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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Report on Spring Rust In Wheat crops

The Temora Star · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 2

THE Government wheat expert, in a report to the Minister for Agriculture states that he is receiving complaints from alarmed fanners to the effect that…

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Cattle for Rhodesia

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 July 1900 · page 3

Mr. Ross special commissioner from Rhodesia, has arrived in Sydney for the purposes of obtaining suitable cattle for that country. He saw the Premier to-day, and the latter…

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District News. (From Our Correspondents.) Tooyal. the Farmers and Settlers Conferenoe

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1900 · page 2

The delegate Appointed by our local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Aasociation hits returned from the conference, which was held in the city, commencing on…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 3

The committee of the local Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Royal Mail Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. Present:—Dr. Watt (President in the chair…

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Local News. Wool Report

Coolamon Echo · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 3

Messrs. Goldsborough, Mort and Co. write us :—There is little to report in the local market, which is still in a very depressed state. The unprecedented fall in…

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The Smallest Sheep in the World

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 1

Tho very smallest of all kinds of sheep, says a contemporary, is the tiny Breton sheep. It is two small to be very profitable to raise, for, of course, it cannot have…

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Farm and Garden Sugar Beet

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 1

It is a common practice of foreign seedsmen to export second and third quality of sugar boot seed. In France and Germany a common practice is to plant…

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Cattle for Rhodesia

The Temora Star · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 2

THE question of exporting cattle for Breeding purposes to Rhodesia is raised by the arrival in Sydney of a special, commissioner from that country on the…

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Wool Report

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 12

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Limited, Sydney, report as follows:—There is little to report in the local market, which is still in a very…

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The Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 10

All cablegrams received from the London wool market (the. "S. M. Herald" says) agree in the repot the late improvement in prices is being well…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Committee Meeting. Water Supply Question

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association held last night the following gentlemen were present:—The…

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For the Farmer. Condition of the Stock Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 8

The Live-stock market generally is, at present, says " Bruni" in a very curious condition; prices are high, and though we may fairly look for…

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Tuberculosis and the Dairy

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 8

In a report to the Victorin Minister of Agriculture on Agriculture on Scientific dairying in other lands, Dr. Cherry, the government bacteriologist, deals at length…

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Farm and Garden Very Quaint Gardening

The Temora Star · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 1

Curious as are the shapes into when yew trees are fashioned by gardeners of the old school, they are in no wise to be compared with the almost life-like forms…

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Peculiar Experience of a Farmer's Wife

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 2

A farmers wife's life may be thought regular and devoid of incident [?] 17 years the life of Mrs [?] Nevin. the wife of a former [?] at…

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Butter Flavor

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 2

The butter aroma appears in the butter as the result of the ripening process. Sweet-cream butter does not have this delicious flavor, and while…

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Farm and Dairy. Demand for Fodder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 4

According to the "Queenslander" the demand for fodder for the dry country in Western Queensland is enormous. Every day produce man are…

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Stud Cattle

The Temora Star · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 2

DURING the week some very fine stud cattle arrived by truck in Temora being consigned from "Glenslphine" station, Werris Creek to Wyalong…

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Farm and Garden. Potatoes

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 1

It has been demonstrated at some of the experiment stations that extra early potatoes can be accursed by sprouting the seeds on racks, or in sand, or in a cold…

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Wool Report

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 3

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., ltd., Sydney, report as follows:—A quiet state of things still prevails locally, the chief interest in the trade…

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