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Farming & the land, 1890

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Rape Grass for Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 12

It may be news to some of our readers that if rape seed is sown on farm land as soon as crops are taken off, the growth of grass resulting serves two very useful…

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The Wodonga. Wool Scouring Works

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 19

At the invitation of Messrs. Johnston and King, the proprietors of the above worke, I visited the scene of operations yesterday. Their establishment is situated on the banks…

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Commercial Intelligence. Wheat. London, July 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 18

The rain which has fallen continuously for some time past has greatly damaged the crops. Wheat has advanced 61. per quarter. Two cargoes of South Australian wheat…

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The Wool Sales. London, July 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 18

At the wool sales to-day the market was firm, with an upward tendency…

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The Farm, Station, and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 11

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Though the weather continues cold, with occasional frosts at night in the higher parts of the county, it is reasonable, and on spine days,…

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Wool

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 2

Second and last year of the sixth £100 Challenge Prize, for the best scoured fleece of highest value, shorn at the Deniliquin show yards during the show week of 1890, from merino stud rams, grass-fed,…

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The Sheep Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 4

The following sheep sales were effected yesterday on the Show grounds at auction by Messrs Braim, Davidson and Stevenson:— On account Austin and Millear—…

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The Barooga Stud Sheep Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 3

Referring to the Barooga stud sheep sales which were held last week, and of which brief information was given in the last issue of the Pastoral Times, the Sydney Telegraph says:—The Barooga…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society. the Judges

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 2

Merino Sheep.—Messrs John G. Gray, A. W. McPherson, A. A. White, W. B. Sangar, W. Moodie, A. H Cox, W. H Bullivant, J. Robertson Cattle—T Stodart, J W McLaurin, W R Virgoe,…

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Cattle. Section G—[?] First prize, £3, [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 2

Class 28—Bull over three years. [?] F Carm[?]—No award Class 31—Cow over three years. [?] F [?] and champion…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, July 18, 1890

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 2

THE weather during the week has been brilliantly fine and enjoyable. [?] to Monday night last it looked as if more rain was going to fall, but Tuesday broke fine and pleasant, and it has continued so ever since. The change…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, July 16

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 2

WOOL—Owing to tho suspension of cable messages from England, we are without later news of the market, but we think the improved [?] mentioned in our last report is likely to be maintained. Locally there is nothing doing…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Show

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 July 1890 · page 4

The fourteenth annual show of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Thursday. The weather was beautifully fine, but the…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 July 1890 · page 2

The weather during the past week has been very wet. Rain every day, the heaviest fall being between 11 and 2 o'clock on Monday. On that day we were…

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Corowa Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 July 1890 · page 3

A GENERAL MEETING of the above society was held at Leonard's Albion Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. Present--Mr. H. Hay (in the chair)…

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Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 July 1890 · page 26

A meeting of committee was held on Wednesday; Mr. J. Grieve occupied the chair. The other members present were Messrs. C. Dight, E. Kernan, J. Day, C. J. Morton, J…

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Wheat and Flour. London, July 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 July 1890 · page 19

The market for colonial wheat and flour is firm. The following are the quotations, together with the advances as compared with the 31st ult.:—South Australian and Victorian…

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Dalgety and Company Limited, report:-- WOOL

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 July 1890 · page 2

Communication having been restored on the 20th, we are in receipt of cable messages up to the 18th lost., which indicate that prices are on a par now with those ruling…

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Younghusband and Co., Ltd., report: WOOL

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 July 1890 · page 2

As is usual at this time of the year has been done locally, transactions being limited to a few sales of country oddments by private treaty and at unchanged prices…

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Australasian Mortgage and Agency, Co, Melbourne, report:-- WOOL

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 July 1890 · page 2

The cables reporting progress of the June-July series of London sales show a gradual though decided hardening of values, until the late decline has been fully…

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