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Farming & the land, 1898

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Horse and Cattle Disease at Corowa

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

At Corowa the mysterious disease affecting horses and cattle is still causing a high mortality…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. [?] [?] [?] Thursday, March 17, 1898. the Pastoral Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

THE business to be brought forward at the monthly meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association to-morrow…

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The Latest. London, March 15. London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

The [?] of the colonial wool sales opened this evening. Prices were irregular Meri[?]s were firmer, but the bulk of the crossbreds were lower…

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The London Wool Sales. Opening of the Second Series. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

The second series of this year's London-colonial wool sales were opened to-day. Prices were irregular. Merino wools were firmer, but the…

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Correspondence. We not necessarily endorse the opinions of our Correspondents. "The Farmers' and Settlers' Association and Its Critics." (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue of the 8th instant I notice a letter on the above by a correspondent signing himself "Councillor," who takes exception to the remarks made…

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The Wagga Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 3

Though Mr J. L. Dow, the Victorian expert in farming, did not (writes the Sydney Morning Herald) extend his investigation to the Hawkesbury, he found enough in the…

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Victoria. Alleged Baby Farming. Melbourne, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

The death of a child which had been boarded out to a nurse named Johnstone, who got £15 for adopting it, formed the subject of an inquiry…

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A Meeting of the Sheep Board

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 2

A meeting of the Sheep Board was afterwards held. There were present : — J. J. Miller (chair), A. Ward, W. B. Smith, W. Robinson, and C. Purcell…

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The Annual Show. a Good All Round Exhibition. Sheep, Cattle and H[?] in Good Display. a Falling Off in the Pavilion

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 2

THE eleventh show, under the auspices of the Gundagai Pastoral and Agricultural Association, opened on the society's grounds on Thursday…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the committee of the association was held last evening. There were present Messrs. T. W. Hammond, president, T. S. Gardiner, J. G. Mulholland,…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.—Sales were held yesterday by Messrs Buxton, Charles Balme and Company, and Jacomb, Son, and Co, and, altogether, 10,323 bales were offered. The…

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Death of Sheep From Poison

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 4

A great deal of uncertainty has arisen in this district as to whether water reserve 10,075, on the Wagga-Narandera road, is a public watering place. The settlers have for…

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The Wagga Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 4

THE "Sydney Morning Herald" in a sub loader says.—Though Mr. J. L. Dow, the Victorian expert in farming, did not extend his investigation to the…

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Ehperiment Farm Exhibits

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 2

The success which has attended the preparation of dried fruits and the growing of wheat at the Wagga Experiment Farm is to be utilised for the benefit of farmers and…

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A Sheep Bogging Preventative

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

Every year when water gets low in dams and tanks a large number of sheep are killed through getting bogged. A resident of the Hamilton district, Victoria, has, it is reported…

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Sydney Wool Sales. a Record Price Realised

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales to-day some large lots of superior scoured fleece, marked HCY over Lakeside, were sold at prices ranging from 16 3/4d…

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Farmers and Co-operation

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 2

At Albury the proposal to form co-operative flour mills has been abandoned in favor of the establishment of a farmers' association on…

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Farmers and Flour Millers. the Wagga Co-operative Mill

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 4

The great question of co-operation has so far only been reduced to a practical system for the benefit of two classes—the consumers on the one…

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Improving Dairy Herds

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

THE action of the Minister for Agriculture in obtaining a number of selected cattle from the best dairy berds in Great Britain with the intention of effecting an…

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Co-operation among Farmers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 5

MR. R. J. Fairbairn, the representative of the English Co-operative Society, addressed a large meeting of farmers on Tuesday at Walla Walla on the…

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