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Farming & the land, 1905

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The Wool Season

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1905 · page 2

Right throughout the district this season's wool clip has been a splendid one. Well-grown heavy fleeces have been taken off everywhere, and with…

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Mortality Among Sheep. Hamilton District Loses 30,000

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 4

On Saturday and Sunday the Hamilton(Vic.) district had a remarkable visitation of heavy rain, accompanied by bitter cold. Sheep suffered…

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Situation Extremely Critical Numerous Peasant Risings. Cattle Slaughtered. Agricultural Stores and Implements Burned. Soldiers in Manchuria Seizing Food. Several Commandants Murdered. Czar's Flight Thought Probable. London, Dec. 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 2

Telegrams from St. Petersburg indicate that the situation is extremely critical. Peasant rising are reported from all…

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Farming Immigrants. Impressions of Australia. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 4

Mr. A. S. Curoton, one of three British farmers who arrived here on Friday last, with the intention of taking up land on the Myall Creek Estate,…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Brookong Branch

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 3

The monthly meeting was held in the School of Arts. Lockhart, on Saturday, 2nd instant. The president (Mr. A. Crawford) occupied the chair. The…

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English Farming Immigrants. Impressions of Australia

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 4

Mr. A. S. Cureton, one of the three British farmers who arrived in Sydney on Friday, with the intention of taking up land on the Myall Creek Estate…

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London Wool Sales

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 2

The London wool sales are animated. The market for merinos and coarse cross-breds is slightly easier…

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Farm and Field. Clean Milking

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 5

The United States Department of Agriculture advises that milking is the starting point of the trouble with cream. The milker sits…

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The Wool Season

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 2

At the shearing just finished on Kimo Estate there were 29,500 sheep put through, giving a return of 673 bales. The average weight of the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 4
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

The Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co., Limited, held their weekly sale on Tuesday, 5th December, at the Wool Exchange, Collins-street, the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 4

Messrs. Winchcombe, Garson and Co. report:- Wool.—We sold to-day:—Alexander M'Clanaghan, Armidale, 13½d; George…

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District Farming

The Temora Star · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 5

In Wednesday's Sydney Morning Herald Mr. P. Shubert, of Stone Boat Hill, follows up the contributions of other farmers with the following experiences: -- I find that from…

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Sebastopol. Weather, Crops. Etc

The Temora Star · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 5

Since Saturday last we have experienced phenomenal weather for this season of the year. A little after noon on that date a brisk thunder shower yielded 21 points…

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Farm and Field. Ensilage in the United States

The Temora Star · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 7

Silos in the United States are more numerous than haystacks in Australia. That the converting of green fodder into ensilage has become common on farms…

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The Farmers Sheep Class

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

Mr. T. Strout, the President of the Wagga brunch of the Farmers aud Settlers' Association, has given notice that at the committee meeting of the M.P…

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Rise in Butter

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

The price of butter in Sussex-street increased by a penny per 1b. all round to-day…

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Tumut Butter Factory

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

It gives us pleasure to again record further progress of the Tumut Butter Factory, which has been showing au increase in amounts paid out for…

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London Wool Sales

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

The London wool sales closed firm. Merinos and fine and medium crossbreds well maintained the opening rates; coarse greasy crossbreds were…

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Wool From Hay District

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

Returns of wool consigned from Hay by rail and river during the present season show a very su[?]stantial increase over the figurus of last year…

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