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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1879

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Melbourne Wool and Station Produce Market

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 2

Messrs P. B. Curtain and Co. report Wool: This staple is beginning to experience the nomination of its active season, but nevertheless has during the past week…

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Trials of a Farmer

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 4

Mr. Plug prides himself on furnishing his guests with milk of the sweetest, purest quality, and for this purpose he keeps his own cows. Last spring he purchased a cow which, though…

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Second Edition. Pastoral Times Office, SATURDAY [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 3

THE WEATHER.—Yesterday the thermometer registered 114 in the shade. To-day it is cloudy and the temperature lower. MUNICIPAL.—The official declaration of the poll will…

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Stock Report. Pastoral [?] Friday Evening, February 7, [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 2

THE weather this week [?] hot and without rain: although [?] cooler than last week the temperature has been too high to be at all [?] ranging on Friday as high [?] degrees in the shade. The next series of London…

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London Wool Sales. [By Electric Telegraph.] From the Australian Mort[?] Land and Finance Company, Melbourne

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 2

We have received the following telegram from Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartz and Co dated London, 4th February :—“Wool Sales.—The next series commence on 18th February. New arrivals limited…

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Farming in Riverina

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 8

Mr. Thos. Whitaker’s farm, situated near the township of Howlong, is an example of an essentially different system of farming from that described in the last paper. The latter was simply…

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Sheep Stealing at Wagga

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 4

At the Wagga Wagga Police Court on the 4th and 5th inst., before the Police Magistrate and Mr. L. A. Fosbery J.P., Robert Harris appeared on summons to answer a charge of…

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The Pastoral Settlers and [?] Land Laws

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 2

The members of the Darling District Pa[?]. Consid[?] Association deserve commendation for their a last nigh[?] in submitting a statement of the [?] position of the pastoral [?] in Kelly [?]…

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Second Edition. Pastoral Times Office. Saturday Marning

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 3

WEATHER fine but cloudy. GOVERNMENT LAND SALE.—A sale of Crown lands was held at Deniliquin on Friday, 14th instant, at which the foltowing areas were sold:—G. A. and P. Mein. [?]80 acre; L. M’Beau,…

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Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Rimes)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 3

SIR,—At the last meeting] of the committee of the “School of Arts” the subject of a Public Library was discussed, and in the meantime it was resolved to apply Mr. Landale’s second donation of £10, to the…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, February 14, 1879

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 2

VARIABLE weather has [?] through[?] the week, rapilly changing from [?] heat to cold—almost equal to winder. The wool passing down [?] in 250 bales since our Inst issue. On Monday [?] sheep M’B[?] were trucked…

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Wool Exhibition

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 4

Messrs. Hastings Cuningham and Co., limited, are to be complimented on the important successful exhibition of Wool which opened at their stores, Collins-street,…

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Second Edition. Pastoral Times O[?]e, Saturday Morning

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 3

DENILIQUIN POLICE COURT.—This (Saturday) morning the adjourned case of Harrison v. Dempster for misconduct as a hired servant, was concluded. Mr. Ochiltree for plaintiff. The defendant w[?] found guilty and fined £1…

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The Darling District Pastoral Association on the Squatting QUESTlON

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 4

In view of the contemplated changes in the laws regulating the leases, rents, and position generally of the pastoral tenants of the Crown in the colony of New South Wales, the…

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Melbourne Wool and Station Produce Market

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 2

J. H. Clough and Co. reports:—Wool— Since our last monthly report on the 21st ult, there has been a continuous falling off in the amount of business done, the quantity of…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. De[?]in. Friday Evening, February 21, 1879

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 2

FROM various places we hear that a favourable change has taken place in the weather and a good amount of rain has [?]. From appearances we hoped to record the same on Wednesday night. but only a few drops fell. Thursday…

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Wool

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 March 1879 · page 2

The Australian Mortgage Land AND Finance Co; Limited, London, under date 14th January, 1879, report:—The interval which has elapsed since the close of our last…

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The Practice of Horning Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 1 March 1879 · page 19

A fanner appeared before Sheriff Grahame at Dunblane to answer a charge made by the Procurator-Fiscal under to the Act for Preventing Cruelty to Animals—that of sawing off the…

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Second Edition. Pastoral Times Office, Saturday Morning

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 March 1879 · page 3

WEATHER fine. THE Wentworth Telegraph states that the wife of Mr. J. Hippisley has met with an accident, causing the loss of two fingers of her left hand. It appears that Mrs…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin Friday Evening, February 25, 1879

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 March 1879 · page 2

THE Weather still continues fair and much cooler, inducing the hope that the excessive heat has passed for this season. Stock business is [?], the passings of [?] stock has been [?] 128 [?] consigned to Walker…

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