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Farming & the land, 1898

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A Wheat Market Forecast

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 6

THE condition of the world's wheat market is a matter af very great importance to our farmers. Notwithstanding the unfavourable change…

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Alleged Wholesale Sheep Stealing. Jugiong Police Court. Wednesday, OCTOBER 19th, 1898

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. C. W. Weekes, P.M., and Mr. Wilshire, J.P. John Lloyd, of Jugiong, was charged with stealing 120 mixed sheep, the…

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Adelaide Friday. Distress Among Farmers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

Owing to the distress among the farming population, caused by the drought, the Government has appointed police troopers in the country districts as registrars of…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn [?] Having to advise the public, may speak tree." Mil[?] Saturday, October 22, 1898. the World's Wheat Supply

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

IN a general sense it may be assorted that, any information concerning the world's demand for wheat and the possible present sources of supply,…

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Sales by Auction. Pastoral Hotel Yards. Thursday, 27Th October

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 2

MESSRS. Tompson, Manning and Jeremy:— Draught horses, reaper and binder, three brood mares. Messrs. A. A. Meurant and Co.:—Light…

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The Wheat Standard. the Grain Sheds Question

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 4

A DEPUTATION representing the corn trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce waited upon the Minister for Agriculture on Thursday with reference to the wheat…

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Adelaide. Monday. Some South Australian Crops—big Yields Expected

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 2

The Railway Commissioner, who has returned from a tour of inspection of the south-east districts, reports that the crops are looking splendid in some parts. The wheat crops…

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Culling Seed Wheat

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1898 · page 4

There is money in selecting picked ears of wheat from the growing crop for seed purposes before the machine goes in. The importance of selecting…

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Proposed Co-Operative Combination. the Wool and Produce Company and the Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 October 1898 · page 3

THE Secretary of the latter has received the following letter from the Co-operative Wool and Produce Co., Limited, in regard to the proposals of the Executive Council of the…

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Station and Farm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1898 · page 2

THE contract system of shearing has recently been introduced for the first time in Cunamulla (Q.) district, and has given great satisfaction…

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Sydney and Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1898 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales on Monday 6212 bales were offered and 4934 sold. The best price of the day in greasy was 9½, paid for nine bales of the Hughcndcn clip from…

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Henty. (From Our Correspondent.) Trucking Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1898 · page 3

The local manager for Darling and SOD, Mr. Butchor, is very busy forwarding a consignment of 4000 bags of wheat out of one of the stacks south of the station on to…

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Wet Wealth. the Drought and the Rainfall. What the Downpour Means to the Colony. Pastoral Experts' Opinions

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 October 1898 · page 4

There was a decided air of jubilation about all connected with pastoral and agricultural pursuits when the heavy rain had fairly set in. They were busy, too, no doubt…

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The Farmers' and Settlers' Association. the Co-operative Scheme. Unsuccessful Negotiations

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1898 · page 3

It will be recollected that the conference of the Farmers' and Settlors' Association, held in Bathurst in August, tentatively agreed to a proposal that the Association should…

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Lockhart. Its Rise and Progress. Some Reminiscences. Evidences of Business Enterprise. Post and Telegraph Office. Buildings in Course of Erection. Necessity for a Water Scheme. a Growing Agricultural District. Crops a Partial Failure

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 October 1898 · page 4

Lockhart, a township situated in the heart of what has hitherto been a district devoted largely to pastoral pursuits, and which has in close proximity stations bearing the…

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Prospects of the Wheat Harvest

Coolamon Echo · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 6

Notwithstanding the severe drought which has overtaken many of the wheat growing districts of the colony several members of the Chamber of…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 7

At the wool sales on Wednesday, 6,030 bales were catalogued, and 4,727 sold. The selection of wools submitted was not at all attractive, and the market was rather…

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 7

In London wheat made a jump of 2/- per quarter this week, and in Sydney and Melbourne the sales range from 3/5 to 3/7. We have seen 3/7 1/2 quoted but are not sure of…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 3

THE adjourned monthly meeting of the committee was hold last evening. There were prcsont:—Messrs. J. J. M'Grath, (chair), W. Shaw, W. J. Monks, R. S…

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The Wheat Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 5

Messts. John Darling and Sun in their weekly grain report givo some interesting information. They say:—Wheat.—The con i[?] unfavorable weather in…

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