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Farming & the land, 1876

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Why Farmers Should Keep Pigs. (From the Queenlander.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 5

FIRST of all . the demand for pork, bacon, and hams is increasing. These are imported from Great Britain, Germany, and the sister colonies. Why should this be so?…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 13 September 1876 · page 2

Messrs Watt and Thomson of Cockotag[?] have sold 7000 ewes to Dr. [?] of [?] Messrs W. H. M. and Co. agents Mr. J. Coohran of Widglewa has sold 100 2-tooth…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1876 · page 2

The Agents from whom we derive the information are responsible for the statement of agency employed in each transaction reported in this column.) Messrs. Watt and Thomson, of…

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Pastoral Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1876 · page 3

A MEETING of the Committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association was held at the Australian Hotel, on yesterday evening. Present—Mr. John Leitch, President (in the…

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Wool, Stock, and Station Reports. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1876 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report:—Wool.— This market remains unaltered; as this is the oft week, no public sales have been held. Several fairly sized parcels, port of last clip,…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 3

Mr. John Cox has sold four of his [?]ogan blocks, unstocked, to Messrs L. Ryan and P Cox, Fes[?]ery, Mackinnon, and Co., agents…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 2

The Agents from whom we derive the information are responsible for the statement of agency employed in cach transaction reported in this column.) Mr George Mair has sold 20 head of fat…

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Local Intelligence. Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 2

THE twelfth annual meeting of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association took place on Wednesday last. The attendance was lar[?] than it has been for some years back, [?]…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association. Twelfth Annual Exhibition

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 2

THE twelfth annual exhibition of the Pastoral Association came off on Wednesday under the most favourable circumstances. The weather was fine for some days…

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Melbourne Wool Market. Wednesday, September 13Th

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 2

Messrs. B. Goldsborough and Co. report: —Wool—During the week we have received further instalments of the new clip into store, and expect to have a fair quantity…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1876 · page 2

The Agents from whom we derive the information are responsible for the statement of agency employed in each transaction reported in this column.) We draw attention to the Government…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 20 September 1876 · page 2

Our Narandera correspondent reports :— Rain has fallen heavily during the afternoon of Saturday, occasionally varied by hail, and . heavy wind. Pearson's sheep are on the…

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The Exhibits at the Recent Pastoral Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Wednesday 20 September 1876 · page 2

FOR some time previous to the day fixed for the late exhibition of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association, it was broadly hinted that the Show would hot be a success—that…

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Wool, Stock, and Station Reports. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1876 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. report:—The sales passed o[?] very quietly this week the quantity off[?]ed having been unimportant and not of a character to afford a reliable [?] of the condition of the market. A few…

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Prevention of Foot-rot in Sheep

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1876 · page 3

In a paper read by Mr Balfour, Fife, before the Soctch Veterinary Society, the following suggestions on the prevention of foot-rot in sheep were made:—The prevention of foot-rot ia a subject which should engage…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 3

We understand that the delivery of the Boga Bogalong station, sold by Messrs. Finlay and Co. of Goulburn, on account of Messrs. Gibson Bros. to Mr. A. G. Jones,…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 2

The Agents from whom we thrive the information are responsible for the statement of agency employed in each transaction reported in this column.) Mr. A. G. Jones has purchased 23,500…

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The Steiger Sheep Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 2

A WELL-KNOWN squatter of this district, now on a visit to Europe, sends us the following particulars of the above well-known sheep farm:—…

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Melbourne Wool Market. Wednesday, September 20Th

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 2

Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report:—Wool—The new clip is beginning to come forward more freely, and we have received a considerable quantity into store during the…

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Cross-breeding Sheep. (To the editor of the Australasian.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 5

SIR,—In the Australasian of March 11 appeared an inquiry from Mr. John Roberts of Dunedin, about crossing sheep, and establishing a distinct breed from crosses. To…

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