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Farming & the land, 1892

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New Money for Every Farm Home

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 August 1892 · page 4

There is no doubt that people become prosperous less by the money they make, than by the money they save, and this is particularly true of…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricutural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the committee of the above association was held at the association's rooms, in Gurwood-street, last evening. Present—Messrs. T…

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Sheep Breeding in Syria

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 2

Generally speaking, sheep are kept throughout the vilayet of Beirut, and to some extent in Mount Lebanon. The number of sheep constituting a…

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Sales of Stud Sheep

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 3

THE sales of Tasmanian stud m[?]inoes were commenced on Wednesday in Melbourne, by Messrs. Powers, Rutherford and Co.; and though a very large number were offered,…

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Sheep Breeding in South Africa

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 2

The native sheep of South Africa are described in a recent official report as a big-boned, heavy sheep, the tail weighing from 15 to 201b. Many of…

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Farmers' Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 3

MESSRS. Tompson, Manning, and Jeremy report holding their usual weekly sale at the Farmers' Market, Kin[?]id-street, on Saturday last. The following prices were…

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Dr. Morgan and the Farmers. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 3

Sir,—I must respectfully congratulated Dr. Morgan upon the eclat with which he has entered on a new and extensive field of medical practice. All who have read his…

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To the Members of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. (Per favour of the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 August 1892 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—At the meeting of the Committee of your Association, held on Friday last, Mr. Croaker was good enough to remark that I…

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The Late Farmers' Conference. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1892 · page 3

Sir,—I imagine, that with me, so far as the work performed by the late conference of farmers held in Wagga in advocating sound regulations on land matters is…

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Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1892 · page 2

AT a meeting of the Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society to-day it was announced that the Government had decided that Victorian growers could compete for…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 2

R. J. Mitchcll and Co. have sold 125 fat bullocks on the Murrumbidgee. Mr. G. P. Wilson, The Springs, has sold 500 six-tooth wethers. R. J. Mitchell and…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 5

AN adjourned meeting of the committee of the M.P. and A. Association was held at the society's rooms, Gurwood-street, on Thursday evening. Present—Messrs…

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To FARMERS

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 8

OUR contemporary has kindly given us an opportunity of defending the policy which the Cootamundra Herald has followed, of endeavouring to get the best…

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A Farmers Tragedy. the Speaker

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 2

It is a year since I met the mournful procession going home by green lanes. The blackbirds sang in mad rivalry just the same : croak, croak went the…

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Treatment of Dairy Cows

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 2

The first requisite in profitable butter-making is naturally good cows, by which is meant cows that will give at least a medium quantity of rich…

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Diseases in Cattle and Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 4

A report has been received by the Minister for Mines, and Agriculture from M. Loir, of Pasteur's Institute, as the result of inquiries made in Europe regarding the latest work on…

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Deniliquin Wool Challenge Prize

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 3

The awards in connection with the Deniliquin P. and A. Society's eighth £100 chal-lenge prizes for scoured wool were last week made at Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and…

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Long Wooled V. Pure Bred Sheep

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 2

A good many people use rearing round to the belief that longwool sheep are more profitable—at all events for annual landholders—than merinos. Several farmers on both sides of the Murray have…

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FARMERS and Their Friends

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 31 August 1892 · page 2

The paragraph appearing in our issue a week ago, drew for the lengthy and hightly amusing leading article in reply in defence of: the policy of that…

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Important Meeting of Farmers. Formation of the Junee District Farmers' and Producers' Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 3

THE meeting of farmers and others called for Saturday afternoon at Donoghue's Railway Hotel was (the Jun[?]e Democrat reports) a fairly representative gathering. The…

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