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Farming & the land, 1895

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Wheat in New South Wales. Average Under's Bushels. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 2

Very great interest is being taken in the prospects of the next Australian wheat harvest and special allot ts have been made to secure from the various country districts of New…

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Estimate of the Wheat Yield. Average Under Eight Bushels. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 2

VERY great interest is being taken in the prospects of the next Australian wheat harvest, and special efforts have been made to secure from the various country districts…

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Representative Business Men. Mr. Joseph Hayes. His Wool Scouring Works and Fellmongery

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 3

Blaize! Bishop Blaize!! and it may pardonably be asked what has the Bishop to do with wool scouring—and thereby hangs a tale…

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To Dairymen

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 8

THE following hints are by the manager of the newly established factory at Wagga :—Milch cows should be driven to the yard quietly, and not hunted by dogs. Some…

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The Wool Sales

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1895 · page 4

THE Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report that sales of wool at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie Place, have disclosed no material change in value since last report…

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The London Wool Sales. an Upward Tendency. London, Dec. 6

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 December 1895 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day a good selection of wools was offered, and there was an all round upward tendency in prices, especially for the finest classes of wools…

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The Farmer and Pastoralist at Home. Tea Table Talk

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1895 · page 4

[For this column the Editor should be pleased if the farmers in the district would send him notes or items of news. If the farmer feels tired after his day's work, he should get one of his boys or girls to write to the Editor.]…

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The Model Farm at Wagga. the Proposed Buildings

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 December 1895 · page 2

As announced in a previous issue, the contract for the proposed buildings at the Government Experimental Farm at North Wagga has been secured by Mr. John Gray…

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The Packing of Dairy Produce. a Startling Invention

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 December 1895 · page 4

One of the chief obstacles in the way of the successful development of the dairying industry has hitherto been found in the difficulty of discovering a cheap, clean, and…

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The Wheat Battle

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 4

THE associated millers need to be watched with cat-like vigilance, as they are making a very determined attempt to keep their feet on the necks of the producers. Some…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. WHEAT

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 5

Wheat: Prime, New, 4/6: old, 4/8. STOCK. Sheep lower. Best wethers to 5/11, good 4/7, inferior from 2/11…

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Farmers' Outlook

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 3

The outlook for the present harvest, despite the unfavourable spring and a frequent visitation of strong south winds, is not quite so gloomy as was feared some…

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The Wool Trade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1895 · page 4

THE business transited in the local market this week (says the S.M. Herald) is about equal to that done weekly since the middle of last month, viz, 32,710 bales offered and…

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The Price of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1895 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Junee Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in O'Donoghue's Hotel on Saturday afternoon last to consider tho above question…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.]

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1895 · page 2

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. to WAGGA WAGGA ADVERTISER:- We offered at sale to-day 5978 bales wool, [?]cluding the well-known Widgiews (from…

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Tas Farmer and Pastoralist at Home. Tea Table Talk

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1895 · page 4

[For this column the Editor would be pleased if the farmers in the district would send hint notes or it[?] of news. If the farmer feels tired after his day's work, be should get one of his boys or girls to write to the Editor.]…

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Maize As a Hay Crop

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1895 · page 4

IT does not appear to be generally known that maize, when cut green and made into bay, forms an excellent fodder for all kinds of stock. Some farmers who grow a few…

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Letter to the Editor the Farmers and Graziers Union

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1895 · page 2

SIR,—The inauguration of the Gundagai Farmers and Graziers' Self-Protective Association is a step in the right direction, and one that should-meet with warm support from farmers generally. In…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1895 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report that sales of wool have, since last report, been held on the usual days at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie-place, the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1895 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Melbourne, at their wool sale to-day brought forward another large catalogue embracing 6700 bales. There was…

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