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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1881

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London Wool Sales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 25 May 1881 · page 3

THE following cablegram has been received by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.:—" London, May 17.—Wool: The sales…

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The farmer. Women Should Raise Poultry

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 2

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The Farmer. Churning

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 2

THe [?] of the [?] and the [?]…

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Different Qualities of Wool on the Same Sheep

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 2

THE classification of the "staler" or sorter of wool is founded to a certain extent upon the difference in the quality of wool according to the part of the sheep's body…

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Improved Sheep Shears

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 3

As an article of the [?] kind for the approaching shearing time our illustration shows [?] patent double-bow sheep shears,…

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The Farmer Destruction of Seeded Wheat by a Fungus

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1881 · page 2

ONE of the most extraordinary [?] on record of the non-germination of winter wheat is reported to have occurred in Europe. A field of this grain, which had…

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The Farmer's Wooing

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1881 · page 2

THE daisies nodded in the grass, the buttercups were sleeping, And just across the river rang the formers at their reaping;…

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The farmer. Salt for Pigs. [?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1881 · page 2

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The farmer. Farmers Troubles in California

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 2

THE Californian farmers appear to be badly off in the master of shipping and storage room for their wheat. the rural New yorks sayas the wheat [?] of california are in a…

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Echoes of the Past. Wattle Farm. an Idill of [?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 1

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The Framer. Principles of Judging Cattle

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 20 July 1881 · page 2

THE subject cannot, it appears, be too freely or fully discussed. Some great advantages have recently followed its discussion in the past. In saying this I refer more especially…

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Murder of a Gateway Farmer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1881 · page 3

A FARMER named Peter Dempsey was shot dead on Sunday, May 29, at Holly Park, within three miles of Atbenry, county Galway, while going to mass with…

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The Farmer. TRICHINOS[?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1881 · page 2

IN addition to the remarks abridged from the Times, and recently published in our columns, the following particulars may further interest those who have…

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The Mystery of Major Molineux Prologue. Extracted from the Dairy of an Army Surgeon. Howart Town, [?]th August, 18[?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1881 · page 1

I HAVE come to the conclusion to-day that the strange behaviour of Major Molineux has something in it which is quite beyond ordinary…

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[?] Wool [?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 2

[?] an extremely novel and interesting [?] has recently been discovered by M. Puech, of Ma[?]amet, France, by which the wool on…

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The Farmer. to Make and Maintain a Lawn

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 2

NOTHING [?] greater [?] try home than a nice lawn. Its soft green is a delightful relief from the bright glow of the sun and the reflected light of summer skies…

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Cooma Pastoral, Agricultural, and Ploughing Association

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 3 August 1881 · page 3

A MEETING of the Cooma Pastoral, Agricultural, and Ploughing Association was held in Mr. Dodd's Free Selectors' Hotel,…

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The farmer. Preparation of Bones, &c

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 2

IN the Rural New Yorker, a correspondent asks a cheap way of converting old, dry cattle bones into manure; and their value in comparison with that of barn manure…

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Melbourne Wool Market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1881 · page 4

Wool.—All lots, coming to hand will find a ready sale atfirm prices. Sheepskins.—A steady demand has prevailed for all classes of sheepskins, and we…

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