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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

1,174 stories in Riverina's papers · page 47 of 59

The Land Ballot. Farmers' Sons Excluded. Arbitrary Action of the Land Board

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 3

The Urana Local Land Board, consisting of Messrs. F. W. Watt (chairman), J. J. Bayis and Thomas Newton, were occupied for three days last week—…

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Farm and Garden Origin. Articles Planting [?] for Peac [?]

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 2

HE peach [?] high well-disined [?] tertile soil sandy for [?] and of that king which contains suffi…

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Farmers' Song and the Land Ballot

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 2

The particulars furnished in another column by our special representative of the [?]rana Land Board in excluding the sons of farmers from the ballet for the…

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Wool Class at the Model Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 October 1902 · page 2

The technical education classes in connection with the Wagga Government Experiment Farm have Just been increased by a wool-testing class. Mr. Joseph…

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Commercial. WOOL

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1902 · page 5

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

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Latest Market News. Wool Report

Coolamon Echo · Friday 24 October 1902 · page 4

Messrs Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report:— Wool is now commencing to arrive more freely, and sales will be resumed…

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Jews As Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1902 · page 6

Mr. I. A. Kovalski, appointed some years ago by the Russian government to superintend the Jewish colonists in the province of Ekaterinoslav reports that it…

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Farming By Steam

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1902 · page 5

On a very early day in the world's history a man bent a straight sword into a curved sickle, and so invented a form of leaping instrument destined…

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The Wheat Crops

The Temora Star · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 2

The outlook for the wheat crops generally in Australia, with the exception of South Australia, forecasts a national calamity. A letter from…

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Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 3

A letter from Cootamundra to the Evening 'News' states: "The crops could not look very much worse in many parts of this district, though earlier in the season a few…

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Losses in Sheep

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 4

Under date of 14th October, Mr. Frank Mack, of Narromine, writes:— "I note with surprise that, the acting Inspector of Stock (Mr. R. D. Jones)…

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Australian Wheat Crops. SHORTAGE, 180,000 TONS

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 4

The outlook for the wheat crops generally in Auatralia, with the exception of South Australia, forecasts a national calamity (says, a Sydney paper). A letter from…

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Sydney Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 4

Messrs. Wincheombe C[?]s [?] and C. Ltd. report under date 22nd inst. Who is commenting to arrive more freely and sales will be resumed on Monday the 27th inst. Our…

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Prospective Wool Values

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 3

WE shall be glad to have the opinions of those who may be competent to give them as to the prospects of our wool markets…

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Legal Use of Cattle Dogs

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 2

At the Grafton District Court sittings Judge Decker gave a rather important division affecting the liability of persons driving trespassing stock. In this case…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 4
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The N.Z.L. & M.A. Co., Ltd., held their opening sale of the season this afternoon, when they submitted a cataloge of about 1880 bales of wool to the largest attendance…

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New Process of Wool Scouring

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 4

At the warchouse of Goldsbrough Mort, and Co. I was shown this were the results of a process of wool-scouring that is new to Victoria, but which has…

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The German Tariff. the Duty Ox Wheat. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 2

The committee of the Reichstag to which the new tariff was referred made an amendment fixing the minimum duty on wheat at 60 marks (£3) per ton…

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Henty. Weather and Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 3

The weather during the week has been very warm, Tuesday and Wednesday being 96 in the shade, and parching up what little greennees remained in the grass. Thursday…

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