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Farming & the land, 1898

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Wool Sales. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 3

The wool sales opened somewhat weak at a 5 per cent, decline on last prices. The competition was poor and the…

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Interesting to Farmers

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 2

A few weeks ago we drew the attention of fanners, and others interested, to a trial of the Farmers Favorite Grain and Fertilizer Drill that had been held at the Experiment…

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Items from Meant Adrah. Agricultural and Pastoral

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 4

IN spite of the present dry season and such a low figure for the tobacco leaf, our tobacco raisers atill till the soil for the leaf. It is truly wonderful to see such…

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Germanion. [From Our Correspondent.] the Pastoral Society—this Year's Snow

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 6

On Friday, the 20th ult., a large number of supporters of the Garmanton P.A. and H. Society turned up on answer to a circular calling a meeting for the purpose of…

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English Commercial. the London Wool Sales. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 3

At yesterday's wool sales there was better competition than on the previous day, but prices remained at the opening rates…

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Wheat Market Very Firm. Holding for a Rise London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 3

The wheat market continues very firm. Foreign wheat is held for an advance of 1s 6d per quarter, and sales ate consequently checked…

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Manifesto to the Producers. by the Farmers' and Sattlers' Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 6

The following manifesto has been learned by the President of the New South Wales Farmers and S[?] Association to the members of the association and other…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

A MEETING of the Hillston Fanners and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday night. As a large attendance was expected the meeting took…

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New South Wales Farmers' and Settlers' Association Federation of Australia. Manifesto to the Members of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association and Other Producers of New South Wales

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 6

GENTLEMEN,—The President having appealed to the members of the Executive Council of the New South Wales Farmers' and Settlers' Association for an expression of…

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The Loaded Gun Again. Shocking Fatality Near Bathurst. a Bee Farm Manager Shot. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

A shooking fatality occurred at Peel, near Bathurst, to-day, Ernest James, the manager of a bee farm, being accidentally shot, whilst out wallaby…

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How to Use Farm Implements. Some Useful Hints. an English Processor's View

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 6

Professor Haydon, of the Yorkshire College, England, in the course of a recent lecture, made some valuable remarks aboiut the proper use of farm implements. He said…

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N.s.w. Farmers & Settlers' Association. a Manifesto

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 3

A manifesto signed by Mr Gunning F. Plunkett (president) and Mr John L. Trefle (secretary) has been issued to the members of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association and…

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For the Farmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 4

The pro[?] drought is likely to prove a source of great cost to stockowners in most of the Riverine districts. During the past month trainloads of feed.—Compressed lucerne…

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War and Prices. Further Rise in Wheat. Heavy French Purchases

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 2

The wheat market is still steadily rising. The price has advanced another 2s per quarter for the week, with the effect of limiting the extent of…

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Farmer and Company. Ltd. Victoria House, Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 2

Mr Seymour, who is representing the above firm, is showing on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, at Criterion Hotel, Wagga, a splendid range of samples from the…

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Dairy Cattle at the Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 2

Mr O'Callaghan the Dairy Expert of the Agricultural Department, has been testing dairy cattle at the Government Experiment Farm for tuberculosis. The result proved…

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Important Shipment of Cattle

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 2

Some of the beat-bred stud dairy cattle have just been shipped to China by Mr. D. Buffier, of St. Peters, on account of Messrs Power and Sudholz (says the Daily…

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The Wheat Maket. Higher Rates Demanded

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 3

A further advance of 2s per quarter is now asked by holders of wheat, but buyers hesitate to operate at the price…

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The Latest. London, May 10. London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day prices remained Grin but unchanged. There was spirited competition for merinces and fins crossbreds…

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Wheat in Madrid. a Month's Supply. Purchases Abroad. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 3

Despite the drain on the food resources of Madrid consequent upon the war, the Spanish Government estimate tbat the supply of wheat in…

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