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Farming & the land, 1889

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The Wool Market. London, March 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 18

The fresh arrivals of wool to date amount to 263,600 bales. The number of bales sent forward direct since the last London auction sales is 53,000 bales. Adding the quantity…

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Germanton Farmers’ Union

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 16

The monthly meeting of the above union was held on 16th March, at the School of Arts, for the purpose of considering the “bags-in” question. There was a fair attendance of…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin Friday Evening, March 29, 1889

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 2

THE past week has [?] been disagreeably hot and dry. Day after day the sky is clear, calm and unpromising and the [?] outlook becomes more unsatisfactory as the rain holds off. There [?] satisfaction throughout the…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, March 27

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 2

WOOL—There bas been no business done. A few small lots of scoured are coming forward, but we cannot at present say when a sale will be held. TALLOW—By last Friday’s cable from London sales, we are…

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Seed Wheat to Farmers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 4

The following are the regulations which have been drawn up by the Minister for Mines as to the terms upon which seed wheat will be supplied to…

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The Thononga Cattle Stealing Case

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 2

Following is the evidence given, before Messrs J. E. Pearce, P.M., and D. Tolly, J.P., at the Booligal Police Court, on Friday last, at the bearing of the charge against Henry…

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Cattle Stealing From Thononga. Hillsont

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 4

A little time ago it was reported to the police throughout the district that a number of cattle were missing from Thononga station, and to all appearances had been stolen. The…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 4

MESSRS TOMPSON, MANNING & JEREMY, Wagga and Narandera, report having told by auction (in conjunction with L. A. Fosbery and Co.) the Rock View estate, comprising 1600 acres…

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The Birmingham Sewage Farm

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 4

In a communication to the "Gesundheits Ingenieur," Charles Hancock, F.S.S., described the sewage farm at Saltley, Birmingham. This farm has a…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 2

THE useful rains with which so many parts of New South Wales and Queensland have been blest during the past week, have been shared to only a slight extent by this…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 3

MESSRS HARRISON, JONES AND DEVLIN report under date April 5th:—Hides are easier by [?]d shippers not operating so freely. Extra heavy are worth 3½d to 3¾d other weight to 3d…

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The Wheat and Flour Markets. London, March 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 18

The English wheat market is lifeless. The Continental markets are changing a little for the worse. The American market is declining and weak…

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A Dairyman’s Experience with Ensilage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 11

Mr. L. T. Hazen, a New Hampshire dairyman, who has a large herd of Jersey cattle, read a paper before the State Agricultural Society (says the Live Stock…

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Some Good Ideas for Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 12

The farmer who prefers a speedy trotter to a fast-walking horse is likely to have poor crops. A good dog is a valuable chattel upon…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. [?] Friday evening, April 1, [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 2

The weather has been disagreeably hot throughout the week. On Tuesday it was particularly close and muggy all day, and at night a brisk storm passed over from which 40 points were [?] in the town. At morago 49 points…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, April 3

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 2

WOOL—We have received the following cable message from our London office, dated Tuesday, the 2nd instant:—“ The second series of colonial wool sales opened this evening in the presence of a large number of buyers. The…

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Corowa Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 3

A MEETING of the committee of this Society was held at the Royal Hotel, Corowa, on the afternoon of Tuesday last, 9th inst. Present -- Messrs: C. Johnson (in the…

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The Wool Sales

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 1

London, Friday.—The wool sales show a rise in the price of good greasy and crossbreds…

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The Wheat Market. London, April 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 19

The cargo of 4,800 quarters of wheat by the sphip Spirit of Dawn, from Port Pirie, South Australia, October 30, has been sold for 37.31…

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Rural Notes. the Victorian Wool and Grain Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 11

We have received from the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. their Annual Review of the Victorian Wool and Grain Market. This is a well-got-up…

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