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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

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

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1891 · page 11

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—The time must not be allowed to pass without cutting a sufficiency of herbs for winter use; they should not be left in the sun after being…

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[?] Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin Friday Evening January 20. 1891

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 2

DURING the week the weather has been fine, Monday last [?] a little cloudy [?] few drops of rain fell but [?] [?] to [?] a pock[?]. Since then it has been cool, but to-day it is [?] if there was going to be a few…

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Open Column (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 2

SIR,— Having had many Inquiries is to what amount my tender was for the [?] of additions to the School of Arts, xaused [?] the sec[?] of the Committee and [?] local reporters, and as such [?] have been so…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 2

WOOL,—Local Sales local wool sales were suspended on Friday last, and will be resumed on Monday next, [?] February, when we shall most the buyers with a catalogue of about 1000 bales. London Wool Sales—We have…

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Rust-proof Wheat

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 4 February 1891 · page 2

SOME few days ago we gave publicity to a statement made by Mr. Richard Marshall of Hope Farm, near Wasleys, that he had discovered a…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 2

THERE has been no rain during the week, and the weather although warm has been tempered with been breezes. The nights have been, in general, cool. Harvesting…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 19

A meeting of the committee of this society was held on Wednesday. Mr. J. H. Turner occupied the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Day, C. Dight, W. Cha[?]…

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Butter. London, January 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 18

The butter market is declining. Danish butter has fallen 10s., and Australian and New Zealand 6s. per cwt…

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Wodonga Store Cattle Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 4

Messrs. EDWARD TRENCHARD and Co. report having sold at their Wodonga store cattle saleyards on Friday, 30th ult, 1581 bullocks for Messrs. Amos Bros, and Broad, Macartbur River,…

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Corowa Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 25

A special meeting of members of the above society was held on Wednesday afternoon, January 28th, at the Globe Hotel. Present— Rev. W. C. H[?]e (chairman), Messrs…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 1

THE AUSTRALASIAN MORTGAGE AND AGENCY Co. wire under yesterday's date:—We offered 860 bales of wool to day, and sold 850, Competition is very active, and prices for greasy…

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The Wool Sales. London, January 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 18

At the wool sales crossbreds are a halfpenny and good combing merinos slightly dearer compared with the prices given at the December sales. Medium and inferior…

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Commercial Intelligence. Wheat and Flour. London, January 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 18

Business in South Australian, wheat, ex warehouse, is quiet at [?] per 496lb. Victorian wheat, ex warehouse, is quoted at 38s. 6d. Business in New Zealand long-berried…

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Dairy Dots

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 2

Use a littles mutton tallow or vaseline when there are signs of the cow's [?] cracking. The prayer of every dairyman should be,…

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

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 11

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—The soil is becoming dry, and water has to be used where available. Where that is the case, [?]owing the various crops to come in during…

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Wool & Stock Reports

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 2

DALGETY AND COMPANY LIMITED, report under date, 2nd, February:—Wool.— At our wool sale to-day we submitted a furly representative catalogue of 1100…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 3

SIR.—In this morning’s paper I noticed a letter from Mr Perrin, complaining of the secrecy of the Committee and both local reporters re tenders for School of Arts…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne. February 4

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 2

WOOL—We held our twelfth wool sale of the present season on Monday, the 2nd instant, when we brought forward a catalogue of 1121 bales is the presence of a full musler of buyers. The improvement reported by cable from London,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. From [?] Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., LIMITED. Melbourne. February 4

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 2

At our sale to-day we submitted a catalogue comprising 5243 bales. There was a large attendance and an animated sale resulted. Biddings being keen and general prices for all descriptions were distinctly firmer…

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A Dairy Prize

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 February 1891 · page 4

Considerable interest is felt amongst those connected with the dairying industry in the approaching competition for the prize of £300 offered by the…

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