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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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The Pastoral Election

The Temora Star · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 2

A FEW of the would-be clever party who rigged the Pastoral election -- as they thought -- have fallen in badly. It appears that, is if rumour is true,…

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Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 3

Mr. H. R. Carter and Co.. wheat brokers, Sydney, report as follows:—Since we last reported there has been more enquiry for prime old wheat, though over 2/7 ex D. H…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Breeding Sheep

The Temora Star · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 1

Sheep do not require expensive shelter; nevertheless it is essential that they have a dry place and protection from the force of storms. An open shed with a roof…

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Prices for Shropshire Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 5

It will, without doubt, interest breeders of Shropshire sheep in all parts of the world (write Messrs. A. Mansell and Co., Shrewsbury) to learn that at…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 5

Younghusband and Co., proprietary Ltd., continued their wool sales on Wednesday, when they offered a catalague of 1430 bales, There was a large attendance oi buyeas, and…

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20 Year's Wheat Yield

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 5

In a return submitted to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly showing "the production of wheat and the net export or impost of…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company held their usual wool sale this afternoon, when they submitted a catalogue of Over 5000 bales. The selection…

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Commercial H. R. CARTER & Co., Wheat Brokers,sydney, report as under

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 2

Since we last reported there has been more enquiry for prime old who it, though over 27 ex D H. is not obtainable, even for the best samples. In new wheat rather an easier…

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For the Farmer. Live Stock in Japan

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 5

The Japanese, up to the present, have not made much headway in the breeding of live stock. There are comparatively few cattle and sheep,…

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Captue of Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 2

The Boers have captured 17,000 sheep which were being escorted by soldiers between Potchefstroom and Krugersdorp, in the south-western Transvaal. The…

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Wool Sales

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 1

AT the wool sales in Sydney on Wednesday the records for the season were broken for greasy fleece, at 10¼d, for lambs at 8¼d, and for black at 9¼d…

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Shipment of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 2

The steamer Arroya bat cleared for Coronel, Soath America, with 396,737 bags of wheat…

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Wool Exhibits for Philadelphia

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 2

The Minister For Agriculture is completing arrangements for forwarding the samples of [?]eece wool asked for some time ago as an exhibit for the permanent museums in…

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Sydney Wool Sales. by Telegraph. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. sold 5000 bales of wool to-day. The market for good wools in unchanged, but faulty sorts are a shade casier. Best New England…

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District News. (From Our Correspondents.) Lockhart. the Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 3

Stripping is now in full swing throughout the district, and crops are turning out better than was expected some few weeks back, the yields varying from two to five bags…

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At the Front with General Knox. Capture of a Boer Gun by the N.S W. Troops. Christian De Wet and His Farm. Potchefstroom One of the Prettiest Spots in the Transvaal. the Kroonstadt Hospital. Colonel Le Gallais Killed. [From Trooper H. J. Cameron.] November 5Th

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 2

SINCE writing to you from Pretoria, our stay in that town was of brief duration, one hundred and fifty of us that had remounts were entrained down to the Orange River…

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Farmers anc Settlers' Association. the Grain Seed Question

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 2

A meeting of the members of the Junee Branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at O'Donnell's Hotel on Saturday night…

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Prices For Shropshire Sheep

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 12 December 1900 · page 3

It will, without doubt, interest breeders of Shropshire sheep in all parts of the world (writes Messrs A. Man[?]ll and Co., Sh[?] to 'earn [?] at the recent…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Executive Council

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 December 1900 · page 4

A meeting of the Executive Council of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association is convened for December 12th, at Albion hotel, Cootamundra, at 8 p.m…

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The Season's Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 December 1900 · page 2

A fair demand exits locally for the new season's wheat for shipping purposes at 2s 2d per bushel. The grain is somewhat small, although not pinched,…

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