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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1868

231 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 12

Open Column. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times[?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 August 1868 · page 2

SIR,—Through the medium of your widely[?] columns, I feel it my duty to bring under [?] the public a grievance out-growing all bourn[?] demands the immediate attention of all [?]…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, [?] Friday Evening, August 7

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 August 1868 · page 2

STOCK matters in Northern Queensland are [?] more active—a large number of both cattle and [?] several stations were under offer, but [?] still held [?] for lower prices. A cattle…

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Condition of Wool. (From the Ho[?]t Town Mercury, 20th July.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 August 1868 · page 4

In our summary for May we drew attention to the complaints made by some of the most eminent London brokers of the quality and condition of a large proportion of the wool in grease, sent…

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Sowing Grass for Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 4

The feeding of sheep upon English grasses on our dry plain land has not hitherto been a very profitable employment, because the small number which can be kept to the acre does not afford a…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 3

SIR,—Having to go over the river to North Deniliquin on Saturday night my attention was drawn to a man in a beastly state of intoxication, and using the most obscene language that could come from a man’s…

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Open Column. To the Editor of the Pastoral. Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 3

SIR,—I ask the favor of a reply to Mr. Ardill’s letter [?] the purpose of pointing out that had he in the first [?] himself “your correspondent at [?] you would never heard from me…

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Shearers’ Agreement. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 3

SIR,—Conceiving that it is of mutual advantage to the employer and employed that agreements should be uniform as far as practicable, the following is a copy of the agreements adopted by several squatters adjacent to the…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, August 14

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 2

[?] the droughts in the far off [?] on the [?] of New South Wales and [?] the ery is “What is to be done with the supine steek?” On the Warrego we have…

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Wool Washing. (From the Dubbo Dispatch, July 31.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 4

With the shearing season so close, and the knowledge before us that unless squatters pay considerably more attention to the getting up of their wool for market, they will be great enemies…

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Hay Pastoral Association

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 2

THE labours of the Committee are now over for the season. We should think the members ought to be satisfied with their success, which exceeded, we hear, their most sanguine expectations. As…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 3

SIR,—If I recollect rightly, the time for the proclamation of this town a municipality is drawing near, therefore, it is necessary we should be up and stirring to put “the right men in the right place”—I mean the…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 3

SIR,—I have taken the liberty of asking, as a favour, of you to please allow space in your Pastoral Times for the following. I beg to inform you, on the 12th August, 1868, I killed a bullock for show, and it was…

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Open Column. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 3

SIR,—On looking over the columns of your issue of the 8th inst., I learned from the leading article that one of our Riverine townships had fallen back principally from two causes, the second of which was the neglect of…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, August 21

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 2

UNLESS some great and favourable change sets in as to the disposal of our surplus stock there seems to be an opinion raining ground in the far inferior that stations will not pay so well as they…

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The Butter Dairy

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 4

Dairy Rooms and Temperature.—The grand object is to keep the milk as nearly as possible at an even temperature the year round. Several experiments have been made to…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 3

SIR,—Having just arrived here after a visit to the [?] Reef, near Narandera, I was surprised at [?] your paragraph. It contains mistatements. [?]say they had water stored; certainly, a…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 3

SIR,—Permit me through your columns to make [?] few remarks upon a matter that should be looked into. Some five miles south of Deniliquin, on the way to Echuca, the road unfortunately runs right…

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Growth of the Wool Trade

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 6

The Mark Lane Express, after reviewing the progress of the wool trade in Europe, thus proceeds to describe the growth of the trade in these colonies:—…

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Deniliquin Commonage. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 3

SIR,-I was somewhat surprised to see that a [?]eeting was to be held at a moment’s notice, called [?] the trustees of the commonage of this township, [?] purpose of which was to alienate 2000 acres of…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, August 28

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 2

[?] flockowners are busy shearing, and already a number of drays have passed through for Melbourne. The samples of the clip which we have seen indicate a good harvest, and the quality of the…

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