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Farming & the land, 1885

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin. Friday Evening, February 6, 1885

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1885 · page 2

Until to-day there was no rain during the week. The weather has been clear and fine, the days gradually becoming [?] until Thursday when the heat [?] to a maximum of [?] this [?] it was very warm. the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1885 · page 2

On Friday the weather suffered on abrupt change. The atmosphere during the morning was intensely hot reaching by eleven o'clock 114 degrees in the shade…

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The Wool Sales. London, February 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1885 · page 11

At the colonial wool sales held to-day 9700 bales were offered, making a total of 131,700 bales for the present series. The tone of the market remains firm. Good qualities of…

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Rural Notes. the Future of Wheat Production

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1885 · page 7

Lieutenant-Colonel Wheatley writes as follows in the Pall Mall Budget:—“I have just returned from a tour of about 6,000 miles in Canada and the United…

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The Farmer. Time to Harvests. Turning the Straw to Best Account

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1885 · page 2

FEW farmers realise how much waste there is in harvest when grain is allowed to got fully ripe before cutting. In old times, when grain was cradled and bound, and then set…

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New Sheep District Boundaries

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3

BALRANALD.—Commencing at the junction of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers, and bounded thence on the south by the Murray River downwards to the south-west corner of…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, February 13,1883

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 2

On Saturday last 39 points of rain fell in Deniliquin; and the s[?]uwer was pretty general over a large area in Riverin[?], the records showing as follows :—Hay, 35 points; Ura[?]s, 23; Mon[?]ein. 21; Balranald, 38: Euston. [?]7; Wentworth…

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Open Column. the Local Option Vote. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 2

Sir,—While endorsing the general principles embodied in the Publican’s Act respecting the Local Option question, I must confess that the taking of the vole last was conducted in a loose manner, so much to…

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The Farmer. Blood Cake for Cattle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 February 1885 · page 2

THE use of blood on a food far cattle has, it is stated, been the subject of experiment in Denmark by a chemist, who, an a result, has now invented a new kind of cake, in…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 February 1885 · page 2

Since our last the weather has maintained a close gloomy cast, with occasional heavy showers of rain, but the temperature remain high and the atmosphere so…

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The Wool Sales. London, February 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 February 1885 · page 10

At the colonial wool auctions to-day, 10,200 bales were offered, making a total of [?] bales. The tone of the market was quiet. LONDON, February 12…

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Wool, Sheepskins, Hides. &c. MELBOURNE

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 February 1885 · page 4

Messrs. MONCKTON D. SYNNOT BROS, report:— Wool—We held our visual sale on Friday, February 13th, and although the season was almost over we were able to submit an excellent…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee was held at the Royal Hotel yesterday afternoon. Mr J. S. Braim in the [?] and there were also present :— Messrs [?] [?] Chariton, Irving, Falkiner, Henth, [?] [?] [?]…

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The Farmer. Prize Essays.—Class Iii. Mrs. E. S. Walling. Butter Making

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 2

AFTER looking over the columns of the Rural New Yorker, one would suppose that the subject of butter-making had been entirely exhausted; but on an examination of the…

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Open Column. Treatment of Snake BITE.(To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 2

Dear Sir,—A case of snake bite having recently happened here, it occurred to me, that it would he useful to publish, the directions for the treatment of the accident laid down by Sir Joseph [?]…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 February 1885 · page 2

The weather during the past week has continued warm, although subject to slight changes of temperature. The nights have been cold. A very general idea prevails…

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Rural Notes. Wheat Growing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1885 · page 7

“ I have shown in my last letter that the great characteristic of the cereals is their power of ‘ tillering,’ which is exercised as follows:—Shortly after the plant appears…

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How to Feed Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1885 · page 7

Wheat (says the Colorado Farmer) will fed to stock this year very much more generally than would appear from ordinary observation. It is healthy and productive…

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The Farmer Glanders

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 February 1885 · page 2

Dr. N. H. PABEEN, State [?] read a {?] the Chicago Eclectic [?] on the subject of [?] Man and Animal." Gladers,…

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Different Breeds for the Dairy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1885 · page 7

The following conclusions arc deduced by the Toronto Globe from Professor Brown’s report on experiments made at the Ontario Model Farm :—An average…

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