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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1881

362 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 19

Rural Mems. Notes Upon Butter Making

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1881 · page 18

Quality in butter is greatly dependent upon the condition of the milk prior to Betting, and when the cream is taken from it, the state of the dairy in which it is kept, the room in which it is…

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The Farmer. Aylesbury Ducks

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 July 1881 · page 2

The Aylesbury trade is not conducted in large establishments, but is carried on exclusively by cottagers, who, it has been computed, manage to divide between them…

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Chained Himself. How a Texas Farmer Arranged for His Death From Hydeophoria

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 July 1881 · page 1

A DALLAS Tex letter says : "A tragle death has just occurred in our neighbouring County of Hill worth relating, and Worthy of Virginins or any other Roman father…

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Wool Rates

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 4

The following is the newly adopted scale of charges for the carriage of wool by rail on the Victorian lines :— From Echuca to Melbourne, 7s; from Echuca…

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Lachlan Pastoral Association First Show. Hillston

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 2

The Show held yesterday was an unqualified success. The entries were fair, and the attendance very good. Following are the principal prize takers:—…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin Friday Evening, July 29, 1881

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 2

The weather still continues too fine—[?] cold and frosty, and the days pleasant for the season; rain is much waited. On the Par[?] is said to be not ton plentiful, and rain is anxiously looked…

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The Breeding of Dairy Cattle

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 3 August 1881 · page 4

THE dairy cow is an artificial production. As such she is subject to continual improvement. We cannot tell within reasonable-bounds what maybe the maximum product…

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The Hillston Pastoral Show

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 3 August 1881 · page 2

During the week the Hillstonites have held their first Pastoral Show, and the event passed off very successfully for a beginning. It was rather late in the year before the subject of holding a show at…

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Wool and Stock Report. "Standard" Office

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 3 August 1881 · page 2

THE weather during the past week has been fine, with sharp frosts in the morning, and pleasant sunshiny days. The grass is looking beautifully green and fresh throughout the district, and…

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The Farmer

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 3 August 1881 · page 2

AN ELECTRIC FENCE.—Dr. J. H. Connelly, of Pittsburg, Pa., has applied to cattle the old device employed by country druggists to keep loungers from…

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Jerilderie Pastoral Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 August 1881 · page 3

THE Jerilderie Pastoral and Agricultural Show was held on Thursday week. The weather was beautifully fine, and consequently there was a…

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Lachlan Pastoral Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 August 1881 · page 3

THE first annual show of the Lachlan Pastoral Association was held at Hillston on Thursday week, and was an unqualified success. The…

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The Farmer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 August 1881 · page 2

CURING OF HAMS AND SHOULDERS.--There are two methods; one by dry salting the other by picking. We have died both with equality good results. For the…

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Rural Mems. Farming Here and at Home

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 August 1881 · page 18

It has been frequently remarked at different agricultural meetings that owing to peculiarity of climate, high-class farming cannot he practised in Australia. That this is untrue is readily seen…

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[?] Editor of The Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 3

[?] Referring to an advertisement inserted [?] paper by a firm trading, as Brown and [?] of Echuca, wherein it is stated that such [?]established in 1874-75, kindly permit us,…

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Melbourne Wool and Produce Market Report

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 2

The Australian Mortgage & Agency Company, limited, report:—Wool—The trans-in this staple during the past month have been on a very limited scale, no public sales…

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Open Column. Reported Small-pox. [?] the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 3

[?] Please allow me through your columns to [?] the foolish report that there have been [?] of small-pox here. [?] nothing to justify the rumour, the town…

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Stock Report. Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin. Friday Ev[?]. August 5, 1881

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 2

WE have still to report the absence of rain which is now mush needed; during the past day or two the weather has been threatening, hut the rain does not fall. In the Mudgee district the same want is…

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Melbourne Wool and Produce Market Report

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 10 August 1881 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company limited, report—Wool: Very little has come forward to the dealt with since the date of our last summary.About…

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Wool and Stock Report. "Standard" Office

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 10 August 1881 · page 2

THE weather since our last has been delightfully fine, with occasional frosts to remind us that winter is not quite gone. Rain would now be most acceptable, so as to bring on the grass, which has…

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