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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

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Wool Sales. London, September 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 24

Greasy is firm; medium and interior are 7½ to 10 per cent, below prices ruling at close of July Sales, Purchases for the home trade are extensive…

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Walla Farmers’ Union

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 27

The annual meeting of the Walla branch of the Hume Farmers’ Union took place at the Walla assembly hall on the 12th inst. There was a very large attendance of members; the…

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Sheep at the Wagga Show

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 4

For the Second Sheep Test Prize of £85 the following are the fleece weights :—J. E. IB. oz. Warby, Bellenhab Naranders 35 12…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 2

Thirty six points of rain fell on Monday last. The showers were fairly general over a large portion of Riverina the [?] of [?] being about [?] where 110 point fell. [?] with 98 being next,…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 2

WOOL—There is nothing doing in our market, all being quiet pending the opening of the sales, which will be inaugurated in Adelaide on 24th instant and in Sydney on 28th. opening date of our Melbourne sales is not yet…

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Pastoral

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 2

Since our last issue the weather baa been mild with occasional showers, which bare freshened up the feed considerably. The rainfall reports are as…

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Experiments with Seed Wheat

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 2

THE Victorian minister for agriculture has received a report from Mr. D. Mc Alpine, the vegetable pathologist, giving the results of some experiments…

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What Good Butter Is

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 13

The first thing for a butter maker to learn is what good butter is, and what constitutes a first class article in all its points of excellence, flavor, grain, texture, aroma,…

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Sheep at the Wagga Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 19

For the second sheep test prize of £86 the following are the fleece weights:— lb. [?] J.E. Warby, Bellenbah, Narandera ... 35 12…

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The Ovens and Murray Agricultural and Pastoral Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 25

The thirty-second annal show of the Ovens and Murry Agricultural and Pastoral Society was opened in the Wangaratta show grounds on Thursday last. The weather was…

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The London Wool Sales. London, September 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 18

Prices for faulty wools at the series of sales now proceeding are irregular. Other sorts remain steady at previous rates. POTTIE’S SHEEP REMEDIES—Mr. Ford,…

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Commercial Intelligence. Wheat and Flour. London, September 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 18

For Australian cargoes on passage sellers ask 431. per 480lb., c.f.i., buyers ofler 42s. 6d. New Zealand cargoes on passage, sellers 42s. 6d., buyers 42?.; off coast, sellers 40s. 61.,…

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The Cermanton Agricultural and Pastoral Society. Tenth Annual Show. Germanton, Wednesday night

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 24

The tenth annual show of the Germanton Pastoral and Agricultural Society was opened this morning and promises to be a very successful exhibition. Though the sky had…

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The Floods in Spain. the Devastation at Consuegra, Burying the Dead. in Trenches. Destruction of Cattle. London, September 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 18

It is estimated that the damage done to the town of Consuegra alone by the recent disastrous floods in Southern Spain amounts to £400,000…

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Humorous. A Farmer's Review of Religion

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 2

This argulyin' useless pints As where Cain got his wife, Was Jonah swallowed by the whale? Is death the end of life?…

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The Farm, Station, and Garden. Forthcoming Agricultural Shows

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 12

Tungamah Agricultural Society, October 1st. Benalla Agricultural Society, October 8th and 9th…

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Open Column. Hospital Ball. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 3

[?]—Will you kindly grant me space to return [?] sincere thanks to the many kind friends, who, [?] contributions and assistance, caused the [?] ball to be such a success in every…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Offices. Deniliquin Friday Evening, September 25, 1891

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 2

ANOTHER forty point, of rain fell during the week, and since then the weather has been beautifully fine. The days are generously warm, and the mornings are [?] and frosty The pasture are in a grand stale, and the plains are covered…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, September 28

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 2

WOOL—There is nothing new to report about our local market no transactions taking place. The new clip Is coming to hand more freely now, and our warehouses already wear a busy aspect. We shall offer during the season…

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Pastoral

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 2

The weather is now becoming warmer and summer is approaching fast, so that we mast now look forward to get some of the hot days very shortly. The wool clip this season…

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