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Farming & the land, 1888

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Pastoral. Recorder Office, Tuesday Evening

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1888 · page 2

The heat here throughout the past week as been intense and almost unvarying throughout. Dust storms have prevailed, and the lot of the residents has been…

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How an Enthusiastic Farmer Got Mixed

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1888 · page 2

First Farmer: "I hear that you have a baby at ur house." Second Farmer: "Yes, and Polly's got a fine de colt, too."…

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Further Rise in Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1888 · page 3

London, Thursday.—A further rise in the wool market has taken place, amounting to 10 per cent. for merinos. THE SLAVE TRADE…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney, December 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1888 · page 37

Messrs. HARRISON, JONES, and DEVLIN report :—Wool.—For our sale to-day we submitted a catalogue of 4300 bales. There was a very numerous attendance of buyers, and more than…

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Wheat and Flour Markets. London, November 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1888 · page 18

The carg[?] of wheat per Mallsgate, from Adelaide (August 15), 56,057 bushels, has been sold at 4ls. 6d. per 4801b. The cargo of wheat by the Priorhill, from…

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Further Rise in Wool. London, December 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1888 · page 21

At the wool sales to-day merinoes and fine crossbreds advanced 10 per cent; and coarse advanced five per cent…

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Opening of the London Wool Sales. Further Advance in Prices. London, November 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1888 · page 19

The opening of the colonial wool sales, which had to be postponed yesterday, took place to-day, Messrs. Charles Balme and Son and Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartze, and Co…

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How an Enthusiastic Farmer Got Mixed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1888 · page 1

First Farmer: "I hear that you have a baby at or house' Second Farmer: "Yes, and Pelly's got a fine are colt, too.'…

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Farmer. Do Plants Get Nitrogen From The Atmosphere?

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1888 · page 1

For forty years this question has been discussed. Several eminent chemists claim that leguminous plants, such as clover, peas, and beans, after they have…

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Farm Life—its Fascinations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1888 · page 11

Who was the author of the following paragraph does not appear, but it is evident that whoever he was, he must have possessed a lively imagination, and had a very…

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Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 December 1888 · page 2

SIR. — Referring to a report of the working of the Wolseley Machine Shars at Aratula which appeared in your issue of the [?] you say— “And it was [?]until two or three weeks personal supervision by…

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The Rabbit Subsidy. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times )

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 December 1888 · page 2

The Government having refused to pay any Subsidy for rabbit destruction on the vague pretence that no funds are available, let all the colony protest against the payment of any assessment or contribution under…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, December 7,[?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 December 1888 · page 2

[?] threatened and promised to be a good downpour of [?] Friday [?] passed over with only eighteen points [?] the weather has been clear, fine and [?] The [?] has ranged [?] all [?] the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. From Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited. Wednesday, December 5

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 December 1888 · page 2

We offered 4400 bales to-day, and have since last report solo 3856 [?] The demand was very active except for [?] sad faulty greesy which is easier. Taylor’s Terrible Yale, from New England, brought 10½[?];…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. From Messls Golds[?] Mort and Co., Limited. Wednesday, December 5

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 December 1888 · page 2

We have sold 4000 bales of wool this week at good prices. Greasy [?] fleece ranged up to [?] gre[?] merino [?] up to 13[?] d; gressy [?] to 12d; scoured to I7¼d ; and [?]oid water wished 10 15½d. The…

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Wool and Stook Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 December 1888 · page 4

THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY Co. Limited wire that they held their weekly wool sale on the 7th instant, and submitted a…

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Wheat and Flour Markets. London, December 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1888 · page 18

The English market is unchanged. The Continental markets are steady. The American market is tending upward. The spot quotation in New York for No. 2 Red Winter…

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Wool and Station Produce Melbourne, December 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1888 · page 4

THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED offered 4,759 bales to a full attendance of buyers to-day. The market was animated and the biddings brisk,…

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The London Wool Sales. Further Advance in Prices

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1888 · page 19

The wool market is very buoyant, stocks being small, and the prospects for the future are considered to be good. Merino wools have advanced 10 per cent, since the close of…

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Farm Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1888 · page 11

Much of the comforts of the dairyman and not a small percentage of his profits depend on his barn. No farmer will gain in execution of any…

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