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Farming & the land, 1898

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Wool

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 2

Wool sales were held in Melbourne on Thursday, when four films of selling brokers submitted catalogues aggregating 943 bales. There was a full attendance of buyers for…

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For the Farmer. From Various Sources

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 6

Pasteurising it favorably reported upon in New South Wales. Mr. O'Callaghan, dairy expert to the Agricultural department, has furnished an account of the results of…

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Why Farmers Should Keep Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 2

A lecturer of one of the Canadian farmers' institutes recently gave the following ten reasons why farmers should keep sheep:—1. They are profitable. 2. They weaken the…

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Sales by Auction. Thursday, June 2. MESSRS. Tompson, Manning and Jeremy, at Pastoral yards.—Fat Cattle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 2

THE depth of the sea varies considerably in different parts of the world. In the inland seas the water is comparatively. shallow. but in the great oceans it is very…

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Australasian Butter. Improvement in Quality and Condition. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 2

The Dairy Produce Rerie[?]—issued by W. R. Weddell and Co., importers of Australian droduce—states that the quality and condition of the…

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Why Farmers should keep Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 7

A LECTURER of one of the Canadian farmers' instates recently gave the following tea reasons why farmers should keep sheep :— 1. They are profitable. 2. They weaken…

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Pastoral Co-operation

The Worker · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 8

DEAR WORKER,— The necessity for co-operation among the workers stands put so self-evident that none will gainsay line resultant…

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Wool

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales in Sydney on Wednesday 1756 bales were offered and 2956 sold. A feature of the sales was the presence of a few hundred bales of the new season's…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 6

For several weeks past breeders and others interested in the raising of live stock have been looking forward anxiously to the result of the tuberculine test, as applied to a stud…

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Commercial Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 6

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report:— Wool sales were resumde in the Sydney market on Wednesday, when 1,756 bales…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report:—Wool sales were resumed in the Sydney market on Wednesday, 1st inst., when 1756 bales were brought forward, a…

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For the Farmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 6

The prospects of the English wheat market are dealt with in a letter on May 30 from Mr. J. Sinclair, the representative in London of the Agricultural Department…

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Lady Farmers

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 June 1898 · page 4

Lady Stella and Lady Dorothea Hope, are converts to Lady Warwick's theory, that farming is an essentially feminine occupation, and have rented…

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Food and Boracic Acid. a Police Court Case: the Australasia Butter Case. Regrets by the Bench. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 3

A case came before one of the police courts to-day, in which a produce merchant was charged with selling hams and poultry containing…

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Farmers' Clubs

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 2

THERE is quite a latge number of agricultural societies in the colony, but no farmers' clubs (says the Melbourne "Argus"). In a few instances, the societics are fairly…

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For Tee Farmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 6

Around the Wagga district the recent rainfall, though meagre, has put hope into the farmers, and has wonderfully changed the appearance of the country. The parched…

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Mr. J. L. Thompson at Albury. Advantages of Mixed Farming

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 4

At the annual smoke night meeting of the Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Association on Wednesday last an address on mixed farming was delivered by Mr J. L. Thompson…

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Allora Spring Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

Considerable discussion having taken place as to the value of Allera Spring wheat from a milling point of view, the Minister of Agriculture had a practical test made in…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. S. Murphy, P.M. Sheep Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1898 · page 3

Celia Bennesley appeared in the dock, with a baby in her arms. She was arrested by Constable Wren at Muttama on Saturday. The charge was stealing two sheep…

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Allora Spring Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1898 · page 4

CONSIDERABLE discussion having taken place as to the value of Allora Spring wheat from a milling point ol view, the Minister for Agriculture has had a practical test made to…

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