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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1887

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 2

VERY heavy rain set in throughout the district on Monday, when the showery weather which had prevailed for the four proceeding days culminated in a very severe fall…

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Working Butter by hand

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 2

Mr. George Barham, in the course of an address at the Tring Show, said he was very much surprised to see that in the Vale of Tylesbury, noted as it was, and…

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Sheep-shearing by Machinery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 11

A public trial of Mr. F. Y. Wolseley’s patent sheep-shearing machine was made at the wool stores of Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co, Melbourne, last week, in the…

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The Rents of Pastoral Leases. Deputation From Hay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 15

A deputation of pastoralists from the Hay district, representing an area of 1,600,000 acres, waited on the Minister of Lands on Tuesday with reference to a reduction in the rents of pastoral…

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The Farmer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 2

Commenting upon a competitive exhibition of preserved eggs the Field says that one set was placed in an hermetically sealed tin vessel, closely soldered down,…

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Farming in Holland

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 2

The Dutch farmer is continually fertilising his farm of thirty or forty acres, and this process repeated for some centuries, with no crop to drain the substance of the…

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Sheep Shearing by Machinery

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 4

A very numerous company assembled at Messrs Goldebrough’s wool store, Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon, to witness an exhibition of sheep shearing by machinery. The inventor…

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Stock Re[?] Pastoral [?] Deniliquin, Friday Evening, March 4, [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 2

The extremely muggy weather winch pre[?] ended in a [?] Saturday evening when,[?] of an [?] of rain fell in about half an hour…

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Pastoral

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 March 1887 · page 2

CHAFFEY BROTHERS have taken up the land for irrigation purposes originally applied for by them at Mild[?] in Victoria. There were no other tenders. Cheffey Brothers have now big work on hand…

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Pastoral Holdings

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 4

We give below a condensed report of the evidence taken at the Land Court in connection with the Pastoral Holdings in the Balranald District:—…

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Pastoral Holdings

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 2

We give below a condensed report of the evidence taken at the Land Court in connection with the Pastoral Holdings in the Balranald district:—…

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PASTORAL. Balranald. Riverina Recorder Office, Tuesday Evening

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 2

Pastoral and agricultural matters in these districts have had all the best advantages, that so far as a capital season can materially support, and we are trustful that this may…

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Sheep Shearing by Machinery. Second Trial of Mr. Wolseley's Invention

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 1

Mr. F. Y. Wolseley's patent sheep shearer was further tested last week at Messrs. Golsbrough and Co.'s wool store, Bourke street west, Melbourne…

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The farmer. Cooked Food

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 4

The loss of succulent food, said Professor Wallace in a lecture delivered at Newcastle, could be met by adopting the system, which has proved most successful,…

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Pastoral

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 March 1887 · page 2

The following was the business at the Land Office this week: Jas. Renton, Hay, 640[?] C.P., county of Waradgery, parish of Illillawa, Illillawa run; C.L. 1920, same county, parishes of Illillawa and Lorraine…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 March 1887 · page 2

A THUNDERSTONE occurred on Monday, during which 40 points of rain fell; doing great damage to the vines. A plague of grasshopperd has been the feature of the…

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Pastoral Difficulties in Texas

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1887 · page 10

The following letter has been addressed to the editor of The Argus :—“Sir,—As mention is frequently made in your columns and elsewhere regarding the River Plate,…

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Farmer. Sheep Poisoned by an Arsenical Powder Dip

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 March 1887 · page 2

The mails from South Africa bring tidings of another of these wholesale poisonings of sheep that have happened from time to time filling the minds of the…

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A Great Cattle Range

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 March 1887 · page 2

According to the Now York journals, the great plateau between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra, comprising the territory of Utah and the state of Nevada…

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Comparative Prices of Wool

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 March 1887 · page 2

The following statement is taken from the Economist:--During the current series of colonial wool sales recently held in London, prices have sustained a further…

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