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Farming & the land, 1886

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1886 · page 2

Wilkinson and Lavender report having sold, through, the Homebush yards, this week:—509 wethers for Messrs. Armstrong Bros. at from 6s. 6d. to 6s. 11d; a draft of…

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Inferior Wool Bales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1886 · page 4

THE attention of the Woolgrowers' Association of Australasia (says the Argus) has been drawn by the acting-consul for France in Melbourne to the inferior quality of the…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1886 · page 2

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

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Artificial Fertilisation of Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 March 1886 · page 3

RECENT experiments in the artifical fertilisation of the wheat plant, carried out for the purpose of crossing different varieties of hybridising wheat with another cereal, have,…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1886 · page 3

The Dubbo Despatch of Thursday last reports:—"The weather still continues dry, and rain is an absolute necessity. If it does not come within a few weeks, the outlook…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1886 · page 3

The annual meeting of the above named Association was held at the Australian Hotel on Tuesday evening last. The chair was occupied by Mr Edward Ingram (President),…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 2

The following are the local stock passings: —March 30.—4000 ewes (J. and F. M'Evoy's), from Tarandra to Echuca, M. Winterbottom in charge. April 1.—5600…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1886 · page 3

The following are the Narandera stock passings by road since last report:—540 mixed sheep (Jas, Anderson's) from Yarran Vale to Pine Lodge, Argoon; 620 ewes and…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1886 · page 2

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

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1886 · page 3

Mr. F. Chisholm's pure-bred shorthorn cow, Moss Hobo 4th, dropped a rich roan heifer, at Hull's Run, on April 3rd, by Wild Eyes Duke 2nd…

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The Farmer's Soliloquy

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 4

To sell or not to sell—that is the question; Whether 'tis nobler in a man to suffer His anxious creditors to fret and wait indefinitely Or to take arms against a sea of troubles…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 3

Wilkinson and Lavender report having sold through the Homebush yards this week:—225 bullocks for Messrs. Whitting ham Bros., of Tilboroo station, Queensland,…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 2

ON last Thursday evening an adjourned committtee meeting of the above Association was held at the Australian Hotel for the purpose of appointing a Secreatary in the place of Mr…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1886 · page 3

The Temora correspondent of the Argus writes on the 7th April:—"The drought continues throughout the district, and the weather is exceptionally hot. The…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1886 · page 2

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

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1886 · page 3

The following are the local stock passings:—April 14.—11,000 ewes (H. B. Broughton and Co.'s) trucked from Curringumbla to Ulonga, J. Kavanagh in charge;…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 2

The following are the local stock passings:—2000 wethers (the executors of the late D. P. Keogh) are about starting from Buddigower to Sydney…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1886 · page 3

A Brewarrina telegram, dated April 16, says:—The weather since Tuesday's report has continued fine and cool, all signs of rain having disappeared. The rainfall has been…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1886 · page 3

A Bourke telegram, dated the 19th inst., says:—Cunnamulla reports patchy rain over the district. Stock movements.—3000 sheep, from Chah Sing to Bullo, Ord and Hallora[?]…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1886 · page 2

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

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