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Farming & the land, 1899

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Tooyal. (From Our Correspondent.) the Weather and Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1899 · page 3

YESTERDAY and last night (Saturday) brought us one of those terrific dust storms, so common to the Sahara-like climate, which we usually expect and suffer from in this…

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The Wool Sales

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 2

THE wool market, though prices are still much more satisfactory than any that have been obtainable for many years, has evidently received a marked…

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Other Subjects. The Colony's Wheat Yield

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 2

The complete return of the estimate of the wheat crop as supplied to the Government Satisfaction are now to hand. Last year the average yield throughout the colony…

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Wheat V. Wool

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 5

The remarkable rise in the price of wool during the present season, when compared with the low price of wheat, leads to the inquiry, how far the relative values of our two…

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The Wheat Crop

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 6

OUR Gunbar correspondent writes—The Government Statistician estimates the crop of wheat for the Hillston district as over 22,000 bushels. I don't know how far the…

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The Pastoral Outlook

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 5

Will history repeat itself, and the year 1900 be similar to 1870? is a question that is now (the "Argus" says) being widely discussed by pastoralists and agriculturists…

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Wheat

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 3

Mr H. R. Carter, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows. Dec. 5 -- Wheat has, if anything, continued to case since my last report. 27 is still quoted for…

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Fine-wool Prospects

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 5

The pastoralists who all through the long depression, and in the face of most disconcerting difficulties, stuck manfully to their faith in the pure merino have now every…

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Dubbo. Friday. Wholesale Sheep Losses

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

Eight hundred travelling sheep died at Dumlullimal on Wednesday night. The symptoms were similar to those experienced by sheep which died at the same place last…

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Intercolonial. Sydney. Friday. London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

A private cable from London states that the wool sales were postponed yesterday owing to the fog. AN AGED SLY GROG SELLER…

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Suggestions For Wool-Classing Fob Moderate-sized Stations

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 7

Each fleece must be carefully skirted, so as to take off everything objectionable in the way of bellies, stained wool, burrs, etc., but leaving as large a fleece of wool as possible…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Cable New. London, Dec. 6. London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

At the London wool sales to-day the competition was spirited and prices were well maintained. The following are the average prices…

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Failure to Remove Sheep. (Before Messrs. P. Moran and L. A. Fosbery, J's.P.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 3

C. L. Phillips proceeded against F. Dawes, a drover, for having neglected to travel sheep a distance of six miles in 24 hours, through the Hanging Rock…

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Wool is Up. From the Sydney Stock and Station Journal, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1899

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 7

Wool is higher now than it has been for years, and the rain is blessing large areas of our long dry country. Some have gone under through the long drought. Some have still…

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Farm Notes

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

Mr. G. M. M'Keown, Manager of the Wagga Experiment Farm, supplies the "Agricultural Gazette" with the following interesting information, as to farming…

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For the Farmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 5

The fields of wheat are rapidly ripening throughout the whole of the districts north of the Dividing Range in Victoria, while in the earliest localities harvesting is now going…

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The London Wool Sales. London, Dec. 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 2

AT the London wool sales to-day the competition was less spirited. Prices wore unchanged. The following are the average prices obtained for the fleece portions of…

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Farm and Dairy

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 4

THE twenty-fourth annual exhibition the British Dairy-farmers' Association is described by the Mark Lane Express as being the second largest and probably…

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Experiment Farm. Annual Examinations

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 2

MR. G. M. M'Keowo conducted the annual examination of studen [?] at the Wagga Experiment Farm on Wednesday last. The results were as follow:—…

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Experiment Farm Examinations

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 2

The annual examinations of the students of the Wagga Experiment Farm was held by Mr. G.M. M'Keown, the manager, on Wednesday last. The…

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