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Farming & the land, 1898

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Sheep Board

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 6

THE sheep directors met after the above, Mr. J. J. Miller presiding. In the absence of Mr. W. B. Smith who was away in Sydney, and on account of there…

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Stock Disease Near Corowa. Horses and Cattle Dying. the Cause a Mystery

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 4

Quite a panic exists among carriers at Corowa because of the breaking out of a mysterious disease among horses and cattle. The infected spot is located by general…

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Correspondence. We do not neccssarily endorse the opinions of our Correspondents. the Farmers' and Settlers' Association and Its Critics. (To the editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

SIR,— your leader of Saturday last on this subject has I have no doubt, been pompted by the best of motives. No one can take exception to remarks actuated by a feeling…

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The Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

The necessity for the erection of suitable buildings at the Wagga Experiment Farm was brought under of the Minister for Mines and Agriculture by Mr Gormly…

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Floods at Coraki. Great Damage to Maize Crops

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

At Coraki heavy and continuous rain is falling. The river is 3ft over the wharf, and much damage has been done to the maize crops…

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THE Magga Magga Advertiser. This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free," Milton. Tuesday, March 8, 1898. the Wheat Market in England

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

AT the present, time many wheatgrowers in Riverina and in Victoria are looking forward with interest to the disposal of their grain in the…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.—The arrivals for the second series of London wool sales this year, which opens on Tuesday, the 15th inst., number 302,000 bales. OF these 99,000 have…

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Diseases in Cattle Near Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 6

Some excitement was occasioned amongst Albury stock-owners this week by a reported severe outbreak at Bungowannah, near Albury. Taken in conjunction with the cases…

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Correspondence. We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our Correspondents. the Wheat Growers' Position. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 2

SIR,—Considerable interest has been taken for some time past, both in this and the other Australian colonics, in the question of how to dispose of the wheat crops so as to…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn [?], Having to advise the public, mayspeak free." Milton. Thursday, March 10, 1898. the Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 2

IT in understood that the Minister for Agriculture is considering the question of authorising the erection of suitable buildings at the Wagga Experiment…

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Acclimatising Manitoba Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 4

OWING to the extreme dryness of the season the Manitoba wheat, which endeavors were made to acclimatise, has scarcely had a fair trial. (says the…

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The Allora Spring Wheat. the Famous 100 ACRES

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 5

IN the current number of the "Agricultural Gazette" Dr. Cobb further discusses the Allora Spring wheat question. He says;— "So much that is contradictory has been…

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The Wagga Experiment Farm. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 5

SIR,—I observed in your issue of the 8th inst. that improvements are to be made in the buildiugs of the Farm. A little time since it was suggested that accommodation…

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Albury Farmers and CoOperation

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 5

A LARGELY attended meeting of farmers was held on Tuesday at Walla Walla (reports the "Daily Telegraph") for the purpose of considering the advisability of…

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Hillston Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 1

A meeting of the above association was held at the Royal Mail Hotel on Saturday evening last, the 5th instant, the President (J. M. Fullarton, Esq.) in the chair, and…

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Local and General News. an Expert on the Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 2

Mr J. L. Dow, the agricultural editor of the Leader, who returned to Melbourne by this morning's express, spent the whole of yesterday in a careful inspection of the…

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Musical Evening at the Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 2

A lew Wagga ladies and gentlemen, taking advantage of the moon, journeyed to the Wagga Experiment Farm on Thursday night for a musical evening. After the musical…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 3

The Sydney Wool Belling Brokers' Association report that a fair Dumber of Dice Queensland samples both in the greasy and scoured sections were included in last week's…

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Mortality Amongst Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

A report from Albury stales that a large number of sheep are dying in the Murrumbidgee district as the result of the continued absence of green feed. One small grazier has…

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The Wheat Washing System

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

In no line of trade is the development of new proccesses and machinery more rapid than in fluor milling, and the latest is the wheat washing system. This not only…

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