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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

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Wheat Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 2

IN the Sydney grain market on Thursday, flour was unaltered. Wheat, New Zealand, was quoted at 4s. 9d. to 4s. 11d. Maize was firm at 3s.7d. Victorian produce was…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 2

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

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 3

The following local stock movements have taken place since our last issue:—640 mixed weaners (Thomas Shephard's) from Doodlecooma to Broken Dam, owner in charge;…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 3

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

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 3

Wilkinson and Lavender report having sold through the Homebush yards this week 120 bullocks for Messrs. Molesworth and Ware; a draft of calves for Mr. W. Payne,…

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Wheat from Seed 5000 Years Old

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 3

A most interesting experiment culminated recently in the raising of some wheat grown from some seeds as old as Exodus, The experimenter is…

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How to Farm Successfully

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 4

A WRITER in Blackwood's Magazine for last month, gives the following definition of the successful farmer of the future:—"The farmer of the future must be well grounded…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 2

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

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Modes of Farming

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 4

It is admitted on all bands (says the Leader) that ia the principal wheat growing regions of Australia the nitrogenous vegetable humours originally present in the soil has been exhausted:…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 3

Mr. J. Muleare, Cross Roads, has sold 1000 mixed weaners. Tempson, Manning, and Jeremy, agents. Mr. E. Milthorpe, Whitton, has sold 2000…

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The EFFECTS of Irrigation. Some Sorghum Crops

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 5

THE sorghum crops at Mildura serve to show the productiveness of the soil when irrigated. At Mr. A. B. Skene's nursery there is a patch of sorghum which exceeds in height…

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Farming on the Macleay

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 3

Ab is well known the staple product ol the northern rivers of New South Wales is [?] for the cultivation of which the rich alluvial flats which they traverse are…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 3

The following are the stock passings for the past week.—22 mares, the property of W. and W. Hood, of Hergot Springs, R. Townsend in charge, from Wagga to…

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To Judge the Age of Cattle

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 4

The following rules may be adopted to tall the age of cattle -- heifer has no rings on her horns until she is two years of are: and one is added each year…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 3

The next wool seaeon will witness an addition to the list of Melbourne wool selling broken. The new firm is that of Young husband and Co. Limited, which has just…

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Butter Without Churning

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 4

THE New York Herald, in a into number, says:— "The art of making butter is about to be revolutionised—that is if a discovery just made by a lady in West Nyack can be successfully put into…

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A New Invention for Making Butter

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 22 May 1889 · page 3

The new butter making invention, known as Cole's pneumatic butter churn, which has been patented by the inventor, Mr. Walter Cole, of St…

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The Steam Farmer

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1889 · page 6

THIS new machine, of which a model was exhibited in the Canadian court of the Glasgow-Exhibition, is the invention of Mr. Romaine, of Ottawa, who for thirty years has…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1889 · page 3

The following stock passed Albury on on Tuesday 400 fat merino wethers (A. S. King's), from Hawksview to Homebush; 1951 merino wethers (Ellis and Mathieson's),…

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Wheat Weevils

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 4

The English Agricultural Department has publish a report on these insects written by Mr. Cootes, of the Indian Museum at Calcutta. The Indian wheat and weevil (Calandra Sitopitalus…

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