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Farming & the land, 1889

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The Canadian Duty on Wool Abolished. London, November 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1889 · page 18

The Canadian Legislature has taken the import duty off wool, in older to encourage the trade between the Australian colonies and Vancouver…

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Farmer. A Convenient Cheese Curing Room. GEORGE E. NEWELL

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 November 1889 · page 1

A convenient oaring room for cheese is necessarily on the ground floor of the factory and separated from the making apartment by a tight partition. The partition should…

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Farmer. Poultry

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 November 1889 · page 2

In [?]lthy houses one will not often be disappointed when looking for vermin. It will be strange if they are not found there. A sudden change in feed from one kind of…

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The Farm, Station, and Garden

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 November 1889 · page 12

[From a pamphlet issued by the Victorian Royal Commissioners on Vegetable Products.] EXPERIMENTAL FARM, 1887…

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Stook Report Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, November 8, 1889

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 2

Hot weather has ruled during the week, and the thermometer has been at high as 96 in the [?]. The [?] are [?] exposed situations are [?] turned of [?]. Except in the [?] all the…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, November 6

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 2

Wool.—Our local market maintains its activity, and sales are being held continually. Our third sale took place on Monday last, the 4th inst., when we offered 2200 bales to a full attendance of buyers. A strong demand for all…

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Open Column. Re Ratepayers Association in [?] to the Council. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Time.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 2

SIR,—During the past few week‘s [?] have been [?] in reference [?] and in which in the Council [?] porate [?] affected…

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By Electric Telegraph. the Wool Dispute in Sydney. Sydney. Monday, November 4

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 2

A conference between the wool buyers and the Sellers baa been held, and the dispute has ended, matters being settled amicably. SYDNEY…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. From Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited. Melbourne, November 6

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 2

We catalogued 5700 bales to-day, and sold 5456 bales at splendid prices, greasy merino bringing up to [?] greasy crossbred to 124d, and greasy lamb 13[?] 1 per lb. Good broken wool a nil pieces arc in good demand; aud…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 November 1889 · page 4

DALGETY AND COMPANY, LIMITED, Melbourne, report under date 6th November:—Wool—Our local market maintains its activity, and sales are…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 2

ONLY [?] points of rain to register since last report, Warm, not to say hot, weather has now fairly set in. The thermometer has been up to 90 in the shade this week,…

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Wodonga Cattle Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 4

Messrs. PEARSON, [?]OWE, SMITH, and Co. report:—About 2,500 cattle yarded on Friday, Sth inst., mostly Queensland bullocks, in good condition, some being fat. There was a good…

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The Wolseley Sheep-shearing Machine. London, November 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 18

The company formed, with a capital of £200,000, for the purpose of purchasing the rights to Mr. F. Y. Wolseley's sheep-shearing machine, has been successfully floated, and the…

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Monetary and Commercial Intelligence. Wheat. London, November 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 18

Business is quiet in Australian wheat at 39[?] 3d. per 496[?]b ex warehouse. New Zealand is also quiet at 37s. Gd. LONDON, November 9…

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Wool and Station Produce Reports. Melbourne, November 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 37

TOE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED held their usual weekly sale of wool this afternoon, when they offered 5,701 bales to a full attendance of buyers…

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The Stoppage of Unmarked Colonial Wool. London, November 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 18

The London Chamber of Commerce is endeavouring to induce the Government to amend the Merchandise Marks Act of 1887. The provision sought to be altered is the one…

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Wangaratta Police Court. Thursday, November 7, 1889. (Before Mr. C. L. Dobbin, P.M., and Mr. Morris Brash, J.p.) Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 3

James W. Gregory, a young man who follows the occupation of a cattle dealer, and is well-known in the Corowa district, was presented on a charge of stealing three…

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Farmer. Farm Life and Health

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 1

Farmers are the longest-lived of all the laboring classes, and it they lived up to their privileges, their longevity would be greatly increased. There is no place like a farm for…

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The Farmer's Burden

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 1

While parasites affect our fruit, and nearly everything we raise has its enemy, the chief monster with which farmers have to contend is the mortgage, which cats like leprosy. At…

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The Farm, Station, and Garden. the Scale Bug Destroyer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 12

There have been so many accounts of the manner in which this insect destroys the cottony cushion scale, which was first brought to California from Australia, that the…

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