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Farming & the land, 1901

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Drought in New South Wales. Gloomy Pastoral Outlook

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 3
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

Many of the pastoralists now in Sydney declare that the outlook in the drought affected country is worse than it has ever been. It is pointed out that the rainfall for the half…

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Stud Sheep Sales. Twenty-seventh Annual Fair

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 2

The annual stud sheep sales were commenced on Monday morning at Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co.'s establishment, Circular Quay,, in the presence of a large…

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Judging at Sheep Shows. a Severe Criticism

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 4

The annual meeting of the New South Wales Sheephreders' Associstion was held on Friday night. The financial statement showed that, although £900 had been…

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Cable News. London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 2

The fourth series of the wool sales opened yesterday. The market was dull, and there was a decline of from 5 to 10 per cent in prices as a compared with the closing rates of…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 2

The wool sales opened dull, with a decline of from four to ten per cent, Balme, Buxton and Jacombsubmitted 13,042ba'es of chielly an inferior selection, especially…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Stud Sheep Sales. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 2

The stud sheep sales were continued to-day at the warehouse of Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. A large selection of merino rams was offered. The…

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Government Bee Farming

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 2

Mr. Kidd, State Minister for Agriculture, has given instructions to have the apiary at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College brought up-to-date, and be re-designed that…

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District News. (From Our Correspondents.) Tooyal. Farmers and Settlers' Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 2

A meeting of the Currawarna branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Mrs. D. Cox's on Saturday, 29th ultimo. Owing to the number of other…

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Sydney Sheep Sales

Coolamon Echo · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 2

A NUMBER of gentlemen have gone from Junee and district to attend the Sydney annual sales of the Sheep breeders’ Association which were opened on…

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Wheat in Bags and Bulk

Coolamon Echo · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 2

The Melbourne “Argus” publishes the following letter, which should be of much interest to New South Wales…

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The Gundagai Wheat Test. Mr. Guthrie's Report

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 3

IT will be remembered that at the last Gundagai Show there were three entrants for the wheat prize—Messrs. A. Irvine, Brungle; T. O'Hebir,…

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Farmers and Settlers’ Association

Coolamon Echo · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 5

THE Junee Branch of the above Association met at O’Donnell’s Hotel on Saturday afternoon last. There was a good attendance, the chair being…

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Protection and the Farmers

The Junee Democrat · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 4

In the Federal Parliament last week, Mr. Kennedy, member for Moira, land a representative of the farming community…

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The Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 7

At the wool sales to-day prices for best parcels were on a per with those ruling at the May series. Medium qualities were unchanged…

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London Wool Sales, LONDON, July 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 2

At the London wool sales to-day the selection offered was better than yesterday. The opening day's prices were fully maintained…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Difficulty in Churning

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 15

DURING cold weather one of the chief difficulties in butter-making results from hard fat granules and cream with a high viscosity…

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Fifty Years of Farm Life

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 6

Everybody around Inverell knows and respects Mrs. Elizabeth Norin, wife of the well-known Oakwood farmer of that name (says a country paper). It would be strange…

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For the Farmer. Poisonous Plants

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 5

We ("Capricomian") cannot help thinking there is a want of enterprise about our Australian scientists when they have ceased to endeavor to find…

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Pure Butter. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 2

The Board of Agriculture has, in view of the complaints frequently made in England with regard to the adulteration of butter, appointed a departmental…

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