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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Agricultural Immigration. Farms and Positions Inquired For

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 4

The head of the Sydney Intelligence Department writes as follows:—"Almost every vessel which now arrives from England brings a number of…

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Losses in Cattle

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

ON Monday afternoon a mob of nice young bullocks, belonging to Mr J. Hume, Collingwood, Gunning, passed through Gundagai, their…

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Cured the Farmer

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 5

A farmer in the North of England, about six years ago, had some cows which had the cattle plague, and he thought he had the plague himself…

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Gorowa Wheat Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 3

Several bush fires broke out in the Corowa district on Saturday and Sunday. One started on Brocklesby, in some stubble, and destroyed 80 bags…

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Balance of Old Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

The Acting Government Statistician has ascertained that the stocks of old wheat and hour held by millers and bakers in New South wales on…

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A Good Wheat Yield

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

Mr. George Lindon, of Clonnegonell, has just completed the harvesting of a block of 3[?]0 acres, of his wheat crop, and the yield provides some interesting…

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The Wheat Standard. Fixed at 62Lbs

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 3

The grain section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce to-day struck the f.a.q. wheat standard for the year at 63lbs. Riverina wheat this your is…

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The Wheat Season. Satisfactory Averages. (To the Editor the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

Sir, - An I have just completed stripping one block of 350 acres of wheat I thought the yield might be of interest to you. The block consisted of…

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Fixing the Wheat Standard Excellence of Riverina Grain. High Standard Fixed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

The grain section committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce had a busy time to-day testing the representative samples of new wheat from the…

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Cricket. Lake Albert v. the Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 3

The above teams meet on the Lake Ground on Saturday next, at 2.30…

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London Wool Sales. a Good Finish. London, Dec. 15, 1903

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

Since last writing, the sixth and final serin for the current year have come to a finish, and on ever hand satisfaction is expressed at what has been done. The…

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Farm Oilstones and Grindstones

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

Freqently the oil and grindstones on a farm become irregularly worn, and in a condition to ruin edge tools, as at A (fig 1.) At fig. 2 is shown a stone worn into an…

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Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

The grain section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce decided to strike the f.a.q. wheat standard for the year at 62lbs to the bushel. It was recognised that this season's…

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Big Wheat Crop in America

The Temora Star · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 6

A special report from Chicago to the Boston "Herald" of 23rd October, says that people who have of late been through the wheat-growing States in the…

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Commercial. Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., report:— SYDNEY Wednesday. The tone of the Sydney wool market is…

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Feeding for Butter Fat

The Temora Star · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 6

A bulletin from the Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University, U.S.A. describes experiments carried out on ten cows, to ascertain…

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Sydney Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson, and Coy. Ltd., report:—The tone of the Sydney Wool market is very cheerful and competition continues keen for all grades of wool…

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Wheat Shipments. London, Jan. 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 4

The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,275,000 quarters, of 150,000 quarters more than last week, while the quantity afloat for the…

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Telegrams. Wheat Loading Dispute SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 5

There in no change in connection with the wheat loading dispute. Produce business is dull…

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The Wheat Season. Fixing the Standard

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 4

Certainly one of the most important of the functions the grain section of the Chamber of Commerce here have to perform is (the "Daily Telegraph"…

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