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Farming & the land, 1891

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Stud Sheep Sales in Sydney. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 2

THE sale of stud sheep was continued to-day, when Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery, in conjunction with Messrs. Gair, Sloane, and Co., disposed of Messrs. M'Fariane Bros…

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Millions in Sheep

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 3

IT is generally conceeded by those engaged in the Australian wool trade (the Sydney Telegraph says) that although sheepbreeders have made considerable advancement of late…

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The London Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 3

THE Melbourne Age London correspondent, writing under date, 5th June, says:— The chief object of interest to the wool trade at largo is naturally the prospects of values…

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The Depth to Sow Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1891 · page 3

IT is an important point to ascertain the depth at which wheat will grow with the greatest certainty and with the greatest vigour. Perhaps it may be considered one…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 2

Mr. John Simson, Gurley, has sold 7000 ewes. Wilkinson, Lavender, and Chapman, agents. Messrs. M'Culloch, Seller, and. Co.,…

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The General Election and the Pastoral Difficulty. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 3

SIR.—It is to be hoped that the return, by such large majorities, of so many labor members to Parliament will have a beneficial effect on employers and employees alike, and…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1891 · page 3

Wilkinson, Lavender, and Chapman report having sold through the Homebush yards:— 18 bullocks for Messre. C. Simson and Son, Trinkoy, averaging £7 17s, 2 injured at £5…

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Wagga Model Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 2

IT ia satisfactory to learn that steps are being taken to carry out all the necessary preliminary arrangements connected with the establishment of the proposed model farm…

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Life on a Sheep Station

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1891 · page 4

A YOUNG fellow had just arrived at the woolshed of the Pinnacle station, and addressing a stout party who was besmeared with dirt and blood engaged in foot-rotting,…

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Suicide of a Farmer. Coleraine

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1891 · page 2

A SHOCKING suicide was discovered on Sun-day evening at Saltpans, few miles from Coleraine. Three local residents named respectively, William Morris, Owen…

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Diseases in Sheep Acts Amendment Act of 1875

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 2

IT is hereby notified, for public information that the undermentioned sheep brands and car marks have been cancelled, the proprietors there of being deceased, or having sold and left their holdings…

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The Pastoral Show. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 2

SIR,—Allow me to draw the attention of members of the Committee of the Murrumbidgee P.A. and H. Society to the manner in which the schedule is being altered at…

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Mundawaddera Farmers' Meeting. (From a Correspondent.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 4

A LARGE and representative meeting of the residents of Mundawaddera, Mittag[?]ng. Yerong [?]reek, and Lallah Rookh was held in the Muudawaddera Schoolroom at 3 p.m…

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Farmers' Union

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 August 1891 · page 6

A COMMITTEE meeting of the Farmers' Union was held on Saturday evening, when there was but a small attendance. Mr. J. J. Miller, J.P. (president) occupied the…

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Farmers' Meeting

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 12 August 1891 · page 2

A mooting wag hold on Saturday. It was not well attended. The President, Mr Miller, in opening business, said they might move a resolution congratulating…

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The London Wool Market. LONDON, July 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1891 · page 4

THE near approach of the closing data has (the Age correspondent says) not only sensibly increased the anxiety of the buyers on the spot to secure some portion of the…

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Railway Accident. Great Destruction of Cattle Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1891 · page 2

A CATTLE train from the north ran off the line at Blackfellow'a Crock on Friday night, through the axle of one of the trucks breaking. The train consisted of two engines,…

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The Pastoral Sale Yards. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1891 · page 3

SIR,—Through yonr paper will, probably, be the best means of seeking some information as to whose duty it is to keep that portion of Monks' sale yards abutting on…

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Straying Cattle. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1891 · page 2

SIR.- Kindly allow me a little space in your valuable journal to make a few remarks upon the misances caused by cattle straying in our streets. Let alone the danger to the people, there is the…

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Curing Dogs of Sheep Worrying

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 4

A correspondent of the National Stockman writes as follows concerning this subject:- Young dogs can base thoroughly afraid of the sheep that they will not attack then in their…

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