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Farming & the land, 1905

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Commercial Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 4

This afternoon the Melbourne Wool Brokers held what may be termed the clearing sale of the season. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency…

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The Great Wheat Corner Capital £20,000,000. LONDON

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 4

Reports from Chicago state that M. Charles M. Schwab, Mr. C.G. Gates, and other capitalists are forming a great corner in wheat, with financial…

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Central Farmers' Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 4

Messrs. J. Skudder and Co. report having held their usual weekly sale on Saturday last at the Central Farmers' Market. The following prices…

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Commercial. WOOL

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 3

The Associated Woolbrokers report:—Auctions were held in Sydney on one day last week, when a firm market was met. Offerings amounted to 5228 bales, and sales…

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Commercial Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., report:— The wool market in Sydney is quiet, but prices are unchanged. Buyers are awaiting…

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Fertilisers for Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 5

Commenting on the wheat growing experiments with manures made by Mr. W. W. Killen, of the Corowa district, which did not prove a success, Mr. G…

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Superphosphate for Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 2

The tens of thousands of sacks which must be required to pack Shirley's Superphosphates which are in the bins awaiting delivery must in themselves have cost a…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 4

Winchcombe. Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date February 22:- The wool market in Sydney is quiet, but prices are unchanged. Buyers are…

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New Wool Freights. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 5

Under a new scale of rates issued by the railway Commissioners, the charge for the conveyance of wool from Wagga to Sydney will be £3 5s 10d per ton for…

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New Railway Rates. Important Changes. Wool Rates Increased

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 5

Thursday's "Government Gazette" contains a new scale of railway charges, which abolish the border war of freights, and which are the outcome of several…

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Cricket. Wagga V. Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 2

This match will be played on the Association Ground this afternoon. Play to start at 3 p.m. The former will be represented by the following, viz.—…

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Fertilisers for Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 2

The fertiliser industry of this State is rapidly becoming a most important one, inasmuch as most farmers nowa-days recognise the value of…

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A Fine Wheat Sample

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 2

A few days ago, Mr. A. Eulenstin, of Henty, forwarded a sample of Bobs wheat to Messrs. H. M. Sutton and Co., grain and produce agents of…

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A Corner in Wheat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

The sensational cable published to the effect that a combine, commanding £20,000,000, is making a corner in wheat with the object of forcing the…

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Fine Sample of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 2

Mr. E. Eulenstein, of Henty, has received advices from his Sydney agents, that a sample of "Bo[?]s" wheat forwarded by him was…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool, Grain, and Produce Report

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report under date February 25:- Wool.—Since our last report the wool market has remained firm, and there…

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Commercial Melbourne Wool, Station Produce, & Grain Market. Week ending Thursday, February 23

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

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

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Dehorning Cattle

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 4

Though it is followed by numbers of cattlemen in other parts the practice of dehorning cattle does not gain ground in this State. The merits of…

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Superphosphate for Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 4

Tens of thousands of sacks which must be required to pack Shirley's Superphosphates, which are in the bins awaiting delivery, must in themselves have cost a…

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New Railway Rates. Important Changes. Wool Rates Increased

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

Thursday's 'Government Gazette contains a new seek of railway charges, which abolish the border war of freights and which in the outcome of severs…

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