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Farming & the land, 1890

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New Zealand Butter. London, November 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 November 1890 · page 19

The New Zealand butter by the s.s. Tougariro has been sold at an average of from 30s. to 40s. per cwt. Much of it was old, and was pronounced to be rubbish. A quantity of it…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Monday, November 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 November 1890 · page 4

Messrs. HARRISON, JONES, and DEVLIN, LIMITED, report:—For our weekly sales to-day we brought forward a catalogue of 1692 bales, nearly all of which were in the grease. A…

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

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 November 1890 · page 11

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—The weather retains its alternating character, the fluctuations having been very great during the past fortnight. On the 6th the…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 2

[?] weather has been fine during the week. During the [?] was [?] warm but during the last couple [?] has been a little cool. On the first three days of [?] grew to its [?]…

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The Grasshopper Plague. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 2

SIR,—Human ingenuity should be able to co[?] with the grasshopper as with all other plagues. Four years ago I suggested in the Deniliquin papers the poisoning of them with lead or [?]…

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Open Column. the Shearers Strike at [?] STATION. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of the 15th November [?] paragraph calling attention to the late [?] shearers at Coree Station. Now, sir, being [?] ists staunch and true, we wish to [?]…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, November 10

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 2

Wool,—We held our fourth wool sale of the present season on Monday last, the 17th Inst, when we met the buyers with a catalogue consisting of 4465 bales, comprising wools from Queensland, New South Wales, South…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. From Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited. Melbourne, November 19

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 2

At our usual weekly sale held to-cry we catalogued 4200 sales. Good competitive prevailed for all better [?] medium and inferior descriptions were rather flat, and [?] easier. 3700 [?] were sold at…

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Wodonga Store Cattle Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 4

Messrs. EDWARD TRENCHARD and Co. report having sold at Wodonga, on Friday last, 21st inst., 1074 Thylemgra bullocks, averaging £3 11s d ; 870 Reedy Springs bullocks for Mr…

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How to Make Good Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 12

The following instructions for making good butter have been prepared by Mr. W. Smith, of the Carse of Gowrie Creamery Company, Dundee, especially for farmers…

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Commercial Intelligence. Wheat. London, November 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 18

The English wheat market is showing a general decline. The Continental markets are steady. The American market is gradually recovering, and a further rise is expected. The…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Friday, November 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 4

THE UNION MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY held their usual wool sale to-day and offered 1600 bales, the bulk of which was sold. Competition was keen, but prices showed no…

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Messrs. Chenery Bros.’ Reports. Special Sale of Store Sheep at Gerogery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 4

Messrs. CHENERY BROS. report having held a special sale of store sheep at Gerogery station on Thursday, 20th November, when they yarded 7000 merino ewes and 30 rams, all station bred…

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Opening of the London Wool Sales. London, November 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 37

The fifth and last series of colonial wool sales for the present year opened this evening, when Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co. and Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. offered catalogues…

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Correspondence. How to Amalgamate the Farmers.to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 26

SIR,—You were kind enough to publish my last correspondence on the subject of farmers’ unions. I now venture to express my opinion on the probable success of the movement…

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Jindera Farmers’ Union

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 24

A meeting of the above union was held at C. Klose’s hotel on the 14th November, which was well attended by farmers. Mr. Gottfried Scholz occupied the chair…

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Facts for Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 12

To feed animals well may be expensive; to feed them badly is much more so. If you have horses that must stand in the stable many hours keep them on dirt…

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

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 11

The Kitchen Garden.—The abundance of rain which fell last week, and which has been followed by a rise of temperature, is causing a rapid growth of vegetables of all…

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Systematic Farming Required

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 11

Some valuable suggestions are made in the subjoined article by the agricultural reporter of the Melbourne Leader:— Very few who have given the subject a…

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[?] Report Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, November [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 2

TWENTY-[?] points of rain fell during the week but it was not [?] to do [?] good. It [?] however, kept the atmosphere cool, and in this respect the [?] has been a most [?] Although we are now well towards…

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