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Farming & the land, 1888

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London Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 2

The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company Limited, to the WAGGA WAGGA ADVERTISER. Messrs. Helm[?]th, Schwartze, and Co…

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Victorian Farmers' Conference

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 4

ACCORDING to the Argus of Thursday: The stock owners and the wheat-growers shook hands in an amicable fashion at the Farmers' Conference yesterday, and resolved that the…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 3

A deputation representing the M. P. and A. Association consisting of Messrs. H. Hayes, G. H. Croaker, H. Davidson, J. Fergason, and W. [?]and was then introduced by Mr…

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London Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 3

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

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Protection Ahd the Farmers. (Australian Star, April 9.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1888 · page 3

TO-DAY we publish a mass of evidence which proves conclusively that so far from the American formers having grown weary of Protection, as asserted by Sir Henry Parkes,…

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The Wool Trade in England

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 3

Several attempts have been made within the past few years to induce the London auctioneers to sell Australian wool under a system of farthing…

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An Important Invention for Washing Wool. (Adelaide Observer.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 2

WE have been shown by the inventors and patentees, Messrs. W. Judell and I. Singer, diagrams of a machine for cleansing wool by the application of bisulphide of carbon. The…

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Farmer's Question

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 8

THE following is from the Herald (Sydney):— Our neighbours in Victoria, who are supposed by some to have solved the problem of agricultural progress, appear to be finding…

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Agricultural College and Experimental Farms

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 3

IN the Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Kethel moved,—"1. That in view of the importance of a proper system of agriculture prevailing in this colony, and for the better scientific…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1888 · page 3

The following are the latest local stock passings reported:—April 14.—61,65 wethers (C. T. W. King's) Upper Wyalong to Wagga, via Yalgogrin, thence by most pratical…

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How Wool Is Sold in London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1888 · page 6

A correspondent supplies the St. James's Gazette with the following account of an Australian wool sale in London:—A strange sight greeted me a few evenings ago in an…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 April 1888 · page 3

The following local stock passing is reported:—April 18th.—1790 ewes (T. S. Knight's) Tenandra Park to Albury, via Tarcutta and Germanton; R. H. Blaney in…

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London Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 April 1888 · page 2

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

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Board of Sheep Directors

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 2

A MEETING of the sheep directors for the Wagga district was held at the Inspector's office, Wagga, on the 14th inst. A full Board was present…

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What the Victorian Farmers Want

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 4

THE Victorian farmers are not asking that protection be ablished, but are asking far a littlevmore of it. At a recent meeting of the Victorian…

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An Important Invention for Washing Wool

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 4

WE have been shown by the inventors and patentees, Messrs. W. Judell and T, Singer, diagrams of a machine for cleansing wool by the application of bisulphide of carbon. The…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1888 · page 3

The following is the only local stock movement reported since our last:—2000 wethers (Thos. Wheelan, junr's) Mount Airy to Lambsdown, via Little Billabong, Pullitop,…

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Rents of Pastoral Leases

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1888 · page 2

A RETURN was laid on the table of the legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening by the Minister for Lands, giving particulars of appeals in connection with rents of pastoral…

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Smooth versus Wrinkled Sheep

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 4

NO candid poison will deny that wrinkles are a great nuisance to the shearer. Why else do the fancy breeders have to pay from 25 cents to one dollar for the shearing of a single ram? I…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 3

The following is the only local stock movement since our last issue:—7800 sheep (Kempsch's) from near Germanton to Mangoplah, owner in charge…

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