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Farming & the land, 1904

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited report:—We held our first periodical sale of the winter series on Tuesday, when a catalogue of…

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Payment for Seed Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture finds that a number of the farmers who obtained seed wheat are not forwarding the amounts due to the Government in…

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Commercial Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 4

The Australian Mortgage and Agency Coy., Ltd report:—At our wool sale to-day we had good competition and for crossbreds last prices were fairly…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Brookong Branch

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting was held at the School of Arts, Lockhart, on Saturday, 12th inst. The president (Mr. Crawford) occupied. the chair. The minutes of last…

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Proposed Butter Factory and Refrigerating Works

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 3

A MEETING of persons interested in establishing a butter factory at Adelong was held at the Royal Hotel on Tuesday. Present: Messrs…

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Electric Farming

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 5

Some interesting particulars of recent experiments in the application of electricity to farming and horticulture are given in the current number of "The North…

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Special Cattle Sale

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 6

Chas. L. Griffith and Co. report holding a special sale of 150 head of store bullocks at Wodonga on Friday, 18th inst., when they sold the above number of bullooks at a…

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The Big Sheep Prize

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

Wagga is determined to add to its reputation for big prizes at the annual show, and, thanks to the energy and foresight of Mr. G. P. Wilsons, Big…

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Sydney Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report:— The wool market remains quiet, and it is difficult to do business except at lower prices than those recently ruling. Most…

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The Past Wool Season

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. have just issued their annual review, which deals mainly with the wool trade of the past year. The review contains…

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Farm and Station. Poultry Folk-lore

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

In a cook in Ireland crows at an untimely hour the mistress of the house at once run and feels in feel. If they are told her heart sinks for she knows…

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South Combaning. Farmers' Union

The Temora Star · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

The adjourned meeting of the above was held on Saturday night last, when there were present Messrs. R. M' Crone (chair) J. Clarke, E. Howe, J. J…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles Rape for Sheep

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 1

RAPE is a [?] plant belonging to the cabbage family. It growth a rapidly, making a large amount of green food upon which pige…

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Repaymfnt for Seed Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

The two months allowed for the repayment of seed wheat, expired by about the middle of February, and certainly by the 1st of March, the time limit was exceeded…

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COST Of Shipping Wheat

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 4

As usual, when there is plenty of wheat to ship, the question arises as to the basis upon which shippers calculate the prices which they offer at…

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Repayments for Seed Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 4

One of the conditions in connection with the advances of seed wheat was (the "Daily Telegraph" says) that the money should be remitted within two months of the harvest…

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Rust Resisting Wheat. Experiments at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 4

Mr. G. L. SUTTON, experimentalist at the Hawkesburry Agricultural college, made many useful discoverless in his experiments with wheats during the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Wagga Branch. Is It to Be a Political Organisation?

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

The adjourned annual meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was hold in the M.P. and A, Association rooms on Saturday afternoon…

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Farmers' Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 4

Messrs. J. Skudder and Co. report having held their usual weekly sale on Saturday last, at the Farmers' Market, Kincaid-street. The following were the…

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Farm and Station

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

A petition to the Minister for Lands praying for the sub-division of the Wagga Pastures Protection district into three divisions, was circulated…

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