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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Fall in Wheat. the Leiter "Corner." Immense Sale in Chicago. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 June 1898 · page 2

There is a tremendous slump in the price of American wheat, owing to immense sales by Mr. Leiter, the Chicago speculator, who some months…

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Lalla Rookh. (From Our Correspondent.) the Weather and Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1898 · page 3

The drought has been broken at last. On Saturday it rained splendidly about 55 poiuts falling, and doing a great amount of good as farmers will now be able to…

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Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 4

The rains have had the effect of advancing values in the local market. Recent buyers have been benefited by the change…

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Harrowing the Wheat Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 6

In these districts of the colony where the wheat brairds are now showing well above ground, a light harrowing of the surface will prove beneficial…

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Wheat-growing and Dairying

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 6

THE [?] is prevalent that dairying is only adapted for the m[?] districts of the colony, where grazing instead of wheat-growing is the chief dependence of the farmer, (says…

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Allora Spring Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 2

THE report obtained by the Minister for Agriculture from one of the leading millers upon the milling qualities of Allora Spring wheal is very satisfactory. The Minister…

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Wheat Growing. Systematic Cultivation Necessary. the Value of Mixed Farming

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 5

During the last decade or so, since pastoralists with suitable lands and within reach of railways hare gone in for wheat growing on an extensive scale…

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Milling Qualities of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 6

THE Minister for Agriculture explains that for some time past the Agricultural Department has been conducting experiments to determine the milling qualities of the…

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The Wheat Market. Further Fall in Price

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 6

A further fall has taken place in the price of wheat. Since Monday English wheat has declined 1s. per quarter, and in the foreign markets…

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For the Farmer. From Various Sources

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 4

The indications are that wheat in the world's markets, the Rural Yorker writes, is to go higher in price. There is a scarcity of grain in Germany, Italy, and…

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Allora Spring Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1898 · page 6

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

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A Pastoral Lawsuit

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 June 1898 · page 2

In the District Court at Albury on Monday, before Judge Rogers and a jury of four, Thomas Whitehead, owner of Warbrook Station, Upper Murray, sued W. Y. Sissons…

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Pastoral Co-operation, Etc

The Worker · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 3

DEAR WORKER,— You are right; it is a damned shame that any man should be disfranchised whilst looking for work, and it is nothing…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 3

THE ordinary monthy meeting of the committee of the above association was held last evening. There were present:—Messrs. T. W. Hammond (president), D. Copland, J. J…

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A New Wheat Field

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 4

THE steady extension of the great trans Siberian railway into the heart of that immense region must very shortly introduce into the markets of…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Arranging for Annual Conference

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the Farmers' and Settlors' Association of New South Wales is convened to meet in Wagga on Wednesday next, to take into…

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Improvement in our Dairy Herds

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 4

IT will he rememberod that some few months ago the Minister for Agriculture decided to import a number of dairy cattle from England and elsewhere for the purpose…

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For the Farmer. From Various Sources

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 6

A decision in an impoundiag case wae given by the magistrates in the Warragul (Victoria) Police Court lately which should be borne in mind by land-holders who are…

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Deniliquin Pastoral News

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 June 1898 · page 2

A telegram from Denifiquin states thai a welcome proof of the beneficial remit of the recent general rains throughout the Riverina is evidenced by the splendid lamb marking…

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The Latest. London, June 28. the Wool Sales—an Advance

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1898 · page 2

The London wool sales opened to-day. Bidding was brisk, with an advance from par to five per cent, on the closing rates of the last series…

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