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Farming & the land, 1897

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Brookong Farmers' Union

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1897 · page 2

THE quarterly meeting of the Brookong Farmers' Union was held at Green's Gunyah on Saturday last. In the absence of the President, Mr. W. Day was voted…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 4

The Sydney Woolbrokers' Association, under date September 21st report. that the opening sales of the Australian wool selling campaign were held in Sydney on…

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Tumbarumba. (From Our Correspondent.) Pastoral and Agricultural Society

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 5

ON Wednesday afternoon, at M'Glynn's Hotel, the eight annual meeting of the members of the Tumbaiumba and Upper Murray Pastoraland Agricultural Society took place,…

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Restoring Worii-out Wheat Land

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 5

IN reply to a correspondent, Mr. Vaider, of the Hawbeabury Farm, writes:—"The best system I know of for bringing 'wornout' wheat land into probtable cultivation,…

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The Courts Cootamundra Police Court Wednesday Before E. Doidge, Esq., J.P. Stray Cattle

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 2

W. H. Richardson pleaded guilty to allowing an animal to stray at largo. Fined 2s 6d and costs 4s 103. M. Maher was likewise charged,…

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Victorian Farmers and Border Unties

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 4

A CONFERENCE of delegates of agricultural societies was held al the Melbourne Townhall on Tuesday to consider the question of the abolition of all border duties…

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Travelling Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 September 1897 · page 3

In Chambers, before Mr Justice Cohen, a special case concerning the law with reference to travelling sheep was heard in the matter of May v. Reardon. Sir Julian Salomons…

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Classification of Show Sheep

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1897 · page 2

THE following letter, which, with its accompanying information, is of much interest to exhibiting wool-growers, has been received from the Department of Mines and…

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British Wheat Harvest. London, 27Th September

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 September 1897 · page 4

The estimate of the British wheat harvest for the present year, issued by Mr Lawles, states the average at 26 [?] bushels per acre, and the total yield at 6,125,000 quarters…

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London Wool Sales. a Good Advance in Price. [By Telegraph.] London, Sept. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1897 · page 2

THE London wool sales opened to-day. Prices showed an advance of from 5 to 7½ per cent, compared with the closing rates of the last series…

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Pastoral Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 2

Tompson, Manning, and Jeremy report having made the following sales:—On account Mr A. O'Keefle, Yamma, 7500 ewes; on account Yabtree Estate, 65000 ewes; on…

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Melbourne Wool, Station Produce, and Grain Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 2

The Melbourne Woolbrokers' Association reports :— Wool.—The now wool is arriving now on a larger scale, and the opening of our…

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Lalla Roohk. (From Our Correspondent. the Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 5

THE weather is everything that can be desired for the crops, which are making great headway. The prospects so far are very good, but a change can take place in a very short…

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The Dairying Industry. the New Regulations. Proposed Amendments

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 2

A deputation waited on the Premier on Thursday to ask for some amendments in the provisions regulating the supply of dairy produce to the public. Mr Archibald…

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Butter Tests and Milking Trials

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 4

A REPORT on butter tests and milking trials at the recent Tring Show (Eng.), an annual event now regarded with great interest in the dairy world, has been published. No…

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Cattle on the Line. Accident Narrowly Averted

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 4

On Saturday morning, as the Echuca to Moam[?] 8.30 a.m. train was crossing the Murray-bridge at Echuca, Messrs. Cummings and Jones were taking over 40 head of cattle…

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London Wool Sales. an Active Market. London, Oct. 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 2

At the London wool sales yesterday all good combing wools ahowed a hardening tendency. American buyers purchased freely, paying extreme prices for light…

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The Producing Interest. a Cheering Outlook.—a Shipping Defeat.—pasteurised Butter.—new Trees and Seeds

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 October 1897 · page 4

In speaking of an assured harvest, as the result of the late welcome rains, it is, of course, well to understand that all anticipations on that head are…

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Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 6

At Mark Lane on Monday wheat was 6d per quarter lower for the week, Sydney kangaroo tails are meeting with a brisk demand in London, and selling at 1/…

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Powers of Sheep Directors

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 5

The Registrar of the Tamworth District Court has received from Judge Coffey his reserved decision in the case of John Perfrement versus William Darley Dowe, stock…

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