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Farming & the land, 1898

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Crop Reports

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 September 1898 · page 4

THE following, from the Telegraph correspondents, are of interest to our readers:— ADELONG. There are 1,250 acres under wheat this year…

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The Farmers in Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 September 1898 · page 6

We have pleasure in publishing the following letter addressed by the Hon. G. H. Cox, M.L.C., to the editor of the Cootamundra Herald :—…

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Wheat Export. Standard "F.a.q." Grades

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1898 · page 4

ANTICIPATING the expected surplus of wheat for export during the season 1898 99, Mr Cook, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, is considering the advisability of adopting a…

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Farmees' and Settlers' Association. the Recent Conference. a Review of the Proceedings

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 September 1898 · page 6

Now that the Bathurst Conference, which, when the resolution to hold it them was carried last year amid the approval of many who thought they were taking a step…

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The Wheat Yield of Next Harvest. a Substantial Increase

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1898 · page 2

Our foraoaat of the probable wheat yield in the Gnndngai police diitriot for the coming etaion baa given rieo to both aaliafaotion and aurpriit aroongat the Urmeri, all of whom Bay wo are parfocllj within tbo mark by expeoliog a yield of 16 buahola par aoro by the present healthy…

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The Voice of the People. the Wool Boycott and the Way to Meet It to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1898 · page 4

SIR.—A short time since I wrote urging that every wool-grower in the country who could do so should ship his wool to Loudon and refuse to sell in the Sydney…

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Cattle

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 3

The most noticeable feature in the cattle sections was the trend of public opinion towards the recognised dairy breeds, as against the better known beef and general…

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Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 3
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

There is no reason whatever for the district to be ashamed of the sheep put forward. Some of them, especially the merinos, would grace any show ground in the colonies…

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The Wheat Surplus

The Worker · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 1

"What shall we do with our surplus wheat?" is a question that will loom large in the immediate future. A few years ago the farmer was wooed by…

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The Annual Show Social. a Successful Function. the Pastoral Association Congratulated. Special Prizes Promised. a Good Musical Programme

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 5

The annual Show social of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association look place in the Prolestant Hall on Thursday night. This social has become recognised…

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The Wheat Supply. the Niagara Electrical Motive Power. Can Supply 12,000,000 Tons. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 2

Professor Crookes and Professor Penny, speaking at a meeting of the British Association, said that the world's wheat supply was…

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The Government Farm Exhibit

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 3

The splendid display of preserved and dried fruits and grain made by the Wagga Experiment Farm was greatly admired. The arrangement of the exhibits was effective…

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Dairy Produce

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 3
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

In dairy produce the greatest interest was taken in section 262, in which the Si[?]ger Manufacturing Company offered a handsome Singer sewing machine, valued at…

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Farm Produce

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 3
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

The farm produce exhibits were of considerable merit. The sample of wheat shown by Messrs E. Hulme and Sons in section 252 was remarkably plump and full, of…

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Station and Farm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 3

Sheepowners who find their pasture short when pumpkins are obtainable should give this vegetable a trial. In the Poverty Boy district of New Zealand pumpkins are now…

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Experiment Farm Trophy

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 3

Never before has the Wagga Experiment Farm Management put forth such a magnificent display of the productions of the farm as was revealed to visitors in the…

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Sheep Kings

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 September 1898 · page 2

The Gundagai Times is responsible for the following, which must be taken cum gram:—A paragraph has gone the rounds that at a dinner given recently at the Union Club…

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