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Farming & the land, 1888

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The Wheat Market. London, September 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 18

The English wheat market is unsettled and irregular. The Continental markets are declining, with increased weakness. The American is changing a little for the worse. The…

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Advance in the Price of Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 2

London, Thursday.—Wool is steadily advancing in price. Merinos (greasy) 1/4d t: 1d higher, scoured 1d…

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The London Wool Sales. London, September 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 18

The wool sales are progressing with great animation. Scoured merino wools have advanced from a halfpenny to a penny, with the exception of New Zealand. Greasy merino…

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The London Wool Sales. Continued Advance in Prices. London, September 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 21

Wool is steadily advancing in prices. Merino is from ½d. to Id; per lb. higher, whilst scoured has advanced Id…

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Farmer. Gleaned for Farmers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 1

No matter how good the pasture is, a little dry hay is good for the cattle. It is hardly worth while to raise a calf that does not eat well, no matter if its…

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Farmer. Selecting a Farm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 2

One of the first requisites of success in farming is a good farm. A very good farmer may possibly make money on a poor farm, and a poor farmer may fail to make farming…

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How to Get a Cool Dairy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 12

It would be quite worth while for some of our Northern dairymen (says the Queenslander) to experiment with the Kansas system of an underground shaft to cool the…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, September 28, 1888

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 September 1888 · page 2

The rain which commenced OD Thursday last week continued on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the total for the four days being 90 points. br[?]oging the record for the year to a [?] over seven inches. Although this rain has done a…

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Sydney Wool Sales. From Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Wednesday, September 26

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 September 1888 · page 2

We offered 900 bales of the new clip to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers, and prices if anything were a shade better than last year. Mackey’s Brewar wool brought 9d per lb. ; Conneli’s Merri Merri…

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Pastoral

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 October 1888 · page 2

The weather throughout the week has remained unchanged, the average heat each day varying but little. The rain-guage at Till Till registered 128 points during the…

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Refunds on Pastoral Holdings

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 October 1888 · page 4

An injustice has apparently been done (says the "Daily Telegraph") the owners of pastoral holdings in the country whose rents have been reduced…

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June Pastoral, Agricultural and Industrial Association

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 26

The first show of this society was held last week. the number of exhibits re[?]ed the very handsome number of over 800, and they were of a class which redounded greatly to…

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The London Wool Sales

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 3

London, Friday.—At the wool sales recently, advanced prices were maintained for best merino sorts; all other descriptions show a slight decline. The market is generally…

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Wheat Corner in Chicago. London, October

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 19

A wheat “corner” which has been formed in Chicago, having bought up the supply of wheat, is selling it at the high price of 2dol. a [?]ushel. It is believed to have already made…

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The Wheat Market. London, September 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 19

The English wheat market is showing a general advance of 6d per quarter. The Continental markets are changing [?] little for the better. The American market is…

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The Wool Sales. London, September 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 19

There is is hardening tendency in the market Both home and foreign buyers are competing with “great spirit. The total quantity catalogued is 129J600 bales, of which 121,400 have…

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The English Wheat Market. London, October 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 24

The English wheat market is showing a general advance. The Continental markets are tending upward, and the American market is advancing rapidly. The spot quotation in New Zealand for…

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Wool and Station Produce Reports. Reports. Melboubne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 4

Messrs. GOLDBBOUGH, MORT, and CO. Limited report:—Wool.—There was crowded attendance of buyers at our opening sale to-day; competition was spirited and well sustained throughout…

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Rural Notes. Common Disorders Affecting Cattle. Parasitic or Verminous Bronohitis— “Husk ” or “Hoose.”

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 11

In treating of bronchitis in our last paper, attention was called to the fact that foreign substances, either liquid or solid, when they get into the air-passages, set up…

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An American Farmer on Protection

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 4

"I am a farmer, the son of a farmer, and the father, of farmers. I have [?]een all my days scratching a poor man's back in the effort to make a…

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