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Farming & the land, 1884

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Anglican Pastoral Letter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1884 · page 19

The following pastoral letter was appointed to be read in the Anglican churches on Sunday last:—“Sydney, November 15,1884. My Brethren in the Lord,—As the time for…

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Rural Notes. Judging at Pastoral Shows

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1884 · page 7

The question of show-yard judging is one that has exercised the attention of stockowners ever since tho establishment of the first agricultural society. By common…

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The Wool Sales. London, November 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1884 · page 20

At to-day’s sales 10,700 bales were submitted for competition, the total number of bales, offered during the series being 115,400., Prices are still firmly maintained…

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The Wool Sales. London, November 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1884 · page 10

At the wool auctions to-day, 10,900 bales of Australia wool were offered. The market remains firm. LONDON, November 19…

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Ostrich Farming. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 November 1884 · page 3

SIR,--Numerous as are the means by which agriculturalists, farmers, and squatters are making money in those Australian colonies, there still…

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The farmer. Rational Agriculture

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 November 1884 · page 2

ALL soils not naturally barren when in a virgin state are capable of sustaining what may be termed their normal amount of vegetation, and they will continue to do so long as…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin. Friday Evening. November 28, 1884

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 2

The week has been a mild one for thin season of the year. To-day it is threatening, and there are indications of rain. A few drops have already fallen. The rain of last week did a considerable amount of good,…

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The Farmer. The Potato Crop

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 1

IN consequence of the variety of moist and dry climates in which it can be cultivated, the potato may fairly be said to possess a wider geographical range than any other…

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Toogimbie Scoured Wool. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 2

Sir,—Permit me to call your attention to an error which appeared in your issue of to-day. In the report of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's wool sales, you quote 58 bales of P & D over Toogim[?] first pieces at…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. (From the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company). Thursday, November 27

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 2

We offered 4200 [?] at our sale to-day, and [?] including private sales during the week, about 4000 bates. The market is unchanged. Since last week [?] merino brought on to 12[?] crossbred to 11[?] [?]…

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Archbishop Moran's Pastoral Letter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1884 · page 14

On Sunday, in the various Roman Catholic churches of Sydney and suburbs, the pastoral letter written by Archbishop Moran was read. This pastoral, which is the first issued by Dr…

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Strange Case of Sheep Stealing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1884 · page 19

An extraordinary case of sheep-stealing is reported from near Robe, South Australia. Mr. Robert Foster, a sheep farmer at Lake St. Clair, on Thursday night, 29th ult, found on…

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Rural Notes. Burnet As a Sheep Fodder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1884 · page 7

Some amount of interest has recently b[?]n felt by a few of our agricultural friends [?]pon the subject of Burnet—botanically Poterium—as a fodder for stock, and…

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The Wool Sales. London, November 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1884 · page 10

At tHe colonial wool auctions to-day 9,900 bales were offered, making a total of 114,600 bales for the present series. The market still remains firm…

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The farmer. The Potato Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 December 1884 · page 2

IN consequence of the variety of moist and dry climates in which it can be cultivated, the potato may fairly be said to possess a wider geographical range than any other…

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Caution to Dairy Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1884 · page 7

A few words of caution to dairy farmers who are inclined to use other means than the hands for the extraction of milk from the cow's udder arc given in a recent issue…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Oriron, Denillouia. Friday Evening. December 5,1884

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 December 1884 · page 2

The rain seems to have all gone again, and summer has apparently set in. The rain of last and the previous week did a considerable amount of good to the pastures of the district, but it was too late, and has…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. (From the New Zealand Luan and Mercan[?] Agency Company). Thursday, December [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 December 1884 · page 2

We held our usual weekly sale this afternoon. A can rogue of 4,300 bales was submitted to a full attendance buyers. Competition was very animated, and about J bales were [?]uld at satisfactory prices; good areas [?]…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 December 1884 · page 2

The warm weather seems to have set in for the season, and although the late showers averted the disastrous season which at one time seemed imminent, the slight…

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Concerning Pleuro in Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 December 1884 · page 6

The Victorian Chief Inspector of Stock publishes the following in the Gazette ;— “Attention is first directed to an animal suffering from pleuro by its standing apart…

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