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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1896 · page 4

Regarding the wheat crop in the Nelson district of New Zealand, advices state that, accepting the universally admitted opinion that one-third more wheat will be placed on…

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Our Telegrams. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1896 · page 4

Prime 4/6 on rail in Sydney. Country holders are asking equal to same price. Californian wheat 4/. Two cargoes of Oalifornian wheat arrived yesterday. The…

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The London Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] London, March 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 2

THE wool sales opened to-day with a very firm market. Competition was brisk, and the prices realised show an all round adyance of 5 per cent, compared with closing…

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The Show at Tumut. Horses, Sheep, and Catt R.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 4

THE attendance at the Tumut show on the second day is estimated at 2000. The show was therefore a success. Among the prize winners were the following.—In the horse…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 2

A. A. Meurant and Co. (Geo. A. Crisp, auctioneer) report having made the following sales, viz.:—3000 2 and 4 tooth wethers on account Mahonga Estate Co., Mahonga;…

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Co-operative Sheep Shears Company

The Worker · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 2

We take the following account of an entertainment given to the members of the Co-operative Sheep Shears Company by Mr. F. Percy Rawson, the manager, from the Sheffield and…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. WHEAT

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 6

But little agitation is shown, and there is no quotable alteration in current values. During the year 80,000 bags of wheat more than last year were carried on the…

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Experimental Farms

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 2

THE Minister for Mines and Agriculture, Mr. Sydney Smith, has received a request from the farmers of Albary and other places to ask the Railway Commissioners for a…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. WHEAT

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 4

Prime 4/5 on rails in Sydney. Californian 3/10 to 3/11. New Zealand 3/7 to 3/8. STOCK. Sheep: A short supply has caused a rise…

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Proposed Exchange of Pastoral Lands

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1896 · page 4

THE Jerilderie Progress Committee met on Fridaynight to farther consider the proposed exchanges and surrender of lands on holdings adjacent to the town. The proposed…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty when freeborn men. Having to advise the public, mayspeak free." Milton. Thursday, March 12, 1896. the Experimental Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1896 · page 2

IT is not surprising to learn that the educational work which is being carried out at the Wagga Experimental Farm is commencing to attract the attention…

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Doodle Cooma and Munyabla Farmers' Union

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1896 · page 3

A GENERAL meeting of the above was held at Pleasant Hills on Saturday last, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing 12 months. It was beginning to be feared…

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The Doodle Cooma and Munyabla Farmers' Union

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 March 1896 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above was held at Pleasant Hills on Saturday last. The object of the meeting was the election of officers. The Union has lain dormant for…

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Seed Wheat Grain

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 4

THE following letter has been received in answer to the representations of Mr. K. Mackay, M.P.:—"Department of Mines, March 10, 1896…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. WHEAT

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 6

Prime, nominal. California to 3/11. STOCK. Wethers: Extra prime to 10/2, best trade lots to 8/9, medium 7/10, others from 5/5…

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The London Wool Sales. London, March 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 3

AT the London wool sales to-day the market was extremely firm. Merinoes of medium quality show a hardening tendency…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Still Hardening. London, March 11

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

The wool market is extremely firm. At to-day's sales the bidding was again marked by great animation. Prices further hardened, especially for medium merino wools…

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The Wagga Experimental Farm. a Practical Instructor

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

The agricultural probabilities of New South Wales are so highly encouraging that it is little wonder that successive governments have recognised the necessity of…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 March 1896 · page 2

The following stock passings have been reported to Mr. C. Lyne, Inspector of Stock, during the past week:—9,000 merino ewes, S.A. Investment Co., Mundawaddera to…

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Worm Diseases in Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 4

IN this letter we purpose treating of worm diseases generally, reserving for future letters the discussion of specific worm diseases…

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