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Farming & the land, 1896

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The Riverina Wool Trade

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 2

The New South Wales Hallway Commissioners are (says a Corowa telegram) again well assured of the clips from the stations near the Murray that were consigned to…

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Wagga Sheep Directors

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 2

ON Friday last a meeting of the Wagga Sheep Directors, appointed under the Diseases in Sheep Acts, was held at the office of the Inspector of Stock. Present—Messrs…

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Meeting of Wagga Sheep Directors

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 2

On Friday late a meeting of the Wagga Sheep Directors, appointed under the Diseases in Sheep Acts, was held at the office of the Inspector of block, Wagga. There…

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Experimental Farm Working

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 3

IT will be remembered says the Daily Telegraph that the Minister for Agriculture some two months ago, after a conference at Bathurst with the heads of the Agricultural…

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Junee Farmers' Association. Excessive American Charges

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 2

A meeting of farmers was held at O'Donoghue's Hotel, Junee, on Saturday last. The President, Mr. P. Heffernan (Millbank), occupied the chair, and nearly all the…

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Experimental Farms. Co-operation in Working

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 3

The following minute on working experimental farms has been issued by the Minister for Agriculture:—"When it was decided to establish experimental farms in…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1896 · page 2

At the Melbourne Markets on Tuesday only 15,000 fat sheep were yarded, consisting chiefly of second and useful descriptions, with a fair proportion prime, particularly in crossbreds…

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Meat and Milk for Sewage Farms. Hospital

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1896 · page 4

If a cow is fed on turnips, within twenty-four hours her milk will taste of turnips, and if butter be churned from the cream, the butter will taste…

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A Hasty Marriage Explained. the Lonely Farmer and His Wooing. an Amusing Letter

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1896 · page 3

The elderly fanner who sought the advice of the Chief Justice in the Practice Court, Melbourne, on Thursday last on the question of how be could effect service of a summons…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Wheat and Goal

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 June 1896 · page 6

A great deal of business pending in San Francisco would be completed if it were not for the Newcastle coal strike, as charters could be obtained with greater facility. [It…

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Brookong Farmers' Union (From Our Correspondent)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1896 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting of the Brookong Farmers' Union was held on 20th inst. Among the members present were Messrs. W. Herbert (President), M. Carroll, T. Wilson, T. H…

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The Farmers Parliament

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1896 · page 4

IT was Mr. John Haynes, the member for Wellington—notorious as a ready witted constructor of epigrams—that first christened the annual Farmers'…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Executive Council Meeting. Coming Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1896 · page 3

ON Monday night, at the Albion hotel, the executive council of the above association met to prepare the official programme for the Farmers' Conference which is to be held at…

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Farmers' Association

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 1 July 1896 · page 2

A meeting of the Executive of the N.S.W. Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held at the Albion Hotel on Monday evening. Present-- Mr J. J…

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Sheep Show and Sales. Good Results Anticipated

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1896 · page 2

FOR the next week or two Sydney will be (the Daily Telegraph says) thronged with sheep, and those whose interests lie in sheep. The annual show, held under the auspices…

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A Mysterious Tragedy. Found Dead in a Farm Yard

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1896 · page 2

A NATHALIA (Vic.) telegram of Sunday says:—Early this morning a farmer's wife named Mrs. Palmer went to milk the cows, and was horrified to find the dead body of a…

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The Farmers' Association. Cootamundra

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1896 · page 2

THE exeoutivc council of the Farmers' Association sat late last night, preparing the programme for the approaching conference. Mr. J. Miller was in the chair. The…

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Farmers' and Settlers Association. Executive Council Meeting at Cootamundra

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 July 1896 · page 4

On Monday night, at the Albion Hotel, the executive council of the above association met to prepare the official programme for the Farmers…

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Bethungra, the Wheat Crops

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 4 July 1896 · page 4

ALL the wheat and other crops may now be said to have been sown, the area under cultivation in this district far exceeding that of any previous year, a large quantity…

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The Sydney Sheep Show. Judging Day

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 July 1896 · page 2

The annual exhibition of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association was commenced on Thursday morning at the grounds of the Royal Agricultural Society, Moore…

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