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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

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Wire-netting for Farmers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 2

Mr. Alex. Bruce. the Chief Inspector of Stock, has submitted to the Minister of Mines a minute containing his opinion in regard to the proposal that…

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Sowing Forage with Wheat

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 2

I have met farmers at different times who have puzzled their brains in trying to find out some plant that might be sown with wheat and would…

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The Farm. to Prevent a Horse Lying on One Side

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 2

IN cases of capped-elbow, and in some cases of slight injury to the angle of the hip, it is most desirable to prevent a horse lying on the affected side. It…

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Wool Sales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1893 · page 2

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report: Wool.—For our fortnightly sale held to-day we submitted a catalogue of 388 bales of wool. A…

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The Farm. Seed Wheat for Distribution

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has for distribution the seed of several varieties of wheat in small lots to experimenters who make early…

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Cooma Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Annual Show

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 7

THE annual show of the Cooma P. and A. Society was held on the show ground on Wednesday and Thursday, and it may be pronounced a marked…

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Rust Proof Wheat a Fad

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 2

The "Sydney Mail" records how a "correspondent at Bowenfels finds fault with the outlay of public money in efforts to produce rust-proof wheat…

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The Dairy Cow

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 2

In speaking on " The Dairy Cow," before the Michigan Dairymen's Association, Mr. Lockwood said:—How any man who over milked could teach…

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Open Column. Rust in Wheat. (To the Editor of the Manaro Mercury.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 8

SIR,-In Saturday's issue you publish the experience of a farmer at Bowenfels who says that deep planting will prevent rust in wheat. I have been…

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The Farmers and Freetrade

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 12

THE following letter has been addressed to the editor of THE ARGUS:—Sir,—The fact is that the country has to depend on its natural resources…

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Local Banks for Farmers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 7

MR. JOHN D'ARCY Writes as follows in BEGA STANDARD:— "Farmers, traders, and residents of Bega and the Surrounding districts,—…

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Experiments with Wheat

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 7

THE Agricultural Department has received from Dr. Cobb, the Government Pathologist, a report on a visit he paid to Wagga. Dr. Cobb states…

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The Carriage of Queensland Wool

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 6

WITH reference to the matter of railway rates in the vicinity of the Queensland border. Mr. Mathieson, the Chief Railway Commissioner in…

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A Smart Sheep Dog

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 5

ACCORDING to the "Coonamble Independent," a man on Warrana station has a dog that is as good with shepp in the water as on land. The…

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Conference for Dairy Export Fund Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 5

The conference of Dairy Farmers produce agents have agreed to a pro rata charge of a farthing in the pound of butter to provide an export fund…

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