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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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Price of Wheat in Riverina. Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 3

Sales of old wheat are reported here at 4s 6d. It was notified to-day that the Sydney Millen' Association having fixed the baying price of new wheat at 4s 9d at Darling Harber,…

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Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 December 1896 · page 5

The local price for new wheat is 4/4¼. How sadly the wheat crops have been curtailed during these two years (says the Telegraph) may be gathered from the fact…

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Glenroy. (From Our Correspondent.) Wheat Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 2

THE crops in our locality have been materially benefited by the late rain, otherwise the outlook would have been very serious, some of it having come out in ear, and only a few…

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Urangeline Creek. (From Our Correspondent.) Wheat Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 3

HARVESTING may now be said to bo general, and, on the whole, the wheat cropsare turning out better than was expected considering the dryness of the season. Some paddocks…

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Importation of Wheat to Sydney. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 2

The A.S. Wasley has been placed to bring 4000 tons of flour from Portland, Oragon, to Sydney. This is the largest cargo of breadstuffs that has ever left the United States…

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The Wheat Market in South Australia. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 2

The local breadstuffs market is showing signs of weakness, and flour is now uttering at £14 10s to £14 15s, some brands lower. Wheat is nominally worth 5s 9d, net weight…

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An Agricultural Inquiry. a Chat with a Farmer

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 2

"WE are ten lines as well off as we were last year," a young intelligent farmer said in the Times office yesterday. "They any the rain came too late."…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 December 1896 · page 2

Messrs. Tompson, Manning and Jeremy report having made the following sales:—Account Messrs. Parsons and Dill, Toogimbie, 12,616 2-tooth ewes and wethers; account…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1896 · page 2

Messrs. Tompson, Manning and Jeremy report having made the following sales:— Account Messrs. Parsons and Dill, Toogimbie, 12,616 2-tooth ewes and wethers;…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 December 1896 · page 3

The somewhat more favourable news received from London this week regarding the progress of the sixth series was reflected in the greater buoyancy displayed at the…

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The Latest. [By Telegraph.] London, Dec. 3. the Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1896 · page 2

At the wool sales this evening business was slower, and Yorkshire buyers were inactive. DEATH OF A BISHOP…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty when freeborn men, Having to advis[?] public, may speak free." Milton. Saturday, December 5, 1896. the Price of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1896 · page 2

The wheat crop is now being harvested in all the Australian colonies, and although the yields vary considerably it is gratifying to find the average will…

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The Wheat Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1896 · page 2

Will wheat go up or down is a problem every farmer is discussing. It is quite certain that the yield will be greater than was at first anticipated, and that the excitement manifested by millers a…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 December 1896 · page 2

Dalgety and Company report:—At our wool sale to day wa offered 3000 bales, composed chiefly of Western, Victorian, Gippsland, and Tasmanian clips. The news…

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Good Prices for Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 December 1896 · page 3

One gleam of hope in the central commercial position is the good price which is being paid for wheat, and the eager demand which is being experienced for the cereal…

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Melbourne. Wednesday. the Wheat Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1896 · page 2

The grain markets are dull. At the auction sales some poor parcels were offered, but meeting with no response from buyers were passed in. Locally the buyers' price is…

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The Wheat Harvest. Narandera

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 December 1896 · page 2

Wheat-stripping is in full swing throughout the district. They yields are splendid. and far beyond expectations. Some of the crops yielded as much as seven bags per…

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Coolamon. (From Our Correspondent.) Wheat Returns

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1896 · page 2

THE weather is all that could be desired for stripping. Some farmers report fair yields of four and five bags, but the average will not surpass nine bushels per acre. The…

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Pastoral Mems

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1896 · page 3

A. A. Meurant and Co. (G. A. Crisp, auctioneer), report having made the following sales, viz.:—Account C. Roach, Lysterfield, Ooolamon, 1500 mixed crossbred weaners;…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 December 1896 · page 3

The selections submitted this week included a larger proportion than usual of wools depreciated by insufficient and indifferent skirting, very few really superior lots…

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