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Farming & the land, 1889

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Farmer. The Rearing of Chickens Made Easy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 August 1889 · page 2

I have come to talk of the common, everyday affairs of our lives. The little things that go to make up the sum of our lives are the subjects that must of necessity occupy…

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The Farm, Station, and Garden. Correspondence. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 August 1889 · page 12

SIR,—For several years I have devoted considerable attention to the cultivation of many new grains and fodder plants, obtained from Europe and America. Some of these have…

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A Town Clock. (To the Editor of the Pastoral

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 August 1889 · page 2

SIR,—Now that the[?] improvements to our local[?] gress. it seems [?] here—[?] mine only, but [?]…

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The Show Prizes. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 August 1889 · page 2

SIR,—As one of the successful e[?] last show, I would like if you could let [?] well as a lot of others, know when they [?] prizes. It’s my first time of showing[?]…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening. August 23, 1889

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 August 1889 · page 2

During the week the weather has been fine. On Thursday the[?] was incl[?]ued to be [?]sterous. but to-day the sky is clear and the air calm and warm. The shearing is now well forward in the district and already the wool teams are…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, August 21

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 August 1889 · page 2

WOOL—Since oar last report farther auction sales have been held, with very satisfactory results, buyers being numerous and competition brisk. Advices from Europe continue very hopeful, and there is every probality of a…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 August 1889 · page 4

THE AUSTRALASIAN MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED, Melbourne, report under date 21st August:—Wool.—There have been no transactions since our last. Sheepskins—…

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Australian Sheep V. Vermont Sheep

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 4

Appended we print several extracts from various sources on the subject now engrossing so much attention amongst Australian sheepbreeders:—…

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Australian Sheep V. Vermont Sheep

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 2

ON our fourth page will be found a number of valuable extracts bowing on a subject which is of the highest importance to this district—the question…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 2

FINE weather up to yesterday since last report. Heavy clouds hung about from early morning yesterday, and in the evening the signs were decidedly in favor of…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 27

At the annual sales of stud sheep in Melbourne last week the undermentioned lots sold to local breeders :— On account of Mr. Thomas Gatenby, of Pisa,…

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Farmer. Talks With My Neighbors

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 2

"I once observed the roots of an apple tree, as large as my arm, running below the bottom of a gravel pit ten feet deep." "I once had business with a man digging…

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The Farm, Station, and Garden. the Boomanoomana Estate

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 12

The adjoining property to the Barooga estate, recently noticed in these columns, is Boomanoomana, owned by Messrs. W. Hay and Son. It is on the Murray River,…

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The Squatter V. the Farmer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 27

A sort of test case, and one of intense interest to squatters and farmers, especially the latter, was concluded in the Second Nisi Prius Court, Melbourne, before his Honor the Chief…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times [?] Friday Evening August 30, 1889

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 2

The weather has been warm and springlike daring the work. On Wednesday [?] a brisk [?] passed over from which [?] were registered and on Thursday night [?] storm passed over the town, the…

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Open Column. the Late Extraordinary [?] (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 2

Slit, —It was with the most profound [?] that I read the extraordinary decision [?] Deniliquin Police Court recorded in your [?] The while community, with the exception…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, August 28

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 2

WOOL—We are able to report a continued firmness in our local market, with a strong demand at full prices tor any desirable lots. We have received several consignments of new clip wools from near Deniliquin, and find the condition…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1889 · page 2

SI[?] last writing, rain registering 1.43in has fallen. This was on last Friday and Saturday. Bright warm days have followed, until yesterday, which broke cloudy and…

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Farmer. Education Among Farmers. How shall Farmers Retain and Make Practical their School Learning?

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 September 1889 · page 1

No class in the community is more anxious to provide good schools than are our farmers, and none so ready to sustain them at great cost, and often at great personal…

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The Farm, Station, and Garden. Fruit-growing in Fresno Country, California

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1889 · page 12

Since Fresno was first settled, farming has changed considerably, and we may say advanced. Fifteen years ago it was not yet well understood what would do well and…

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