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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Seed Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 3

Now that the sowing season has cone round it is necessary for farmer to exercise care in regard to the wheat they intend using for teed. One of the chief essentials to…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the committee was held last evening. There were present: —Messrs. T. W. Hammond (President), G. P. Wilson, W. Shaw, J. Beattie, W. J…

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"The Farmers' Favorite Drill."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 2

A TRIAL was given yesterday at the Expert ment Farm of Wood's Farmers' Grain and Fertiliser Drill. The picce of ground selected was situated in one of the paddocks…

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Victorians at the Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

THE Experiment Farm yesterday received a visit from Mr. Martin, Secretary for Agriculture in Victoria, the Hon. G. Graham, late Victorian Minister for Agriculture, Mr…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association and Federation. Probable Manifesto to Producers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 5

THE President of the Association (we are informed by Mr. J. J. Miller) is taking a plebiscite of the council on the question of adopting the Commonwealth Bill. If the…

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Farmers and Co-operation

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 6
Also in Cootamundra Herald

A GATHERING of interest to producers took place at the warehouse of the Farmers' Cooperative Company of New South Wales (late South Coast and West Camdon…

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For the Farmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 3

In the Wagga district ploughing operations are being vigorously proceeded with, bat under great disadvantages. The exceptionally dry season renders the talk be light one, it…

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Experiment Farms in N.s.w. Exhibits at the Sydney Show. Scientific and Practical Farming

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 3

One of the most interesting features of the recent Sydney Show (says an exchange), was the exhibits from the various Experiment Farms, which were well displayed and were…

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The Wreck of the China. a Prospect of Saving the Ship. Half the Wool Cargo Out. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 2

A private wire received in Sydney states that there is a very fair prospect of the P. and O. Co's. steamer China, which went ashore on the island of…

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Farmers and Co-operation

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 4

A GATHERING of considerable interest to the producers of the colony took place at the warehouse of the Farmers' Cooperative Company of New South Wales…

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 5

Wheat is selling freely in the Sydney and Melbourne markets up to 4/1; and local holders will do well to keep a close watch on the market, especially in the event of war…

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Neglect of the Sheep Acts

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 2

Mr Charles Lyne, District Inspector of Stock, proceeded against James Rynehart, before Mr George Martin, P.M., at the Wagga Police Court on Tuesday for neglecting to…

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Serious [?]sault on a Farmer. Four to One. the Assailants Arrested

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 4

To be set upon by roughs and almost killed after going through nearly 60 years of life without accident to health [?]b is one of the ha[?]dest experiences we know of. Such,…

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Water at the Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 2

The securing of a better water supply at the Government Farm is taking definite and practical form. Mr Brown, one of the engineers from the Public Watering Places…

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Cooperative Wool and Produce Co

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 6

The first annual meeting of the Co-operative Wool and Produce Company, Limited, wan held in Sydney on Thursday, 31st March. The auditors' report and balance sheet were…

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Commercial. English Commercial. Wheat Statistics. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 4

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2.020,000 quarters, against 2,930,000 quarters last week. The quantity afloat for the Continent is 1,855,000…

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Advance in Wheat and Flour. the Market Very Strong. London, April 21

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

Wheat has further advanced is per quarter, and flour at the same rate. The market is very strong…

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The Wagga Experiment Farm. a Victorian Opinion

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

IN the Melbourne " Leader" of to-day there is a long and interesting account of a visit paid by the agricultural editor of that journal to the Wagga Experiment Farm,…

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