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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 2

Tompson, Manning, and Jeremy report having made the following sales:—Account P. Moran, Wagga, 8000 six-tooth wethers: account J. E. Moloney, Toole's Creek. 2000…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report that wool sales were held at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie Place, on September 16th. These sales, the first at…

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Commercial. Wool. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 8

The Sydney wool selling Brokers' Association report that wool sales were held at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie Place to-day. Those sales, the first at which any…

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Correspondence. We do not necessarily endorse the opinion of our correspondents. a System for Testing Dairy Cattle. [To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 2

SIR,—Now that the Batter Factory ia firmly established and everything pointing towards success in that quarter, people who are engaged in the dairying industry…

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Coolamon. (From Our Correspondent.) Farmers' Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Coolamon branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association took place on Saturday, Sept. 12th, at King;s Royal Hotel. Mr. John Swann…

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Soaring the Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 September 1896 · page 4

WE are not blind to the extraordinary efforts which are being made to again soare farmers into sacrificing their wheat, as they did in the closing month of 1894…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 September 1896 · page 2

At the Melbourne markets on Tuesday 19,000 fat sheep were yarded, of which 12,000 came from Riverina. The bulk of the supply ranged from second to useful…

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Opening of the Wool Season

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 September 1896 · page 4

Nearly all the buyers for the British and European wool firms are now on the spot. The sales last week, though nominally the last sales of the old season, included a great…

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Sheep Dipping

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 4

It has now been proved conclusively by Pastoralists that Dipping their flocks pays, even If they are quite free from ticks, Red lice, or other parasites, [?] health of the sheep is…

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Wheat and Flour. London, Sept. 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 5

The quantity of wheat ami flour afloat a the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,680,000 quarters, being 140,000 quarters more than last week, The quantity afloat…

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The London Wool Sales. London, Sept. 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 5

THE fifth series of the present year's wool sates opened this morning. There was a large a'tendance of buyers. The fresh arrivals of wool amount to…

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The Wheat Question. (Mr Stratton Quoted by the Star.)

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 3

“The curl and flippant replies which our contemporaries have made to the articles published here on the prospects of the next harvest meet with…

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Experimental Farms

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 4

A DEPUTATION from Glen Innes on Wednesday asked the Minister for Mines that the northern model farm be established at that place. It was pointed out that Glen Innes…

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Dairy Notes. Hawkesbury Agricultural College Dairy

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 3

THE following notes ate from the annual report of the college dairy expert, Mr. C. R. Cassidy, an ex-student of the college. The experiments referred to were conducted…

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Intercolonial Items. Disease Among Dairy Cattle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 4

AN epidemic of a very serious character has broken out smongst the daily cattle in the Cantium district, of Victoria, where last week Mr. P. Kelly, of Aubrey, lost 13 head…

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A Sheep of Importance. on a Sydney Wharf. He Crews Tobacco and Drinks Beer. Eats Bread and Butter, But Not Dry Bread

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 4

THE sheep here referred to is not an ordinary baa-baa, but a most extra-ordinary baa-baa. A very dirty, very aged, and very dissipated sheep—a dissipated sheep? can such be?…

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The Wheat Market. the World's Requirements. London, Sept. 27

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 2

According to the estimate made in Beerhohm's Corn Trade List the wheat importing countries of the world will require this year 48,350,000 quarters. The exporting countries…

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Local Industries. Wagga Co-operative Dairy Company. (No. 1.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 2

WITH the single exception of the frozen meat trade, no industry in Australasia can show a greater or more rapid extension than that associated with dairying. Only a few…

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Poultry Farms and Diseased Meat. Interview with Dr. Ashburton Thompson

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 2

In reference to the communication addressed to a suburban Municipal Council by the Hoard of Health regarding the uses to which diseased horses and other animals are…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 October 1896 · page 2

At the Melbourne markets on Tuesday 17,500 fat sheep were yarded. Best descriptions were moderately represented, and for the choicest qualtty lots of shorn Rivetina…

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