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Farming & the land, 1904

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The Wheat Market. Excitement in America. London, August 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 2

On Friday there was intense excitement in the American wheat markets, owing to further pessimistic crop reports, and enormous transactions…

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Series of Accidents a Farmer Killed at Coolamon. Coolamon

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 2

Yesterday morning Mrs. Thomas Lucas and her daughter, Miss Rose Lucas, were returning home in a sulky when the horse shied at a heap of metal. Miss Lucas falling…

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Weekly Grain and Farm Produce Report

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Limited, report:- At the Redfern produce sales for the week ending Friday, 19th inst., the following…

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Farmers' Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 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 23 August 1904 · page 2

The owners of the Bull Plain Station, Corowa, which adjoins Ringwood Station, ate offering 19,000 acres for private sale, in area ranging from 200…

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Dairying at Wagga. Is the District Suitable? an Important Certificate

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 2

Any double respecting the suitability of the Wagga district for the production of the highest grade of butter should be set at rest by a certificate which the…

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Wheat and Wool. Encouraging Markets. Marked Advance in Wheat

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 3

The speculations that are going on in the American wheat market, and the discouraging reports of crops both there and in European countries, are…

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Outlook for Wool

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 3

Shearing-time is close at hand, and of more interest to sheepowners at the present time than any other known subject is the prospects of the wool…

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Wool in America

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 4

There was an active, indeed an excited wool market at Boston in the middle of July, when a number of the large consumers, including a well-known…

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Farm and Station. Harvesting in America

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 4

INTERESTING comparisons between work, wages, and machinery in Australia and in other lands are rendered possible by casual articles on agricultural operations,…

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Dairy Stock

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 3

Last week Messrs. Isaacs Bros., the enterprising lessees of Mr. W. D. P. O'Brien's Rosebank Estate, who have embarked in the dairying and cheese-making industry on a…

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Specialisation on the Farm. Prom an Australian Agricul Turist

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 2

This old world often seems to be getting crowded. In times of dull trade, and bad seasons especially, men jostle each other in the attempt to make a living, and everyone…

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The Farmer Feeds Them All

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 4

The Kiog may rule o'er land and sea; The Lord may rule right royally; The soldier ride in pomp and pride; The sailor roam o'er the ocean wide."…

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Class G—dairy Cattle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 5

Dairy Cow. John T. Pike 1st, E. J. Lawrence 2nd There were only two entries for this event, and Mr. Lawrence's cow, through…

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Wheat Exhibits

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 2

The Wagga Pastoral and Agricultural Association may be congratulated upon its grand display of golden grain, for undoubtedly the wheat entered for competition…

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Cattle. Class D—shorthorns

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 5

Bull, over 2yrs. T. H. Mate and Co. 1st Bull, 1 to 2 yrs. R. M'Intyre 1st, Borambola Station 2nd, F. F. Fahey HC Bull, under 12 months. T. H. Mate and…

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Class O—fat Sheep

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 5

Three Fat Crossbred Wethers. Duncan Cameron 1st, George P. Wilson 2ml Three Fat Merino Wethers. F. F. Fahey 1st and 2nd, A. M'Kenzie 3rd…

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The Wheat Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 2

The English wheat market has risen is to 2s per quarter on the week. Business had been done in Australian cargoes at a further advance on previous…

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The Wheat Market Excitement in America

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 6

London cables state that on Friday there was intense excitement in the American wheat markets, owing to the ther [?] crop reports and…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Judging Day. a Good Attendance

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 5

Wagga's great annual carnival—the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Show—commenced yesterday. For months past…

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