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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

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Melbourne Wool and Grain Market. Thursday, October 30

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 November 1902 · page 4

The Melbourne Wool Brokers' Association report:—Wool.—The sales continue with excellent competition. The scarcity of…

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The Season's Wool. Decided Evidence of Drought. What Growers Should Do

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1902 · page 2

THE further offering of large wool catalogues in the Sydney market has given a better insight into what the nature and condition of the season's…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles Feeding the Young Colt

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1902 · page 1

IN corn growing regions the grain depended upon largely for both summer and winter feed If not given to excess corn is a fairly good…

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Wagga Sheep Test

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 November 1902 · page 2

The result of the twelfth Wagga sheep test prize competition for three merino ewen, 18 mouths old or under, when first entered in 1901, the awards for which amounted in…

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A New Wheat

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 November 1902 · page 4

A now wheat culled Emmer, introduced from Russia by the United States Department of Agriculture, is reported as promising to become an…

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Seventy-five Sheep to the Acre

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 November 1902 · page 4

The theme of witter conservation is (the " Forbes Times" says) one which has found such frequent vent in these columns that it is with pleasure we…

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Casting Dead Sheep Into a Cheek

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 November 1902 · page 2

Inspector of Nuiganess v. E. Nassau.—Casting dead animals, to wit, sheep, into Morley's Creek on 22nd October last…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Sales

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 November 1902 · page 2

Wool auctioned Inst weak included WCE/G, from Gundagai, 9 bales he at did. p over Springfield, from Gundagai, 8 bales at 9½d…

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Extraordinary Hailstorm. Horses, Dogs, and Sheep Killed. Five Inches of Rain in Two Hours. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 November 1902 · page 2

A TERRIFIC hailstorm in the Daysdale district has wrought great damage. Although it lasted only two hours upwards of five inches of rain were recorded. In…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 2

The business of the wool season was continued in Sydney on Monday under favourable auspices. The firmness in the market noticed last week who well…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 2

Messrs. Goldsbrough Mort and Coy offered 2153 bales to-day and sold 2126. Good wools were slightly dearer, comebacks and fine crossbred unchanged while…

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Land Under Crop. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 2

The Government Statistician has completed his estimate of the land under crop during the present season, which shows 1,561,740 acres under wheat. An area of…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. London, Nov. 3. Farming in Russia

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 2

In fulfilment of directions given by the Czar with a view of improving the condition of the peasant farmers in Russia, M. Kukoff, an official attached to the…

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Tooyal. Farmers and Settlers' Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 2

The posponed meeting of the F. aad S. Association was held at Mrs. D. Cox's, Kookeona, on Fridaay 31st, Mr. R. Westendorf in the chair. After the minutes of…

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District News. (From Our Correspondents). Ganmain. Harvesting and Crops

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 2

Haymaking has been commenced in this neighborhood, though in a good many instances crops are too green, and some farmers have suspended operations for a few…

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Farming in Russia. an Educational Mission. Australia to Be Visited. London, Monday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 2

In fulfilment of directions given by the Czar with a view to improving the condition of the peasant farmers in Russia, M. Kukoff, an official attached to the…

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Commercial. WOOL

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 5

The New Zealand loan and Mercantile Agency Co.l, Ltd., report, Sydney, 1st November:—We submitted a catalogue comprising a fair average selection of clips from…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Junee Democrat · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 2

DALGETY AND CO. report under date of November 5th :-- Owing principally to the incompletion of clips the offerings at auctions this week have been…

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London Wool Sales. Riverina Wools in Excellent Demand at Good Prices. London, September 26, 1902

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 5

The fifth series of sales has seen merino wool put on a new garb and make one more bound forward. A rise of 10 per cent, has carried fine…

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Spelling a Farmer

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 6

A Chicago business man recently utilised a rather unique method of dismissing an employee. His bookkeeper had formerly been a fanner and had come to Chicago to…

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