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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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[?]En Innes. [?]Or 24 Hours. [?]Anding Crops

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

[?] heavy gale, accom[?]pour of rain, has [?]uring the last 24 [?] hours. Great damage has been done…

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 4

The top quality price locally is 3/7, and the millers of Cootamundra, Wallendbeen, Murrumburrah and Young have operated largely on this basis, though the figure has been…

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The Flemington Saleyards. Effect of Unfavorable Seasons. Sheep and Cattle Yarded

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 2

A return has been prepared by the Railway Department showing the annual business in connection with the Flemington saleyards. The effect…

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A Riverine Wheat Combination

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 2

It is reported (says the Sydney Morning Herald) that a number of large wheatgrowers in the Riverine district have proposed to form a combination for the purpose of…

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The Science Congress. the Queensland Tick. Value of Farmers' Institutes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 2

Before the Science Association to-day, Mr. J. P. Dowling contributed a paper on the Queensland tick…

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Great Heat in Victoria. Townships Smothered in Smoke. Numerous Bush Fires. Crops and Grass Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 3

Tuesday was the holiest day experienced in Melbourne for 16 years past. The maximum temperature in the true shade was 109[?]2. Bush fires raged furiously in many parts of…

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Rape As a Fodder Crop for Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 2

Protestor Thomas Shaw, late of the Ontario Agricultural College, Canada, and now professor of Animal Husbandry at the Minnesota University, is most enthusiastic for…

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 7

The top price for wheat locally is 3/ 7 though prides in advance of that figure ma to obtained for prime quality…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Limited, Melbourne, held its opening sale of the New Year on Thursday, when a large and attractive catalogue of about…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 1

Dalgety and Co., Limited, have received the following cable from London respecting the prospects of the approaching wool sales:— "The first series of sales for this year, fixed…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 4
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The Sydney Wool Seiling Brookers' Association report that the weekly series of sales was resumed at the Wool Exchange last Monday. There was a very I age…

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Storing Wheat in England

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 4

The fact that the question of storing wheat in England in case of war has been submitted to a select committee of the…

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Wheat Statistics. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 1

The quantity of wheat and floor afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,880,000 quarters, or 60,000 quarters more than last week. The quantity afloat for the Continent…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 1

At the Anrwerp wool sales yesterday there was a large attendance and active competition. In all 2878 bales, mostly River Plate wools, were offered, and 1822 bales were sold…

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

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 4

The heat is the chief topic of conversation and of complaint here, It has been very su[?], the mometer having registered 113 degrees in the shade. Harvesting in…

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Crops About the Rock

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 2

Despite the brought, the crops in The Rock district are yielding well. One of the farmers in the locality. Mr A. Heningsen, has had a good yield from his 100 acres, and…

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The Experimental Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 2

Vacation still continues at the Experimental Farm. The students are making the most of their leave, and are very properly recuperating before returning to the hard…

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The Wheat Market. Messrs. Tompson, Manning, and Jeremy's Report

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 4

With that enterprise which has characterised all their movements, Messrs. Tompson, Manning and Jeremy have recently added wheat dealing to their otherwise large…

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Country News. Walundry. Crops

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 4

Harvesting operations are just about completed here. From the commencement until the finish there were only a few light showers—one thing farmers are pleased…

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