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Farming & the land, 1884

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The Sheep Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 July 1884 · page 2

The sheep Pairs were attended by a considerable number either purchase ; and the respective [?] lots, fur the most Dart, excit d a keen competition. The prices however did not reach the [?] of those for sheep disposed of at…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Denilliquia. [?] Even[?]. July 25. 1884

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 July 1884 · page 2

The weather has been very cold during the week and the frosts bare been exceedingly severe. The attention the local stock owners bat been to much absorbed over the Show that there bas been little else to speak…

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The Farmer. Preserving Wood

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 26 July 1884 · page 2

THE agricultural editor of the New York Times says that the best preservative of shingles or any other kind of timber is some oil that soaks into the pores and protects…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 August 1884 · page 2

The weather in the Bourke District is beautifully fine. Nights cold with sharp frost. The Namoi River is rising. Latest advices from Hay report that the…

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Daring Sheep Robbery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 August 1884 · page 15

The Mudgee Independent says:—“It is a long time since we had to record such a daring sheep robbery as took place a few days ago. The scene of the robbery was at Piambong, a…

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Rust Blight in Wheat Defeated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 August 1884 · page 6

It is somewhat more than a quarter of a century since the farmers in the coast districts have been able to harvest a crop of wheat. Before railways were available…

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The Farmer. Preserving Wood

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 August 1884 · page 2

THE agricultural editor of the New York Times says that the best preservative of shingles or any other kind of timber is some oil that sooks into the poras and protects…

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Beetroot Sugar and Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 August 1884 · page 6

The cultivation of the sugar beet has often been recommended as an industry likely to be a profitable one to farmers in this colony. It has proved remunerative…

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(To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 August 1884 · page 3

Sir,—I wish to make a few remarks in reference to your report of horses and cattle in your last issue. When you come to the thoroughbred exhibits you state “Alarm by Panic and Albury by Yattendon…

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How the "Best" Butter is Made

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 2 August 1884 · page 1

A BERKSHIRE County, Mass, farmer writes: "My object has always been to make the best butter—not the most profitable, necessarily, but the best. Having this object in view, I…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 August 1884 · page 3

In class 3, section U—best knitting. Through a clerical error of the steward, the ticket for 1st prize was affixed to a crochet worked shawl instead of Mrs C. Wright’s plain woollen knitted: hose, and the…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Offices Deniliquin. Friday Evening August 1, 1884

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 August 1884 · page 2

The weather during tho past week Ins been intensely cold. For several mornings it went down to the freezing point, and on Wednesday morning the [?] [?] registered 20 . On Thursday morning it…

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The Burke District. Western Queensland, As a Field for Pastoral Investment

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 2 August 1884 · page 2

Among the many first-class districts of Queensland the Burke holds a very high places, but although letters describing it have now and then appeared in the papers respecting its merits or demerits very…

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The Farmer. The Silo in America

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 2 August 1884 · page 1

[?] NOBLE of Pitsfield, member of the [?] Board of Agriculture, talked of and en[?]silage to about 200 members of the Deerfield Valley Farmers Institute, at…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 August 1884 · page 2

Wangaratta reports state that there has been no rise in the local grain market. Wheat (prime milling) 8s 6d per bushel; oats unaltered. A fair amount of grain has changed hands at the above…

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How the "Best" Butter is Made

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 August 1884 · page 2

A BERKSHIRE County, Mass., farmer writes: "My object has always been to make the best butter--not the most profitable, necessarily, but the best. Having this object in view, I…

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The Farmer. The Silo in America

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 August 1884 · page 2

MR. HENRY NOBLE of Pitsfield, member of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, talked of silos and ensilage to about 200 members of the Deerfield Valley Farmers' Institute, at…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Royal Hotel yesterday. Mr L, Kiddle occupied the chair, and the following members were also present :—Messrs…

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Sheep Breeding in Riverina

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 3

Boonoke station, the property of Mr F. S. [?]iuer, is situated on the north bank of the Billabong Creek, about three or four miles from the township of Couargo, and about twenty-two miles…

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A Rat Killing Sheep

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 2

IN the center of O'Connor's Kensing [?] pit stood a stout, short legged sheep, [?] neck encircled by a brass collar and [?] nose sheathed in a kid muzzle. His [?]…

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