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Farming & the land, 1895

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 2

R. J. Mitchell and Co. report having sold on account of the executors late Mr. G. Mair, the Big Plain estate, consisting of 1600 acres, situated close to Narandera, at a…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 4

R. J. Mitchell and Co. report having sold, on account of the executors late Mr. G. Mair, the Big Plain Estate, situated near Narandera, containing 1600 acres land, with…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Melbourne, held a wool sale to-day, when they submitted a catalogue of 2750 bales. The selection was a very fair…

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Live Cattle Export. a Successful Shipment. London, 19Th February

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 5

The steamer Echuca of Lund's line, from Sydney 14th December, arrived at Deptford, on the Thames, to-day, and landed there the 34 survivors of the 40 cattle shipped at…

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Cattle Shipment by the Echuca. the Animals Landed. London, Feb. 19

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 5

The Echuca's cattle have been landed at Deptford. Thirty of the Durhams are in excellent condition, but one is rather waisted. Three of the Anguses are in fair condition…

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Wool, Hide, Skin, and Tallow Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 3

MESSRS. Tompson, Manning, and Jeremy report having held their monthly sale of wool, skins, and hides at their auction room, Gurwood-street, on Thursday last. A good…

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Trial of Wet Wool Testers. Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 4

A public trial of wet wool testers for the £50 prize offered by the Australian Workers Union took place yesterday afternoon in the presence of a number of pastoralists and…

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A. Destructive Sheep Disease. Mortality of 5000 on One Run

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 3

SOME weeks since we reported (says the S.M. Herald), the outbreak of a mysterious disease in sheep that was causing much alarm in the districts of Albury and the…

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The Loundon Wool Sales. Prices Improving. London, Feb. 24

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 2

SINCE the January-February series of London wool sales closed 2500 bales of merino wool have been sold at from par to ½d. per lb. increase on the closing rates…

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The Australian Workers' Union. Trial of Wet Wool Testers. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 2

A PUBLIC trial of wet wool testers for the £50 prizeoffered by the Australian Workers' Union took place yesterday afternoon in the presence of a number of…

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Farmers' Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · 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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The Farmer and Pastoralist at Home. Tea Table Talk

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 4

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

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The Dairying Industry

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 4

The difficulty of obtaining space for carriage of butter to London during the next two months appears likely to be disastrous in its effect. At present about…

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Cattle Straying

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 2

George Power was summoned at me instance of George Mitchell, Inspector of Nuisances for allowing two cons tc stray in the streets of the borough in contravention…

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A New Dairying Export Association. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

AN attempt is being made here to form a new Dairy Farmers' Export Association on very different lines to those of the old organisation. The new association proposes…

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Important Experiment in Wheat As a Fodder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 4

THE Kansas State Board of Agriculture has made inquiries from 1000 farmer about wheat as a fodder, and has recrived answer which have been edited and published by…

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The Farmer and Pastoralist at Home. Tea Table Talk

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 4

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

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 3

Tompson, Manning and Jeremy report having held a clearance sale of farming implements, draught horses, &c., on account of Mr. A. Napthali, under instructions from…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the committee of the above association was held at the rooms, Gurwood-street, last evening to consider the applic[?]tions for the position of Secretary…

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