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Farming & the land, 1903

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A Sheep that Went to Sea

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 4

The tribulations of theep in the droughtstricken districts have been painfully numerous of late, but at lean one of their kindred whose lines lay in well-watered…

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Concessions on the Carriage of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 2

Amongst the resolutions agreed to by Parliament as one of the means of assisting to mitigate the suffering caused by the drought was one that the Railway…

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A Prolific Crop

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1903 · page 2

Mr. Reuben Vincent, of Laceby, has received his just reward from his crop just renped (says the "Wangaratta Despatch") The crop which was 3 feet 6 inches high,…

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Parti-colored Sheep

Coolamon Echo · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 3

In the Camaroon districts of Africa are thousands of remarkable sheep, and the Germans who have settled there say that they are useful domestic animals…

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Pastoral Intelligence

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

DURING the past few weeks (says the Condobolin correspondent of the Australasian, of Dec. 10th) thunderstorms have been so prevalent that it was…

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Wool Sales

The Temora Star · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson & Co., report : -- Active business will not be resumed in Sydney until Monday the 5th, January when auction sales will be…

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Demand for Store Sheep

The Temora Star · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

For many months past large numbers of store sheep have been consigned to the Homebush sales, and until the recent rainfall there was practically…

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The Wheat Sack

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 4

Discussion on the size of the [?] Wheat packages in Australia appears [?] have died out without leaving any practical change to its credit (writes…

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Sydney Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 4

Messrs. Winchcombe Carson and Co. Ltd. report:—Active business will not be resumed in Sydney until Monday the 5th January when auction Sales will be continued…

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Australian Cattle in South Africa

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 4

The embargo laid by the Natal Government upon cattle from the Commonwealth is explained in a letter received by the Victorian Department of…

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A Sheep that Went to Sea

The Temora Star · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

The tribulations of sheep in the drought stricken districts have been painfully numerous of late, but at least one of their kindred whose lines lay in…

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In the Drought Country. the Distribution of Seed Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 4

The following letter, written to Mr. T Brown, M.H.R. by a resident of the Condobolia district, gives a vivid picture of things as they are:—…

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Sponge-farming

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 3

Not even the sponge can escape the efforts of the breeder. There will soon be a stock-farm of sponges on the Florida coast. Where a man can go and buy…

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For the Farmer. Remarks on Drenching

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 4

The popular method of drenching is with a bottle (says Mr. D. E. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S.A.). The use of a drenching tube…

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Wool Sales

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., reported by wire last night:—"After an interval of three weeks, wool sales were resumed this afternoon under…

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Suicide of an Alleged Kleptomaniac. Follows Arrest for Wheat Stealing

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 4

The Albury police have been notified of a tragic occurrence at Jindera. On New Year's day the police at Jindera arrested a district farmer named…

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Farm and Garden Original Ar [?] Cultivation to Conserve Moisture

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 3

THE drought in this colony has left the ground with too little moisture for the production of good crops. It is therefore important that…

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Wool Sales

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 3

The Australasian Mortgage Agency Co Ltd, John Bridge & Co. Ltd., Dalgety [?] Ltd., Goldebrough Mort Co. Ltd., Harrison Jones, Devlin Ltd. Hill Clark & Co.,…

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Culling Seed Wheat

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 4

There is money to be made in be looting picked ears of wheat from the growing crop for seed purposes before the machine…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Co, Limited report:--After an, interval of three weeks, the wool sales were resumed this afternoon under the most…

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