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Farming & the land, 1897

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 7

The London wool sales closed on Tuesday evening. Prices were firm. As compared with the opening prices, good medium and greasy scoured merinos showed a alight…

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 7

The London wheat market has advanced again 1/, or in all 3/6 per quarter within the past fortnight, or 4 1/4 per bushel. This is regarded as ominous; and freights have also…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. WHEAT

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 6

A very large area of wheat is being sown this year, and a record crop is looked for. WOMEN'S AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. As the result of inquiries which he is…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 4

THE fourth series of London wool sales for the present year, which opened, on the 6th inst., closed yesterday, the market being firm…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 2

The following passings of stock are reported by the Inspector of Stock, Mr C. Lyne, for tht past week :—7000 wethers, W. J. Campbell, Back Creek, Cooma, to…

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Lallah Rookh. (From Our Correspondent.) Farm and Field

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 2

FOR the pastures the weather is all that can be desired, and the grass is coming along nicely. It is rather short yet for large stock, but sheep are petting good…

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Wagga Co-operative Dairy Company. Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 2

The annual meeting of shareholders of the Wagga Cooperative Dairy Company, Limited, was held at the Murrumbidget Pastoral and Agricultural Association's rooms…

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 6

Just now the wheat markets need to be closely watched by those who are commercially interested in wheat values, The Sydney market is the best index in Australia…

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London Wool Sales

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 4

Dalgetty and Co., Limited, advise that they are in receipt of a cable from their London office dated July 27:-- "Wool sales closed firm without further change…

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The World's Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1897 · page 2

THE Liverpool "Corn Trade News" makes the following comments in its issue of the 22nd June:— The market continues in a nervous state…

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A Government Tobacco Crop

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1897 · page 4

THE Minister for Agriculture finds'that many of our small farmers are sadly handicapped by want of capital, and it appears that this is one of the chief reasons…

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The Wagga Co-operative Dairy Company

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 2

A LATE issue of the Wagga Advertises contains an interesting report of the second annual meeting of the Wagga Co-operative Dairy Company. We use the word…

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Yerong Creek. (From a Correspondent.) Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 4

A meeting of the local branch was held on Saturday lust. The usual routine business was transacted. Delegates to the Wagga Conference were also appointed. The…

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Forming a Farmers' Agency. Alleged Frauds

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 3

On Thursday an elderly man named George Seward Prentice was charged before Mr F. S. Isaacs. S.M., at the the Water Police Court, with having…

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The Co-operative Dairy Company. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 2

Sir,—The report of the meeting of shareholders in the Wagga Co-operative Dairy Company, published in your issue of 3rd inst., is of more than passing interest,…

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1897 · page 4

The English yield this year is expected to be equal to that of last year; the French yield 60 million bushels short; the Austro-Hungarian yield 17 million bushels short…

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The Crops. From Wagga to Narandera

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1897 · page 2

TAKEN as a whole the crops, as seen from the train, on the line from Wagga to Narandera, are at present-looking extremely well and the outlook for the coming harvest…

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Pedigree Stock on Government Farms

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1897 · page 4

IN the Aesombly in reply to Dr. Ross, the Minister for Mines and Agriculture said there were 2,043,707 head of cattle in the colony when the last stock returns were…

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Cattle Averages

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 6

11 bullocks and 20 cows Rankin and Sullivan At Frampton on Wednesday a man named Harry Sweet and his son, the latter being…

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 6

The Argus says: We are approaching the middle of August, and the crops in the principal areas are backward. Against the strengthening influenced are to be placed the…

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