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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

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Wheat and Flour. London, January 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 19

Business in Australian wheat is very restricted, and 39[?]. per 496lb. ex warehouse is almost a nominal quotation. New Zealand wheat is quiet at 38[?]. same delivery…

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The London Wool Sales. London, January 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 18

The wool sales were continued this afternoon, when 12,000 bales were offered. There was an active demand, and the competition was [?]pirited…

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Farmer. Management of Cream. Henry Stewart

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 2

The management of the cream is the most particular of all the special points in butter-making, both as regards the quantity and the quality of the butter. Sweet cream…

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The Farm, Station, and Garden. Fruit Blights and Their Remedy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 12

From a work published by the New Zealand Government we extract the following:— THE CHIEF DISEASES OF FRUIT TREES, ALSO THE MOST PREVALENT FUNGOID AND…

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Wool & Stock Reports

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

STOCK PASSIONS—Following [?] have passed since our [?] sheep from [?] Narandera. W. Goldie in change [?] sheep from Woulcults…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin Friday Evening February 7, 1890

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

[?] heat has again prevailed during the week and there does not seem to be the last indications of a near change. All the Southern portions of( Australia [?] to be suffering from the great heat wave but in no place does the…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company limited). Melbourne, February

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

WOOL—Local Sales—We held our twelfth wool sale of the season on Friday afternoon, Slat January in the presence of a full master of buyers. Competition was very brisk, especially for wools of good quality and condition and…

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Hay Pastoral Association

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 February 1890 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Hay Pastoral Association was held at the office of Messrs Wilkinson, Lavender and Chapman, on Saturday last. There were present—Messrs…

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A Sheep Dispute

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 February 1890 · page 3

At the Small Debts Court this morning, before Messrs John Andrew and Allen Lademan, J's.P., William Davis sued Henry Hill for £3 8s, compensation. Mr Kennett…

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Hat Pastoral Association

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 12 February 1890 · page 2

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

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The Dairy. Creameries, and Causes Contributing to Their Success or Failure

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 12 February 1890 · page 2

The success of a creamery, like most commercial concerns, depends greatly on its situation. It a creamery is intended for the manufacture of butter alone, and its…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 2

AFTER nearly three months of continued heat and drought a welcome change came last Tuesday night. The wind had been from the east, with but little variation,…

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Bust in Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 12

Wheat rust is due to the attacks of several species of minute fungi, and is developed in its elementary stages upon weeds. Rust belongs to a division which…

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A New Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 12

Mr. W. H. Allen, of Katunga, has grown some wheat on his farm this year, the name of which he does not know, but which he thinks is a rust-proof variety…

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Wheat and Flour. London, February 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 18

The English wheat market is firmer. The Continental markets are steady. The American market is changing a little for the worse. For forward shipments of Australian wheat to…

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Will the Low Price of Wheat Continue ?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 12

A correspondent to the Echuca and Moama Advertiser, writing on the above subject, says:—“It is evident the wheat crop is not so good in the Australian…

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Monetary and Commercial Intelligence. the Wool Sales. London, February 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 18

At the wool sales to-day merinoes generally were from 5 to 7½ per cent, below the December rates, the decline being greatest in short and faulty wools. Lambs and crossbreds’…

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Farmer. Disease in Farm Animals

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 2

We should endeavor to prevent the appearance of disease rather than to once it after it has come. Sanitation, not medication, is that will reduce disease among farm animals…

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Farm and Garden. Gapes in Chickens

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 2

The only visible symptom of gapes is a continued gaping, accompanied by a wheezing sound, which increases in frequency and violence until the dis[?]en begins to yield to…

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Salt for Dairy Stock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 12

We have never had any doubt of the importance of free access to salt by dairy stock. But we now and then meet with people who think salt an injury to both animals…

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