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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

1,133 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 57

Farm and Garden Original Articles Catch Crops

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4

NEARLY every season there is a period when supplementary feed for live stock is necessary. To provide for that is not always…

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Farm and Station

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 2

Mr. W. C. Edwards, secretary of the Progress Committee, South Gundagai, recently made application through Mr. Barnes, M.P., to the railway…

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The Baby Farmers

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 2

The Home Secretary has decided that there is no reason why the sentences passed upon Annie Walters and Amelia Sach, for the murder of infants in…

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Government Purchase of Wheat

The Temora Star · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 2

IT is whispered in usually well-informed circles in Adelaide that the N. S. W. Government is paying at the rate, approximately, of 6s 2¾d per…

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Heavy Loss of Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 4

A mob of 5643 sheep (says the "Western Herald and Darling River Advocate") belonging to the the Agency Land and Finance Co., having been travelled…

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Seed Wheat Distribution

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 2

Mr. Kidd and Mr. Hayes, who have been deputed by their colleagues to supervise the distribution of seed wheat to distressed farmers and others, are preparing…

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Distribution of Seed Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 2

It was learned on Tuesday from Mr. Kidd (Minister for Mines and Agriculture) and Mr. Hayes (honorary member of the Government), who have been entrusted with the…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Annual Meeting

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 2

The annual meeting of members of the M.P. and A. Association was held in the association rooms, Gurwood-street, on Tuesday evening ast. The president (Mr. E…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 2

The meeting adjourned from January 24th, concerning the formation of a branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association at Wagga, will be resumed at…

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Baby Farmers Hanged

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 2

The two women, Annie Walters and Amelia Sach, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of infants in connection with baby farming in London,…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. (To the Editor.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 4

Dear Sir,—The men on the land, around our town, have awakened to the need of combining to forward their own interest, and as one of them 1 should…

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Seed Wheat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 2

Sir John See says he will not be surprised if the cost to the Government for the distribution of seed wheat totals £100,000…

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London Wool Sales. an Excellent Finish London, Dec. 5, 1902

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 3

A most pleasant experience it has been sitting in Coleman Street Wool Exchange this week, but a most difficult task indeed getting wool at ones' valuations. To say…

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The Drought. Seed Wheat for Settlers. a Big Movement on Foot

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 3

Various agitations have recently engaged the attention of farmers and settlers, and others, having reference to the securing of seed wheat for those who are in the…

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For the Farmer. Peculiar Cattle Disease

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 4

Mr. Cather, district inspector of stock, from Geelong, was last week engaged in faking a searching inquiry into the cause of the death of several head of cattle,…

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Pastoral Conditions About Tumbarumba

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

Pastoral prospects for the winter season in the Tumbarumba district are by no means hopeful, and unless good falls of rain occur during the next six weeks…

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Seed Wheat

The Temora Star · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

SOME months ago, when the drought--which, in certain optimistic but badly informed Quarters, is referred to with the prefix "recent"--was at…

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Seed Wheat Distribution

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

The Premier stated on Wednesday that the work of arranging for the distribution of seed wheat to those farmers who are justly entitled to such assistance is…

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The Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

A party of 35 gentlemen from the Junee district visited the Experiment F[?]rm last week, and were shown over the[?]e [?] area by the officers in charge in the [?]…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free." Milton. Saturday, February 7, 1903. the Seed Wheat and Fodder Question

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

Whether the course which is being pursued by the Government in connection with the distribution of seed wheat to farmers is the most sensible…

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