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Farming & the land, 1888

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The Proposed Model Dairy in Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 9

The Victorian Minister of Lands and Agriculture views with great favour the proposal that the Government assist the National Agricultural Society to procure a…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times [?] Friday Evening, April 27, [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 2

THE continued dry weather is becoming a subject of serious conversation Looking back over the 29 years rainfall records in Deniliquin it is [?] that the first months of the present year have been marked by a lesser tall of rain than…

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Stock and Pastoral News. Wool & Stock Reports, Riverine Grazier Office

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 2

The weather has got warmer since our last and we now appear to be in the middle of next summer—to convey our meaning by paradox. A paragraph in our local columns containing…

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Pastoral. Recorder Office, Tuesday Evening

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 2

Dry weather is still the order of the day, and the country all round is very badly in want of surface water for the lambing, which is now general on all the Stations in the…

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Farm and Garden. Importance of Cleanliness

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 2

The dairyman who would excel in his business and stand at the top, must practice thorough cleanliness in every detail. Pure, fragrant milk, round well-flavored cheese and…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 2

The continuance of dry weather was beginning to give a gloomy outlook to matters agricultural and pastoral in the near future, but heavy rain set in on Thursday…

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Selling Mortgaged Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 4

AT the last sittings of the Bathurst Circuit Court, a squatter named Bowler was tried for telling certain sheep, over the wool growing on which he had…

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The Wheat Market. London, April 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 19

Four thousand quarters of Australian wheat, April shipment, have been sold at 333. 6d. per 480lb. LONDON, April 28…

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The Wool Sales. London, April 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 19

The market continues firm. The present series closes on Saturday, 5th inst…

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Wool and Station Produce Reports. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 4

Messrs. DALGETY and COMPANY (LIMITED) report:—Wool—Small consignment, chiefly of scoured, continue to arrive, and for such we have a steady demand at the parity of prices lately…

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Farm and Garden. Importance of Cleanliness

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 2

The dairyman who would excel in his business and stand at the top, must practice thorough cleanliness in every detail. Pure, fragrant milk, round well-flavored cheese, and…

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Rural Notes. the Farmer’s Guide to Manuring

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 9

The increased attention now being given in Victoria to the subject of manuring has rendered it advisable that every farmer should have in his own hands a sure guide…

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How Wool Is Sold in London

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 4

A correspondent supplies the St. James’s Gazette with the following account of an Australian wool sale in London :—A strange sight greeted me a few evenings ago in an out-of-the-way part of the city…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, May 4, 1888

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 2

[?] a month’s dry weather a good fall of rain commenced on Thursday last, and continued for several hours. A total of 73 points was registered and the following other records are to band:—Monlameln. 60; Bulranald, [?]; Wentworth,…

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Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.) the Deniliquin Agricultural Show. Mr Falkiner’s £50 PRIZE

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 2

Sir,—The conditions attached to the awe d of this prize should, I think, be reconsidered. This prize is for the most valuable three scoured f[?] con[?]tituting one entry in the 4 b Challenge Prize competition The…

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London Wool Sales. From the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company, Melbourne). Friday, May 3

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 2

We have received the following telegram from blesses Helmuth, Schwartae and Co., dated London, 3 d May — “Wool Sales.—The tune of the market is very firm as compared with the closing rates of last series. Prices…

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The Wheat Yield of Australia

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 May 1888 · page 4

South Australia (says the "Register") with its 9¾ bushels to the acre, prod[?]ced aggregate last season far in excess of that of any other colony—as…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 May 1888 · page 2

FINE warm days with heavy frost at night have prevailed since last report. The Riverine Gra[?]ier reports on Saturdays--The unexpected has again occurred…

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The Wheat Market. London, May 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 May 1888 · page 21

The English wheat market is heavy and inactive. The Continental markets are firm. American market is changing a little for the The spot quotation is New York of…

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The Wheat Market. London, May 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 May 1888 · page 19

The English market is weak in tone, without quotable change in prices. - The Continental market is firm. The American market is tending Upwards. Forward business is firm…

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