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Farming & the land, 1889

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The Gerringong Dairy Company

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 3

The Gerringong Dairy Company, which has been in existence since September last held its first half yearly meeting on Monday afternoon in the company's office at…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. Limited, have sold 142,000 bales of wool in Melbourne and Sydney this season. Their total sales of wool, produce, and properties, are about…

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Slaughter of Wild Sheep

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 3

The party of men who have been engaged for several mouths past killing wild sheep at Tophouse, New Zealand (the Herald states), has been disbanded,…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 3

The following are the local stock passings; —Wednesday, March 20—200 fat wethers, D. Roche's, Junee to Homebush by rail. 7000 wethers (Mackay and Copland's) from…

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The Victorian Wheat Yield

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 4

The wheat statistics complied by the Government Statist show a great tailing off this year compared with last. The total yield for 1888-9 is set down at 8,033,300 bushels, the…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 3

The following is the only local stock passing since our last issue:—March 22—11,000 ewes (James Robertson's), Jeremiah to Toganmain, via Wagga, D. Gillies in charge…

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Butter Factories

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 5

HAVING a desire to become acquainted with the working of a butter factory, of which I have read so much, and which are now established in all dairying centres throughout…

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Wheat Market. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 2

The tendency of the wheat market is at present downward, but quotations are irregular A little business has been done at 5s 7d, but, on the other hand, a firm offer of 5s 8d…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 3

The following are the local stock movements:—March 23.—[?]000 ewes and wethers (L. Ryan's) from G[?]egadoo to Wallandool, via Sandy Creek, Yerong, and Mundawadra,…

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Seed Wheat for Distressed Farmers

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 2

A crowded adjourned meeting in reference to the supplying of seed wheat to the distressed farmers was held on Saturday in the Cudgegong…

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Farmers' Alliance

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 4

A MEETING of this alliance at Wallendbeen was Held on Saturday afternoon at Mr. Forsythe's hotel, when there was a fair attendance of members…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1889 · page 3

The following are the local stock movements:—March 26—12,000 wethers (J. A. Schinicke's) from Wagga to Albury, by rail; 1000 wethers (same owner's) from Wagga to…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 3

Mr. A. Booth, Gobbagumbalin, has sold 2500 fat wethers. Braim, Davidson, and Stevenson, agents (in conjunction with Pitt, Son, and Badgery)…

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[?] Butter Factories. [?]

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 4

At Kiama I was told of a butter factory that had just started and had been in operation about a month. Here I though, I should find a factory with all the latest…

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How to SELECT and MANAGE a Farm. [Published on Behalf of the Wallendbeen Alliance and Mr. J. Gibb, President.]

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 9

MR. J. L. Thompson, one of lecturers to the Victorian agricultural colleges, recently delivered an address on how to purchase and work a farm. After giving the students…

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Seed Wheat to Farmers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 2

THE following circular has been sent out by the Department of Mines to Police Magistrates in respect to the granting by the Government of seed wheat to farmers in distress; and Mr. Weekes has…

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The Seed Wheat Question

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 2

AT a meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday afternoon, the scheme of the Government for the supply of seed wheat to farmers in distress was ratified. The conditions under which…

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Seed Wheat

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 4

The following a o the instructions to magistrates relative to the grant of seed wheat to farmers in distress issued by the Department of Mines:--…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 2

The Australian, Mortgage, Land, and Finance Co., Limited, to the WAGGA WAGGA ADVERTISER:- MELBOURNE, WEDNESDAY…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 2

The local stock movements are as follows: —April 4th.—6600 wethers (King's) from Hanging Rock to Yarra Yam, via Cookadinab, A. King in charge. April 5th.—450…

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