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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1883

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Cattle Stealing

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 2

At the Hay Police Court on Friday, before Messrs Lakeman and Turelkeld, Charles Moore was charged with stealing two head of cattle, the property of Loughnan, M'Callum and Co, of Nelyambo…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. November 2nd

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 3

The Australasian Morlgage and Agency Company, report: Our local sales tod-ay was highly successful, prices faily maintained for greasy merino, and three-quarter bred up to 13 1/2d for Wangamong fleece, and…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Friday Evening, November 2,1883

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 2

Light showers amounting to 23 points fell in the early part of the week, and the weather now seems to have taken up. During the past two or three days it has been growing gradually warmer. Grass it thriving and…

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Sydney Wool Sales. 15th October

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 7 November 1883 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin report:—Wool—Out of a catalogue of 2600 bales, we sold at auction to-day 2200 bales; competition was more spirited than at previous sales, and buyers were prepared to meet the…

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Agricultural Notes. Farming in America

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 November 1883 · page 3

Shippio and Gratton’s improved combined header and thresher is the machine that I saw at work, and the original of which competed for tho Government…

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Sydney Wool Sales. November 7th

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 10 November 1883 · page 2

Mort and Co. report:—We sold 1700 bales of wool at auction to-day; biddings were exceedingly brisk, and several parcels of superior greasy brought from 12d to 13 [?]d; scoured to 21 1/4d, and medium fleece 16 1/2d…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, November 9, 1882

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 November 1883 · page 2

THE weather is gradually getting hotter. On Wednesday there was a slight change, when the sky became [?] the wind rose [?] and the dust blew is great quantities, but no rain fall. On Thursday is…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Thursday, November 8. [[?]Ill Clarke & Co.]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 November 1883 · page 2

We estalogled five hundred bales of wool, to-day, selling 460 bales. The competition was brink and the prices realized for good wools were very satisfactory. Among other brands sold were Dreelawarrius, at 10d,…

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Wool, Sheepskins, Hides, &c. MELBOURNE, November 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1883 · page 11

THE AUSTRALASIAN MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY (Limited) reports :—We offered today 3370 bales wool and sold 2540. Competition was irregular for low sorts, but was well…

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Pig-feeding From the Dairy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1883 · page 3

The following remarks on dairy-fed pigs are abridged from Mr. H. M. Jenkins paper on “Dairying in Denmark,” in the current number of tho Journal of the Agricultural…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, November [?] 1883

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 November 1883 · page 2

Splendid rain fell since out last report. On Friday night it came down steadily and on Saturday morning at about nine o’clock [?] a tropical shower fell. Again in the early part of the week a refreshing shower fell…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Thursday, November 15. (From the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 November 1883 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co held their usual weekly wool sale this afternoon. There was a good attendance of buyers, and the competition was animated. Highly satisfactory prices were obtained…

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Sheep Directors' Meeting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 14

A meeting of sheep directors was held at the Board-room, Albury, on Wednesday, the members present being Messrs. C. H. Douglas (chairman), J. Grieve, R. B, M' Martin, and…

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Diseases of Liver in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 3

Sheep are liable to disease of the liver from the consumption of an excessive quantity of unripe watery herbage or roots. The symptoms of the disorder are remarkably…

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Whole Wheat for Fowls

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 4

There is more solid nutriment in whole wheat, as a feed for poultry, than in any of the cereals, weight for weight. It is an excellent kind of grain for this use, though…

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The Wool Sales. London, November 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 6

The total arrivals to date for the November-December series of wool sales amount to 90,000 bales. The total probable quantity to be offered, including that held over from last…

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Novel Industries of Australia. Flower Farming

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 2

This branch of industry is one which, although it has frequently spoken of by persons competent to judge as being eminently suited to Australia, has never, to any…

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(To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 November 1883 · page 3

SIR,—I am rather amused at the leader written respecting our Public School by your contemporary in his usual jerky style. To readers that know the writer very little notice will be taken, or the particulars will be discounted at a…

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(To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 November 1883 · page 3

SIR,—Kindly allow space for contradiction of charge of indifference in the matter of recent irregularities in the Public School as appearing in Thursday’s issue of the Deniliquin Chronicle…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 November 1883 · page 2

During the week the weather has been unusually warm; but it has not been such as might have been expected for the letter and on November. The grass is now drying up rapidly, and its disappearance is…

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