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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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Our Live Cattle Trade

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 4

THE following letter is written by the Wachington correspondent of "Home and Farm," one of the bent agricultural journals published in the States:—…

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Butter in England

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 5

SINCE September the officers of the Board of Agricultural have analysed 291 samples of imported butter. Of these samples all the colonial butter was found to…

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London Wool Sales

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 5

AT Tuesday's London colonial wool sales there was a firm demand and prices were fully maintained. Best gre[?] were in good…

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A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 6 February 1896 · page 7

THE story of the use who clothed himself in a lion's skin, in order to pass himself off as the king of beasts, is well known, but the tale of the thief who got…

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Bombala Co-operative Dairy Co., Limited

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 20 February 1896 · page 4

BY the Bombala Times we learn that a general meeting of shareholders in the above company, at which about thirty attended, was held last week, for the…

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Delegate Police Court. Friday, February 28. (Before the P.M., and Messrs. R. Liddle, D. Rankin, D. Campbell, and Thos. Rodwell, Js.P.)SHEEP STEALING

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 4

DANIEL REIDY was charged with stealing two sheep, the property of John and Arthur Frederick Jeffries, the owners of Delegate station…

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Local Intelligence. Seed Wheat

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 3

FARMERS desirous of obtaining (wheat, or other cereals) should make application for same without delay. Forms, which require to be filled in, in the…

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The Price of Wool

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 7

FROM London we learn of a continued rise is the price of wool, and the news is particularly gratifying. Although the yield for New South Wales has fallen off…

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Coloneal Dairy Produce. London

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 2 April 1896 · page 3

Mr C. R. VALENTINE, dairy produce commissioner for several of the Australian colonies, in addressing a meeting at the Society of Arts, said that Australian…

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Wheat From Canada

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 23 April 1896 · page 4

CANADA is arranging [?] send a second shipment of 20,000 bushels of wheat to Australia. The Canadian Pacific Railway…

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Cable Items. Baby Farming Near London

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 23 April 1896 · page 4

A CASE, which is believed to be baby faming in its very worst form, and which bids fair to outrival the celebrated Makin case, is reported from Reading…

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Local Intelligence. Delegate Wool

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 7 May 1896 · page 3

THE Sydney Wool Seiling Brokers' Association report having cold on 21st April, 17 bales of wool, W in diamond, from Delegate, superior A 16[?]d—top price…

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Sheep Directors

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 4 June 1896 · page 3

BY notice in "Government Gazette," under date 27th May, Donald Rankin Esq., J.P., of Fairfield, Delegate, and Robert D'Arcy, Esq., J.P., Delegate Station…

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Bendoc Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, June 6, 1896. (Before Messrs. W. S. Grenville and J.A. Henleigh, Js.P.) Alleged Cattle Stealing

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 11 June 1896 · page 4

WILLIAM R. JOHNSON was charged, on the information of M. W. O'Rourke. junr, with stealing one bally heifer, the property of informant…

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Duties on Butter, Bacon and Cheese

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 18 June 1896 · page 5

ON Tuesday afternoon the Mayor presided over a meeting at the Bega School of Arts, called by requisition, for the purpose of petitioning the Government…

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Local Intelligence. Sale of Sheep Withdrawn

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 2 July 1896 · page 3

INTENDING buyers are notified that the sale of 1800 sheep, under mortgage, advertised in our last issue, has been withdrawn for the present…

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Manufacture of Factory Butter

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 July 1896 · page 3

REYNOLDS and Company, manufacturers of factory butter, Auckland, New Zealand, are converting their business into a limited liability company, with a capital…

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Sheep Stealing

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 3

FOR some time past sheep have been missed from the Little Plain station, tho property of Messrs. Dalgety and Co. The manager had reason to believe they were…

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Delegate Police Court. Thursday, July 23. (Before Messrs. R. Liddle, R. L. D'Arcy, and D. Campbell, Js.P.) Sheep Stealing

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 30 July 1896 · page 4

JAMES CULLEN and JOHN HENRY BEVERIDGE were charged with stealing one sheep from Little Plain station, the property of Dalgety and Co., Limited, of…

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A Successful Labor Farm

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 3

THE Minister for Lands, Mr. J. H. Carruthers, has just received a report on the Bega Labor Settlement, which show that the system now in force there has…

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