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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Farmers' Notes

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 3

The Sydney wheat market still remains unchanged. Offerings of prime wheat are still small, second-class grain mostly coming to hand. 2s 8½d…

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For the Farmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 4

From time to time farmers have been advised to cultivate those varieties of wheat most suitable for milling purposes, and no one has taken more…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association (Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co. Limited, John Bridge and Co. Limited, Dalgety and Co. Limited,…

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Batter. Butter. Batter

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 3

LARGE importations of bad butter, nicely wrapped in paper, are constantly being made, Bays the tradesman, and it is difficult to detect the article, so far as appearance goes, once…

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Farmers' Notes

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1900 · page 3

The Land Act of 1899, which was passed dating the last session of Parliament, came into force on March 1st. One of the principal provisions of the…

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London Wool Sales. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 2

At the wool sales which opened yesterday there was a large attendance and better competition than at the January sales, continental buyers operating more freely. The…

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London Wool Sales. a Ten Per Cent Fall. London, March 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 2

THE London wool sales show an all round decline of about ten per cent. LONDON, MARCH 7. At the wool sales yesterday there was a…

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At the Metropolis. [By Telegraph]. Sydney, Wednesday. a Crop of Divorces

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 2

In the Divorce Court to-day nine marriages were declared dissolved. BREACH OF PROMISE CASES. At the Supreme Court to-day a young…

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Narandera Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Committee of the Narandera Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday afternoon…

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Hillston Sheep Returns

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 6

ONE hundred and 20 owners returned 1,248.024 sheep in 1898; 87 owners returned 629,013 sheep in 1899; decrease, 619,911. Although this…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 2

At the London wool sales to-day the competition was good, and the market firm at yesterday' rates. The following are the average prices obtained for the fleece…

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A Model Farm

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 6

MR. LYNE and his colleagues, during their recent visit to Hay, expressed themselves as being fully alive to the necessities of the back country…

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For the Farmer. Cutting Maize for Ensilage

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 6

Maize is the most popular crop for making ensilage in this colony, but I notice that a difference in practice prevails in the state of ripeness at which has crop is cut. Some…

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Original and Otherwise. the Unpoetic Dairymaid

The Worker · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 1

The dairymaid at Avondale, Far out towards the setting sun, Was feeding with a tiny pail A "poddy," calf, as yet too frail…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Temora Star · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 1

No. 128. [?]aut in Grain--Barley--Oats-- Jenson's Hot Water Method--Sleeping-- Two Vessels-- Baskets --Sockets--How-- Steeped--Green Vegetables--Molasses as…

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Cable News. London Wool Sales. London, Sunday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 March 1900 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday the best lots of merino and crossbreds were purchases by American buyers…

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Trials of Various Crops at Wagga Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1900 · page 4

DURING the past year experiments have been carried out with a view to finding suitable crops for rotation with wheat to be fed off by sheep and to clear the land of…

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London Wool Sales. the Market Improving. London, March 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1900 · page 3

At the London wool auctions to-day good sales were made, and the competition showed an improving tendency. American buyers are purchasing merinoes…

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The Farmers and Sellers' Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1900 · page 4

THE following are the subjects set down for discussion at the Annual Conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, to be held in Sydney on July…

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Fire at Corowa. a Farmer's Los [?]s. [By Telegraph.] Corowa

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1900 · page 2

W. H. MASSKY, farmer near Corowa, has lost twostacks of hay valued at £90 by fire. The cause is a complete mys tery. Massey was aroused during the night by a crackling…

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