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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1882

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Rural Mems. Early Wheat Sowing, (From the Adelaide Observer.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1882 · page 18

A week or two ago we published an article in which it was attempted to be shown that small farms well and deeply cultivated would pay better than large areas roughly got under crop in…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm, and Garden. Chemistry in Farming Economy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1882 · page 2

WHILE a firm believer in the value of chemical knowledge as an aid to agricultural practice. I do not subscribe blindly to all the chemistry books teach. For, and…

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Hints for Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1882 · page 18

TREATMENT OF TRUSH.—Pare away enough of the devitalized frog to allow you to get a thinbladed knife well into the cleft, then introduce a little calomel once a day, and keep it in place by…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin Friday Evening, January 27, 1888

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 2

DURING the past week the weather has been fine, the temperature moderate considering the season, and with out any signs of rain, which is now much wanted Some loads of wool from worth of the Murrumbidgee…

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Open Column. School of Arts, Deniliquin. Per favour of the Editor of the PastoralTimes

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 2

TO THE CITIZENS, TRADERS, AND GENERAL PUBLIC, who feel interested in the progress of this Institution. The annual election of committee and officebearers for the current year is postponed until…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm and Garden Systematic Wheat-farming

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 1 February 1882 · page 2

WITH the common sense, which is characteristic of quite a good many of the public movements in South Australia, that colony is taking a loading part in…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm, and Garden Systematic Wheat-farming

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 February 1882 · page 2

WITH the common sense, which is characteristic of quite a good many of the public movements in South Australia, that colony is taking a leading part in…

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Antwerp Wool Sale

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 2

Schwarize and Co., London, telegraph on Feb. 1st.—Antwerp wool sales—5000 bales sold at prices equal to average of last series…

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London Wool Sales Report

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report, London, Dec. 16th— Wool : The fourth series, which opened on 22nd ult, was closed on 12th inst, having…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, February 8, [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 2

ANOTHER week of fine weather has been experienced On Monday a cool change occurred, preceded by disa [?] dust storms and there were some indi[?] of rain, but any expectations…

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Melbourne Wool and Produce Market Report

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited report:— Wool [?] An active demand at late rates continues to prevail, and during the week a fair amount of…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm, and Garden Dams for Water Storage

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 8 February 1882 · page 2

Of the many important subjects continuously cropping up in connection with pastoral and farming affairs in the colonies, there are few, if any, more worthy of all the…

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New Cattle Country

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1882 · page 15

The Gulf country (says the Queenslander) promises to become one of the largest cattleproducing districts of Australia. The determination many runholders in the western districts…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm, and Garden Dams for Water Storage

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1882 · page 2

OF the many important subjects continuously cropping up in connection with pastoral and farming affairs in the colonels, there are few, if any, more worthy of all the…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 February 1882 · page 2

A committee meeting of this Society was held at the Royal Hotel on Friday last. In the absence of the President and Vice-presidents Mr Seeley was voted to the chair…

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Stock Report. Deniliquin Friday Revenue, February 10, 1883. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 February 1882 · page 2

WE have to report another wee It of dry weather, and while, many other portions of the colony have been favoured with [?] rains we have still to fall back upon hope, with no present prospect of the…

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Open Column. Per favour of the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 February 1882 · page 3

Sir,—1 have heard a rumour is being circulated around-town that the Glub have engaged the Town Hall for certain days next week to prevent the Opera Company giving their season here to this I beg to give…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm, and Garden. the Shorthorn As a Milker

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 15 February 1882 · page 2

IN a preceding-paper we dealt somewhat fully upon the relative merits of the Ayrshire and shorthorn broods as milkers. For colonial purposes, and under the…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm, and Garden. the Shorthorn As a Milker

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 February 1882 · page 2

IN a preceding paper we dealt somewhat fully upon the relative merits of the Ayrshire and shorthorn breeds as milkers. For colonial purposes, and under the…

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Rural Mems. Rotation of Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1882 · page 18

On January 14 we (S. A. Chronicle) published a paper by Dr. Miles on the “Rotation of Crops,” taken from the American Agriculturist. The December number of our contemporary contains…

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