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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

1,174 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 59

The Drought in Riverina. Hand-feeding of Sheep

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 4

The continned dry season, after a ruinous succession of dronghts, is causing the greatest anxiety in all parts of the Deniliquin district. Notwithstanding the great exodus…

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Riverina Farm Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 4

In the current month's "Agricultural Gazette," Mr. G. M. M'Keown, manager, Wagga Experiment Farm, has the following notes for the Riverina…

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Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 2

THE official return of the Victorian wheat harvest, showing a total yield of only 12,113,712 bushels, has not surprised the market, as the reports received from all…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 3

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd; John Bridge and Co., Ltd Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd; Hill, Clark and Co.; Pastoral Finance Association,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1902 · page 4

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:— We held our first monthly sale of the winter series on Monday afternoon, when a…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON, March 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1902 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day business was brisk at the prices realised, the highest obtained during the present series…

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Wheat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1902 · page 2

The wheat harvested in New South Wales during the past season amounted to 14,750,733 bushels, being a decrease of about half a million…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Topworking Apple Trees

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1902 · page 6

TOPWORKING is generally performed on old apple trees of undesirable varieties in order to make them produce better kinds…

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Wheat and Wool

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 4

It is now estimated that the average yield of wheat in Victoria per acre this harvest has been slightly below seven bushels, as compared with slightly…

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Sheep and Cattle Prevention. Levy for Rewards

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

CLAIMS having been made through Mr. T. P. Mac Mahon for the rewards, offered by the association for the above, £50 for conviction of sheep or cattle stealing, the…

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Wheat Crop

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

THE Government Statistician has issued his final estimate, of the wheat yield for the agricultural year ending 31st of this month; and it reveals a great…

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Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 4

The condition of the local wheat market has shown a marked improvement for best prime sorts, buyers operating at 3s. No change has taken place with regard to other…

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Victorian Butter Boxts

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 4

In another letter to the Minister for Agriculture on the alleged deterioration of the Victorian butter-boxes Mr. J. M. Sinclair, the…

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For the Farmer. Sorghum and Fatalities Among Cattle

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 4

In a letter to the Press Mr. A. Lansdowne of Goulburn. writes concerning the above:— I fed my making cows, when running a diary in conjunction…

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The Wheat Yield

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 3

The revised estimate of the New South Wales wheat crop shows a considerable falling off from the preliminary anticipations by the Government statist. The…

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Macaroni From Wagga Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

One of the most interesting displays (says the 'S. M. Herald" in the report of the Royal Show in Sydney), and one capable of great expansion, is that of…

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Convict Farms

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 4

It seems that until recent years a system of leasing put convicts has been in force among some of the Southern States of the American Union, but the state of…

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The Farmers' Column

The Temora Star · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

A peculiar disease is causing the death of horses in the Mudgee district. The animals become powerless, then follows swelling in the throat, which…

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Commercial Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report under date Thursday, 27th March. 1902:—The wool market continues unchanged, fully late rates being obtained for all available…

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The Wheat Yield

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 4

The revised estimate of the New South Wales wheat crop shows a considerable falling off from the preliminary anticipations by the Government…

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