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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

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Farmer. Must Have Good Butter

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 June 1890 · page 2

The public is becoming more and more exacting as to the quality of butter. The consumer's palate has been educated to demand something better than that which…

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Hay Pastoral Association

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 18 June 1890 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee was held at Messrs. Wilkinson, Lavender and Chapman's office on Saturday. There were present, Mr. A. P. Stewart, in the chair,…

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A Shall Irrigated Farm

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 18 June 1890 · page 1

IF I were to select the most interesting place I visited during my ramble on the border I should certainly name the small irrigation farm belonging to Mr…

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Winter Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 12

We copy the following from the Mildura Cultivator :—“Careful, experienced housewives, who make the finest of butter during the warm season, signally fail to produce a…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 2

THE wet weather still continues, and the land is soaking with water. Ploughing and subsequent farming operations have had to be suspended, pending a change to…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Brown. (Pastoral Times June 14.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 27

We regret to announce the death of Mr. Thomas Brown, of Tuppal. The deceased gentleman had been exceedingly ill for more than a year, and from the beginning it was…

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Mr. Sugden's Wool Scouring Works, Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 3

A TRIAL of new machinery recently erected at these works was made on Monday week, in the presence of a number of persons from the town and…

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The Lord Mayor on Sydney Butter. London, June 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 18

Sir Henry Isaacs, the Lord Major of London, has reported very favourably of the frozen butter by the R.M.S. Liguria, from Sydney, which was presented to him by Mr…

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Farmer. Make an Asparagus Bed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 2

Asparagus in as easily raised as anything that grows in the garden, and yet it is comparatively rare to find it on a farmer's table. The reason may be that so much nonsense…

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Dairy Dots

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 2

FRESH winter made butter is what the market is demanding more and more. MAKE the herd better every year. It can be done. We have not reached perfection…

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Farmer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 2

The Chemistry of Cattle Foods was discussed by Prof. E. F. Ladd, Chemist. He said: "The terms nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash were hardly known to farmers…

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The Farm, Station, and Garden. Planting the Vine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 12

In the selection of land for a vineyard good natural conditions should be secured if possible. The vine will grow and thrive over a vast extent of the territory of…

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The Local Sheep Market

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 June 1890 · page 2

The sale of such a large number of sheep as that held by Messrs Mackenzie Bros on Thursday last, and the circumstances surrounding it, go to show that with a little concerted action amongst sheep…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, June 20, [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 June 1890 · page 2

The week has been cold, cloudy and disagreeable. Only a little rain fell but the eon has been hardly [?] this last two or three days, dense mists and fogs prevailing. The roads are in a [?] state and the coaches are several…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 June 1890 · page 2

WOOL—There is nothing fresh to chronicle since our last report in the local market. We have received a cable from our London office, of date 18th June, as follows :-Estimated total available for third series, including old stock,…

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Farmer

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 June 1890 · page 1

The Chemistry of Cattle Foods was discussed by Prof. E. F. Ladd, Chemist. He said: "The terms nitrogen, phospheric acid and potash were hardly known to farmers…

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Mixed Farming v. Wheat Growing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 June 1890 · page 11

Mixed farming, by which we mean agriculture combined with stock keeping, is gradually being adopted, although the chance is taking place at' a much slower…

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Cheesy Taste in Butter

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 June 1890 · page 2

The cheesy taste in butter is due to the imperfect, of cleansing of the butter-milk. This cannot be done completely by the common method of churning, in which the butter…

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The Upper Murray Agricultural and Pastoral Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 June 1890 · page 19

The committee of the above society m[?]t at the Athenaeum, Corryong, on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of electing a secretary and treasurer, also to fix a day upon which to…

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The Wool Sales. London, June 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 June 1890 · page 18

The Economist predicts that on the opening of the London wool sales on Tuesday next a further fall in prices will be manifest. It considers that the market is not prepared to…

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