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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. London, Sept, 25. the Price of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1900 · page 2

THE "Gazette" average price of English wheat sold last week shows an advance of 6d. per quarter since last week…

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Our Sheep

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 2

It is estimated the number of sheep in the colony total 37,403,350, being an increase of 1,904,830 during the past nine months…

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Junee Sheep Scouring Test Prize 1901

The Junee Democrat · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 2

THE following particulars of the winning sheep entered for the Junee P.A. and I. Association Scouring Test Prize, 1901, will be interesting to our…

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The Railway Grain Sheds. As important Proposal. The Sheds to be Handed over to the Farmers' Unions

The Junee Democrat · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have decided to hand the control of grain sheds over to the control of Farmers' Unions in districts where such bodies…

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Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 3

Mr. H. R. Curter, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows :—Since I last reported the market for wheat has been practically without change. Country holders…

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The Soy Bean As a Forage Crop. "Agricultural Gazette."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 8

Some years ago Mr. George Valder, who was then manager of the Wagga Experiment Farm, conducted a number of experiments to determine the value…

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M. P. and A. Association. Farm Produce Exhibit for 1901

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 2

The sub-committee elected to consider the question of a special farm produce exhibit, as suggested by Messrs. Caldwell and Co. in a recent letter, met on…

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For the Farmer. the Revival in Horsebreeding

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 5

For several years past the breeding of draught horses says "Talpa" in the "Australasian" has been a somewhat precarious business in New South…

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Farm and Garden Rheumatism in Young Pigs

The Temora Star · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 1

Young pigs are very liable to rheumatism, particularly in very cold weather in winter. The great cause of this complaint is dampness of the bedding in…

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Farm and Dairy. Wheat Prospects

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 4

A WHEAT expert who ha lately been travelling through the western and southern districts reports that the prospects for this year are exceptionally…

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Danish Dairying. Warrnambool

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 2

Mt. Huga Strachad, of Messrs. Strachan, Murray and Shannon, Geelong, who recently travelled through Denmark with a view to studying the dairy industry as…

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Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 3

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., report:— Transactions under this heading are still quiet, and no change can be reported with…

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Items. The local price of wheat is 2s 3½d

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 2

Some difficulty is being experienced in obtaining shearers for the sheds in the Coolamen district. Mr See and a Parliamentary party…

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London Wool Market. the Season's Prospects

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 October 1900 · page 4

The following extracts are culled from the letter of the "Age" London correspondent, writing on August 24th, [?] the London wool market and its…

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A Load of Wool Upset

The Junee Democrat · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 5

A LOAD of Wantabadgery wool was capsized on Wednesday last on the Wantabadgery road. The accident, happened at the spot where the road crosses the…

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Tarcutta. the Weather and the Wool

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 2

WE have been favoured with delightful weather here of late. The warm days have had a very beneficial effect upon the crops and grass. The…

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Farm and Garden. the Bust Farm Manures

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 2

Manure from horses is worth twice as much as that from cows and pigs. Give the [?]horses plenty of eat straw and let this become fully saturated with their…

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Dairy-work in Denmark

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 2

Denmark has done wonders in dairying. That country enjoys a magnificent climate in summer, but not nearly so good a one during the other seasons of the year; yet…

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M. P. and A, Association. Farm Produce Exhibit for 1901

Coolamon Echo · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 5

THE sub-committee selected to consider the question of a special farm produce exhibit, as suggested by Messrs Caldwell and Co, in a recent…

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The Railway Grain Sheds. [?] Important Proposal. The Sheds to be Handed over to the Farmers’ Unions

Coolamon Echo · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 5

THE Railway Commissioners have decided to hand the control of grain sheds over to the control of Farmers’ Unions in districts where such bodies…

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