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Farming & the land, 1886

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 3

Writers of hurried paragraphs in newspapers are, after all, but human, and likely to make mistakes. In our last issue we stated that Mr. F. Chisholm, of Bull's Run…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1886 · page 3

The following are the local stock crossings:—20th—500 ewes (A. Smith's) from Kyamba to Morton Hill, Kerabery, T. Wilson in charge. 32nd—300 wethers (John…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 February 1886 · page 3

The following are the local stock passings since our last:—24th.—3015 wethers (G. Kennedy's) from Forest Hill to Humula, A. Campbell in charge; 10,000 wether…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1886 · page 3

Wilkinson and Lavender report having sold through the Homehush yards, this week 50 light-weight bullocks for Mr. Prank Jenkins, Bangus, at from £6 19s. to…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1886 · page 3

The following are the local stock movements reported:—Feb. 27th—9000 mixed weaners (Armytage and Hayes'), from Wantabadgery and Brucedale to Dora Dora,…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1886 · page 3

The following are the local stock passings since our last:—March 1.—6600 ewes (M'Cartney Bros.') from Merulebale to Tooma, J. F. Ogilvie in charge; 9000 mixed…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 3

Wilkinson and Lavender report having sold through the Homebush yards this week:—A draft of bullocks and cows for Mr. A. Lakeman—bullocks to £9 11s.,…

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Police Court. Friday, March 5. (Before Messrs. W. Rand and B. B. Bennett, Js.P.) Breaches of the Sheep Act

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 2

There were two cases in which the defendant was summoned for refusing to produce his travelling permit when naked to do so by the occupier of the run he was travelling…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 3

On Saturday last Mr. John Ferguson sold a lot of fat bullocks for Mr. Stewart, of Wallacetown, at from £7 5s. to £10 2s. 6d. per head. Not a bad price, considering the…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1886 · page 3

Mr. George Mulholland, of Oura, has sold a draft of fat cattle for local consumption. The following are tho Echuca stock crossiugs:—March 8—780 sheep from H. Arthur,…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1886 · page 3

The following are the local stock movements:—March 11th—400 wethers (John Rawaon's), from Mittagong to Culcairn, owner in charge. March 12th—1498 owes…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1886 · page 3

The following is the only local stock passing reported:—March 13th.—6000 mixed sheep (M'Evoy Bros.'), from Cobinabun, Victoria, to Tarrabandra, W. Winterbottom…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1886 · page 3

The following are the only stock passings since our last:—600 ewes (George Galvin's) from The Rock to Humula, owner in charge…

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Commercial. Annual Wool Report. Messrs. R Goldsbrough & CO.'s Annual Review of the Wool Trade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1886 · page 2

Wool.—Comparatively little business h[?] been transacted in this market during the past month, the total quantities catalogues and sold amounting to 4307 and 3916 [?]…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1886 · page 3

The following are the local stock passings since our last:—17th.—1800 mixed weaners (George Power's) from Pomingalarna to Book Book, owner in charge; 700 bullocks…

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Important Sale and Movement of Puke-bred Cattle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1886 · page 2

MR. FRED. CHISHOLM, of Bulls' Run, having recently purchased from Mr, R. M'Intyre, of Glenfield, a number of pure-bred cattle, on the invitation of the former gentleman,…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1886 · page 2

The following arc the local stock passings: —20th—3500 wether weaners (C. Frau[?]nfolder's) From Junce Reefs to Albury, T. H. Anderson in charge…

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The Scarcity of Wheat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1886 · page 4

Wanted farmers to grow 2,500,000 bushels of wheat, required for the consumption of the people of New South Wales. The colony poetesses millions of acres suited for…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1886 · page 3

The following are the local stock passings: —March 23.—11,000 ewes (J. and G. Russell's) from Bond[?], Tumut, to Eli Elwah, J. P. Taylor, in charge; 131 rams (same…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1886 · page 2

The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company Limited, to the WAGGA WAGGA ADVERTISER. Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartze, and Co…

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