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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

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The Beauty of Cattle

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 2

A visit to the cattle show at the Agricultural-hall should reconcile the English mind to the Italian worship of the cow. Considered for as a…

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The Heaviest Load of Wheat. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 4

Sir.—In reference to a paragraph from your Yerong Creek correspondent, which appears in your issue of the 31 st ult., in reference to a wagga load of wheat weighing…

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The London Wool Sales. London, Feb. 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 2

At this evening's wool sales the market was brisk, the French buyers being more active. Maryvale sold at 11 1/2d, Joudaryan at 10d, Gogeldrie at 8 1/2d…

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Farmers' Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 3

MESSRS. Tompson, Manning, and Jeremy report having held their usual weekly sale on Saturday last at the now Farmers Market, Kincaid-street. The following are…

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Take-all and Dry Blight in Cereal Crops

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 5

AN article under this head appearing in the Agricultural Gazette, Vol. III, part 12, by Dr. N. A. Cobb, Pathologist to the Department of Agriculture, deals with a subject of…

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The Pastoral Leases. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 2

The Executive Council yesterday approved of die issue of notices to pastoral lessees in the central Division, staling that their lenses will not be extended. Notice will appear in…

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Take-all and Dry Blight in Cereal Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 4

An article under this head appearing in the Agricultural Gazette, Vol. III, Part 12, by Dr. N. A. Cobb, Pathologist to the Department of Agriculture, deals with a subject of…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 2

Mr. E. W. Naughton, Wagga, has sold 3100 two-tooth ewes. Tompson, Mantling, and Jeremy, agents. Messrs. H. and C. Douglas, North Yanco,…

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Take-all and Dry Blight in Cereal Crops

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 4

An article under this head appearing in the Agricultural Gazette. Vol. III., part 12, by Dr. N. A. Cobb, pathologist to the Department of Agriculture, deals with a subject of…

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Farmers and Protection. (To the Editor of the wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 4

Sir.—At every election now for some some years the fanners have been asked to support a protection policy and told that once a tax was put on all imported wheat they would…

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Coolamon Farmers' Union

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 3

The first half yearly meeting of the Coolamon Farmers' Union was held at King's Royal Hotel on 4th February; Mr. G. J. Furner in the chair. There was only a few…

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The Nomenclature of Wheat. the Question of Rust

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 5

SOME experiments have been conducted by Mr. W. Farrer at Lambrigg, near Queanbeyan, during the past wheat season. On the recommendation of the intercolonial…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 2

Hanson Jones Devlin report:—Sydney, February 13th : Wool.—for our fornightly auction held to-day the catalogue included 1,746 bales. These wore made up of a…

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Wheat Yields—1892-3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 4

WE have received from tho Department of Agriculture the crop report for January, 1893. The tables of area and product give the total area under wheat as 404,929 acres…

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Pastoral Leases

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 8

No extension of the pastoral leases in the Central Division is to be given. The notification appears in the Gazette of 10th instant. The leases, with the respective dates at…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral & Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 3

The monthly meeting was held at 8 p.m. on Friday. Those present were Messrs. T. W. Hammond (president, in the chair), H. B. Fitzhardinge, J. J. M'Grath, J. Jeremy,…

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Close of the London Wool Sales. London, Feb. 17

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 2

AT to-day's wool sales the market was firm and the competition spirited. Among the sales were—Wondooba 8d, Killnmey 8d, Willandra 73d, Edgehill 8d, and Mount…

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Farmers' Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 3

Messrs. Tompson, Manning, and Jeremy report having held their usual weekly sale on Saturday last at the new Farmers Market, Kincaid-street. The following are…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 2

At the Melbourne markets on Tuesday, the fat sheep market was heavily supplied, 28,000 having been yarded. The demand was without animation throughout. A few…

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Prize Wheat Farms

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 4

DURING last year several national prizes were offered, with the approval of the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, for the beat acre of cereals, tubers, and other commercial…

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