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Farming & the land, 1888

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 3

The following are the local stock movements:— January 4.—Approaching:444 bullocks (W. A. Beard's) from Narrahri to Corowa, via Forbes, Condoblin, and…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 3

Wilkinson and Lavender report having sold, through the Homebush yards, this week:—195 wethers for Messrs. Adams and Ayling, at from 9s 3d to 9s 9d, and 105 do…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 3

The following are the local stock movements:— Passings. — 1600 ewes (H. J. Elliott's) from Hillside to Beaconsfield, via Wagga and Coolamon, owner in charge;…

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The Wool-producing Capabilittes of Small Holdings As Compared with Large Ones

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 4

A CONTRIBUTOR to the Melbourne Leader, in describing some of the farming country between Glenelg and Coleraine, writes as follows:—"About four miles from Mr. Peurose's the…

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The Farmer's Wife

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 4

A good wife rose from her bed one morn And thought with a nervous dread Of the pile of clothes to be washed and more Than a dozen months to be fed…

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Pastoral Stems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 3

The following local stock passings are reported:—4790 wethers (W. M'Callum's) from Billabong to VVagga, owner in charge; 4000 mixed two-tooths (John Mackay's) from…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 2

R. Goldsbrough and Co. (through their agents, Braim, Davidson, and Stevenson) to the WAGGA WAGGA ADVERTISER:— We have sold 3600 bales this week, at…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 3

The following are the local stock passings:—2870 ewes, two-tooths (J. Mackay'a), from Wantabadgery to Roping Poles, Byrnes in charge; 950 owes (Mulcare's) from…

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Great Damage to Property -- 10,000 Sheep Burnt

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 3

TUESDAY'S Melbourne by publishers the following [?] correspondent. Sunday two first started the personal the…

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Manuring Wheat Crops. [To the Editor.]

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 4

SIR,—The falling-off in the average yield per acre is everywhere setting farmers speculating on the future of wheat growing. Many have tried manuring the land with…

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The TARIFF of the United States. (Concluded from our last.) the Duty on Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 6

The farmer and agriculturist who manufacture nothing, but who pay the increased price which the tariff imposes upon every agricultural implement and upon all he…

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Will Farm No More

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 2

THIS is the sort of thing (says the Orange Western [?] we hear from owners of good farming land. Several [?] tell us they will have to do like…

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Australian Wheat for England

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 3

"ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN" writes in the European Mail of December 21:—"I have on many occasions pointed out the very great mercantile advantages that the Austral…

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Pastoral Mums

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 3

Wilkinson and Lavender report having sold, through the Homebush yards, this week:—220 wethers at from 8s 9d to 9a 1d, and a few seconds at 7s 9d, for Mr. A. Ecoles;…

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Important to Farmers. Is There Rust-proof Wheat? Yes !

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 3

ON Saturday we had the pleasure of seeing Mr. J. BoX[?]ell, of Cullinga, and ascertained from him a number of facts in regard to his wheat crop, which [?]…

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Our Wheat Average

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 6

A LITTLE dispute arose more than a month ago between our local contemporary and ourselves as to the probable average yield of wheat in this district; and there is still a…

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Clarence and North Coast Farmers Association

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 3

THE ninth half-yearly meeting of the Clarence and North Couns Farmers' Association was held at Grafton on Tuesday in the Theatre Royal. Mr. G. Bailey,…

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Pastoral

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 8

ON Tuesday 6,000 ewes and 180 rams, from Bowna, W. J. Lyne, owner, J. Fogarty in charge, passed through here en route to Tyre station on the Bogan river, in capital…

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Pastoral

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 6

WAGGA STOCK PASSINGS —2,746 ewes. E. Thatcher, owner, Marulebale to Green Hills (Forbes) via Junee and Morangorell, owner in charge. Horwood and Mackay report…

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The Election. "Oily Gammon's" Venom and Butter

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 2

THE remarkable thing about Friday night's political meeting was the offensive way in which the convener of the meeting thought fit to [?] his little…

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