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Farming & the land, 1897

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Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 December 1897 · page 2

Dalgety aud Co., Limited, report:—At our wool sales today we offered 4000 bales, comprising a good general selection from all the colonies, the number of Tasmanian clips…

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The South Australian Wheat Crop

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 December 1897 · page 3

The Adelaide Milling Company has issued a circular stating that in the colony, so far, the reported yield of wheat is better than was expected, and that the samples, though…

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The New Wheat. Fixing the Price

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1897 · page 2

WHEAT growers throughout the colony are at present naturally much interested in the fixing of the price to be paid for this season's wheat. In a leading article an…

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The Price of Wheat. Fall in Prices of Stock in Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 December 1897 · page 3

There has been a continuous lowering in the prices of fat stock during the past three months, cattle having fallen nearly one-third in value in that period, and sheep by fully…

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Correspondence. We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our Correspondent. Diseased Cattle and Adulterated Milk. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1897 · page 3

SIR,—Since the advent of Pasteurised milk he have had to listen to a lot of talk about disease in cattle. Now, I have travelled over a great portion of South Australia,…

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Wagga Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 December 1897 · page 2

Passing through the orchard at the Wagga Experiment Farm one is struck with its neatness. The trees, more especially the plums aud prunes, have all been topped, as…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, mayspeak free." Milton. Thursday, December 9, 1897. the Price of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1897 · page 2

THE action of the New South Wales Millers' Association in fixing a price to be given for the new season's wheat is of great importance not alone…

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Letter to the Editor. Alloura Spring Wheat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1897 · page 2

SIR,—Your correspondent "Lover of Progress" was rather premature in recommending the above wheat to our local farmers. Friday's S. M. Herald contains a report of a statement made by…

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Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 December 1897 · page 6

The Melbourne Age states:—"It is evident that the New South Wales farmer has nothing to be afraid of this season from outside competition, and with the change…

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The Wheat Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1897 · page 4

A circular has been issued from the Millar Association calling a general mee[?] ing of millers and flour merchants. It states: "One of the principal objects is to…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 11 December 1897 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser, Wagga Wagga Express

The Sydney "Wool Selling Brokers Association report that very heavy catalogues cousisting for she nun part of medium quality wools, were submitted each day since…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the Series. London, 7Th December

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 December 1897 · page 5

The November seines of the London wool sales closed to-day. Prices were steady, and a better tone prevailed in the market…

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Correspondence. We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our Correspondents. Diseased Cattle and Adulterated Milk. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertise.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1897 · page 2

SIR,—In your last issue a letter signed "Milk Vendor" appeared upon the above subject. Itsobject was not disguised, being an attempt to persuade the un hinking to…

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The Price of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 December 1897 · page 2

AT the annual meeting of the Millers' Association on Saturday, in Sydney, the price of now wheat was fixed at 4s per bushel, and of new flour at £11 per ton. The gathering…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 December 1897 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. report:—At our wool sales to-day we offered a good catalogue of 3900 hales, mostly clips from the later districts of Victoria, New South Wales, and South…

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Commercial. Wheat. Price of Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 December 1897 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Millers' Association held in Sydney on Saturday (reports the Herald) the price of new wheat was "fixed" at 4/- per bushel, and of new…

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Wheat and Its Lessons

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 December 1897 · page 4

IN this issue, in our commercial news, it will be found that on Saturday the associated millers and merchants met, and are reported to have "fixed" the price of wheat for this…

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The Price of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1897 · page 2

WRITING with regard to the fixing of the purchasing price of wheat at 4s. per bushel by the N.S.W. Millers' Association the "Sydney Morning Herald" say:—Great…

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