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Farming & the land, 1904

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London Wool Sales. Opening of the Sixth Series. Merinos Fairly Steady. Crossbreos Decline. London, Nov. 27th, 1903

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

The market once more breathes freely, and we are now able to see exactly how things stand. Men left the varied centres of manufacture last Monday in great doubt…

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Farm and Station Argentine Wheat Yield

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 4

A semi-official estimate ot the Argentine wheat crop made a month age gives the following prospective conditions:—"Yield, 17,230,000 quarters;…

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Wagga Wheat Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

Messrs. J. Jeremy and Co. report:—Since the holidays the wheat market has been fairly active, and prices have ranged from 2s 6d to 2s 7½d to farmers. The market…

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Prize for Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 4

A sub-committee of the Dubbo P. A. and H. Association has framed the conditions of a prize to be offered by the society for the best sample of wheat…

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Seed Wheat Repayments

The Temora Star · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 4

The government is now issuing its accounts to those farmers who were assisted with supplies of seed wheat to enable them to sow their land for the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 6
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Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin Ltd. report, under date January 7:- We submitted an exceptionally heavy catalogue of 4201 bales at auction to-day,…

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Commercial. Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited, report:—We submitted an exceptionally attractive catalogue of 4,201 bales at auction to-day…

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Handling the Wheat. Some Interesting Facts

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 5

The golden stream of a record harvest has now set Sydneywards. From all the favored wheat-growing districts the grain is being hurried forward feverishly. Long…

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F.a.q. Standard of Wheat, Harvest 1904

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

The grain trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce will meet at the office of the Chamber, Royal Exchange, Sydney, on Thursday, 14th January, 1903, at 2.30…

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Dairy Bulls Three Pure Shorthorns for Tarrabandra Estate. the Dairying Industry to Be Started in Gundagai on Tarrabandra Next Spring. 500 Dairy Cows Purchased

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

As mentioned in our last issue, Mr. James McEvoy, of McEvoy Bros., Bengarralong, returned to Gundagai a few days ago from a visit to…

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Crops Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 4

From all parts of this and the neighboring districts come reports that last week's rain, and especially the storms of Sunday injured and destroyed crops…

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Dairy Registration

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 4

The General Subcommittee recommended, upon the suggestion of Inspector Cannon, the registration of the following persons…

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The Wheat Traffic

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

Returns from Darling Harbor this morning showed that 27,000 bags of wheat had arrived from the country, aud hail been distributed by rail since…

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Wheat for the Hospital

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

A couple of meetings ago a suggestion was made in the Hospital Committee that wheat agents bo approached and asked to endeavour to induce the wheat…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. a Cootamundra Case. Accused Committed for Trial

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

AT the Cootamundra police court on Wednesday, before Mr. Clarke, P.M., William Kelly was charged with stealing as a drover one yellow cow, the…

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Commercial Melbourne Wool and Grain Market. Week ending Thursday, Jan. 7

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

The Melbourne Woolbrokers' Association (Gold[?] Mort and Co., Ltd., New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Dalgety and…

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Farmers' Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

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

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Items of News. Wagga Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

Instruction will be resumed at the Wagga Experiment Farm on the 25th inst., when it is expected the quarters will be full, as at present there are only two vacancies. It…

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Can Farmers Run Risks?

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

Certainties are absolutely impossible if rainfall and other weather conditions be under consideration, yet the farmer does not hesitate to incur the great cost of preparing…

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