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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

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Melbourne Wool Sales. From Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., LIMITED. Wednesday, January 9

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 2

We have sold 2400 bales of wool this week. Good greasy sold up to 11d, and good soured up to 17[?]d per lb. The attendance continues large, and competition is very brink, late quotations being-maintained for all…

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Farmer. Beef, Blood and Bones

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 2

Hammond, Ind., would not be much of a place without that great cattle slaughtering establishment, the Hammond Packing Company; This firm, on an average, kill a…

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Instinct in Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 2

About the middle of April last we observed a young lamb entaugled among briars. It had seemingly struggled for liberty until it was quite exhausted, Its…

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Farmer. Beef, Blood and Bones

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 2

Hammond, Ind., would not be much of a place without that great cattle slaughtering establishment, the Hammond Packing Company; This firm, on an average, kill a…

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Pastoral and Agricultural, Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 2

WEATHER hot throughout the week, the thermometer [?]ching 114 dog, in the shade on one occan[?]on and 110 several times. Dust storms were prevalent on…

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Charges on Travelling Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 26

A week or two back the district inspectors of stock at Albury and Wagga received instructions from the chief inspector of stock to enforce strictly sub-sections 2 and 3 of section…

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Rural Notes. Beef-producing Breeds of Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 11

The following paper was read by Mr. J. L. Thompson, Principal of the Dookie Agricultural College, Victoria;— THE HEREFORD…

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The Wheat Market. London, January 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 19

Australian wheat in quoted at 43s. per 48[?]1b., ex warehouse. The market is firm. New Zealand long-berried wheat is quoted at 42s. 6d. per 4961b., ex warehouse. The…

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Farmer. The Growth of Wheat. JOHN J. Willis, Superintendent of Lawes and Gilbert's Experimental Farm, Rothamsted, England

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 2

It is well known that no ordinary cultivated plant can thrive without a sufficient supply of each of a number of substances needed for its food. And the plant has to…

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Farmer. Beef, Blood and Bones. Concluded

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 3

Returning to the skinned beast, we find a swarm of human bees taking away the different parts for different purposes. The first run of blood from the cut threat of the…

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Children. Mary's Little Lamb. The Owner of the Original Creature Relates Its Story. How Mrs. Mary E. Tyler Discovered the Helpless Waif find Saw it Develop Into a Good-Sized Sheep—The Verse Written in its Honor

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 3

Mrs. Mary E. Tyler gives the following story of the original "little lamb": "One cold, bleak March morning I went out with father, and after the cows had been…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin Friday Evening, January 18 [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 2

[?] and Sunday last were by far the bu[?] days of the [?], the thermometer having reached nearly 119 deg. [?] the shade. The registration has only been exceeded once in [?] thirty years records in Deniliquin viz. about 12…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, January 18

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 2

Wool,—We held our twelfth wool sale of the season on Friday, the 11th instant, when we offered 1858 bales to the usual [?] of [?] and sold 887 bales. Biddings were very [?]mmated and a brisk demand prevailed—the…

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Farmer. Beef, Mood and Bones. Concluded

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1889 · page 2

Returning to the skinned beast, we find a swarm of human bees taking away the different parts for different purposes. The first run of blood from the cut throat of the…

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Children. Ma[?]y's Little Lamb. The owner of the Original Creature Relates Its Story. how Mrs. Mary E. Tyler Discovered the [?]ploss Waif and Saw It Develop Into a good-Sized Sheep the Verse Written in its Honor

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1889 · page 2

Mrs. Mary E. Tyler gives the following story of the original "little lamb: "One cold, bleak March morning I went out with father, and after the cows had been…

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bumor. A Pastoral

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 2

He lies in his hammock under the trace In the hush of the Summer hours, And hears the voice of the plundering bees Down there in the bed of flowers…

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Farmer. The Shropshire Breed of Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 2

The Shropshire Down breed is of English origin, being the product of crossing the Southdown and possibly some other breeds on the old Morfe Common sheep. They…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 2

SINCE last issue the weather has continued warm. A small quantity of rain fell yesterday morning. but not enough to be measured…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. London, January 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 18

The Antwerp wool sales closed to-day, the market being very firm. Two thousand bales of Australian and 5400 of River Plate wool were sold…

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Farmer

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 1

Massachusetts is claiming to have the [?]gest poultry farm in the world owned by Mr A. C. Hawkins. From a description of [?] place given we take a few extracts, as…

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