, as follows:--Chuff, 2s. 9d, to…

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Opening of the Wool Sales. Rise Ten to Fifteen Per Cent. London, November 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 21

The sixth and last series of London wool sales this year opened to-day. The market was brisk, and prices showed an advance of from 10 to 15 per cent…

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About Wool. the Late Rise in Values. Views of Mr J. S. Horsfall. Interesting Reminiscences. (Argus, November 22.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 36

The causes of the present almost phenomenal advance in the value of wool and the future prospects for our great staple are attracting great attention. On these subjects we have…

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Preparation and Application of Farm-yard Manure

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 1

Mr. W. Hessel Hall, M.A., of Lapstone Apiary, Emu Plains, has been good enough to furnish the following report of his operations :—…

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Farm and Garden. a Convenient Barn Truck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 12

The accompanying illustration shows an easy made and convenient truck for the feeding floor of the barn. Four wheels can be sawn from a hardwood plank, aud mounted…

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Loyal Cape Farmers. a Protection Movement. London, November 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 27

The Cape Government has taken measures for the protection of the loyal farmers in certain districts of the colony from attacks by the Boers…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, December 1 1899

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 2

THE weather has been variable during the week and occasionally hot. Yesterday was the hottest day of the season, but the best was fairly bearable. To-day the temperature is again down and a strong wind was…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 1

No. 114. The Yew Tree—Where native of —Trunk and Branches—Bark and Wood Sacred Uses—Po[?]ous—Large Specimens —Chicory—As a salad—Leaves and Roots…

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The Hon. J. W. Sauer Addresses the Farmers. British and Boer Movements Later

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 2

Mr. Bernard, a member of the Transvaal Volksraad, was killed at Modder river. The Hon. J. W. Saner, addressing seven hundred persons at Dordrecht, warned them…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 1

No. 113. The Larch— Soil— Sixe— Co[?][?] parison with Pine— Suitability of larch for particular purposes— Red Flowers— White Flowers— Compared with Sootch…

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Cancer in Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 12

"A discovery of great importance in regard to cancer in cattle has recently been made in Adelaide. On 22nd November," an Adelaide contemporary reports, "the inspector…

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