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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1878

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Talk on Farm Crops

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1878 · page 2

MERCHANTS, manufacturers, bakers, professional men, mechanics, capitalists, millers, railroad men, ship owners, farmers, forwarders, rich and poor, high and low,…

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Poetry. the Farmer

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1878 · page 2

He is a stalwart robust man, A monach of the soil, His brawny arms are large and strong, His hands are hard with toil,…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1878 · page 3

(The Agents from whom we derive the information are responsible for the statement of agency em ployed in each transaction reported in this column.) Mr. A. G. Jones has purchased three…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1878 · page 2

At the Wool Sales yesterday, fleece realised from 13d. to 17½d.; scoured, 15d. to 20½d.; greasy, 6d. to 10½d. Best sheepskins realised from 5d. to 6½d…

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Wool, Stock, and Station Reports

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1878 · page 2

MESSRS. MORT AND Co. report:—Wool: The business done this week has been limited, owing to the holidays interfering with the holding of the ordinary sales. We held a sale of small lots and…

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Sheep and Wool

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1878 · page 4

Wool bas the lightest specific gravity of nay fiber in the world. The wool fibre has a polish. It repels dirt well, has a sticky property which renders it of matting quality…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1878 · page 4

(The Agents from whom we derive the information are responsible for the statement of agency em ployed in each transaction reported in this column.) The Hon. Sir Samuel Wilson (Yance) has…

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Melbourne Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1878 · page 2

MESSRS. R. GOLDSBROUGH AND Co. report:—Wool.—We did not hold our auction sale last week, owing to the holidays, but shall resume our sales on Thursday, after that they will be held regularly on our…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1878 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday greasy wool realised to 11d. for a large clip; fleece, infeior lot, 14d. to 15¼d…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1878 · page 2

Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report:—We offered two thousand two hundred bales to-day, and sold sixteen hundred at about last sales rates; greasy, 7d to 13d.; washed,…

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The Farm. Talk on Farm Crops

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1878 · page 3

IN sowing wheat after wheat, or after barley or oats, our principal aim must be, to retain as much moisture in the soil as possible. As soon as the crop is harvested, start the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1878 · page 2

Messrs. J. H. Clough and Co. report that they offered 1750 bales at their sale yesterday (Monday). Inferior to ordinary description was only catalogued greasy sold up to 1s…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1878 · page 2

At the wool sales, yesterday, greasy realised from 5½d. to 9½d.; fleece 13½d. to 18d; scoured 12d to. 17¼d. MELBOURNE, TUESDAY, 6 p.m…

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Wool, Stock, and Station Reports. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1878 · page 2

MESSRS, MORT AND CO. report:—For good line of washed fleece and greasy there was active competition at our sales on Wednesday, but inferior consditioned and lots of inferior quality were difficult of…

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Pastoral Mems. (The Agents from whom we derive the information are responsible for the statement of agency employed in each transaction reported in this column.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1878 · page 3

Mr. A. G. Jones has, we are informed, taken delivery of 14,000 (fourteen thousand) store wethers, purchased by him from Mr. M'Clarty, of Bundure. They are…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1878 · page 2

Fifteen hundred (1500) fat wethers, the property of Mr. A. G. Jones, were started from the racecourse paddock on Monday last, crossed the bridge the same day, and are now…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1878 · page 2

At the wool sales, held yesterday, fleece realised from 11d. to. 18d.; greasy from 6½d. to 9½d., and scoured from 10½d. to 17d. At the cattle sale, held yesterday, best…

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Pastoral and Agricultura Notes. Talk of Farm Crops. (American Agriculturist.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 1

IN sowing whent after wheat, or after barley or oats, our principal aim must be to retain as much moisture in the soil as possible. As soon as the crop…

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Sydney Wool Sale

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday greasy realised to 10d,, ficece 13.1d. to 18d, MELBOURNE, FRIDAY, 5 p.m. The Governor was presented with an…

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Pastoral Mems. (The Agents from whom we derive the information are responsible for the statement of agency employed in each transaction reported in this column.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 4

Mr. A. G. Jones has sold one thousand (1000) superior breeding ewes at Wheeogo, to Messrs. Boland Bros., of Bald Hills, at a high figure…

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