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Farming & the land, 1898

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Fine Samples of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

Mr. Copley Borne, the manager of the A.J S. Bank, has in bis office a fine sheet of wheat grown on the bank's Forest Hill estate on the farm occupied by Mr. M. Seckold. The…

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A Canadian Experiment Farm. Aiding Farmers to Succeed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 6

In the way of experimental farms the Government of the Dominion of Canada ia actuated by a vigorous policy. There is a Government experimental farm situated…

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Crops Destroyed

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

THE hot, parching winds which we experienced it few days ago plays. and havoe with some of the wheat crops in the disirict. Out at Wagr[?],…

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The Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

Harvesting is in full swing at the Experiment Ear[?] and the yield promises to be far better than that of last year. The erection of the canning house in the middle…

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For the Farmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 6

In his paper on Improving the Grain of Wheat," Mr. W. Farrar, remarks as follows:—"From the data and information we are at present possessed of, I should judge that…

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Diseased Cattle

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 2

In consequence of the receipt of a letter by the Albury Council from parties interested, some question arose as to the facts of the recent action of the…

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The Humula Sheep Case

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 2

The case in which George Huie, manager for Mr. C. D. Bardwell, grazier, of Oberne Station, Humula, proceeded against John Cheney, Junr., also a grazier, of Opossum…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association (Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Dalgtly and Co., Ltd.; Geldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd…

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Sales by Auction. Pastoral Hotel Yards. Thursday December 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 2

MESSRS. Meurant and Co.:—Fat sheep, colts, and sundries…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. (By Wire.) Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 4

Da[?]gety and Co. Lid. to-day sold 2800 bales of wool including representative clips from all the colonies, and the first appreciable quantity of Tasmanian wools. They had a…

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The Drought and the Crops

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 2

It is gratifying to learn from the Railway Department (says the Daily Telegraph) that reports received from officers in the northern, western, and southern districts with regard…

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Standard Wheat Price

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 2

THE Corn Section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, acting in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, is endeavoring to…

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Dairy Notes. The Private Separator

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 6

This system of dairying is fast gaining ground here also, especially in districts where separating stations are not very numerous, and in now districts where…

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Station and Farm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 7

THE Stock Exchange had no attraction for the late James Tyson. A great landowner and grazier, he stuck religiously to the business of his life—the reclamation of the…

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Wheat Harvesting Machinery. American Improvements

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 4

THE most striking of modern improvements in wheat harvesting is described by Mr. T. K. Dow, in the latest issue of "The Leader." The California " Header," taking…

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The Wheat Harvest. Government Statistician's Estimate

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 3

THE Government statist has issued his preliminary estimate of the yield of wheat for the colony for the present harvest. He places the ares under wheat cultivation at…

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Tooyal. (From Our Correspondent) the Weather and Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 4

THERE is no news of importance worth relating from this neighborhood. Everything is as dull as the upproaching Xmas promises to be. The weather is so hot and dry, and…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Co

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 3

WE have before us the prospectus of the Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Co., which was recently farmed. the capital is £5000 in 500 shares at £1 each. The…

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Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 7

Mr. H. R. Carter, reports as follows, December 15th :— I have again to report a change in the market for the worse. Millers are still…

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Wool Sales

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 2

The market is in a very strong and satisfactory condition, and ail descriptions may be said to be seiling well. The irregularity and occasional…

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