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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

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Household Hints. Wheat Puffs

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 1

Roll a she[?]t of good past into circular shapes by pressing a saucer upon it and passing a sharp knife around the saucer; lay upon the half of each-circle of paste a table…

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The Wool Market. London, March 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 19

Since the close of the last series of wool sales, the London wool market has been quiet The fresh arrivals of wool to date have been 200,000 bales. The number of bales sent…

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Commercial Intelligence. Wheat and Four. London, March 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 19

Business in South Australian wheat ex-warehouse is restricted at 43s. per 4961b.; business in Victorian is quiet at 42s.; business in New Zealand long-berried is active at 42s…

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

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 11

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—The long continuance of dry weather is producing serious results in gardens as well as else-where; vegetables are, of course, very…

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Manure in Autumn. Some Special Advantages in Spreading Farmyard Fertilisers in the Fall

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 12

The application of manure in autumn, when it can be properly done, has some special advantages over spring manuring. 1. The ground is not so much like mortar ;…

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Best Horses for the Farmer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 12

The best farm horse for the average farmer is the one that will do the most work in the shortest time, and bring the highest price when put upon the market…

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Australian Farming

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 12

Professor Lowrie, of Roseworthy, is a strong advocate for variety in farming. Speaking at the opening of the college, the other day, he stated that there were…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, March 27, 1891

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 2

FINE weather has ruled during the past week and the temperature has been unusually high for this time of the year. The absence of rain is causing a little anxiety. The feed is in a [?] and the [?] are very low. Business…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne. March [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 2

WOOL—No auction sales have been held since our last report. A good private inquiry exists, and we have disposed of a few small lots at prices equivalent to those ruling at our auction sale on Tuesday, the 17th inst…

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Farm and Garden. A Wild Garden

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 March 1891 · page 2

An inquirer who has recently purchased a new place which he intends to occupy, has two acres of wild, rough land, now densely severed with trees and undergrowth, which…

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Household Hints Wheat Puffs

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 1

Roll a sheet of good pasta into circular shapes by pressing a saucer upon it and passing a sharp knife around the saucer lay upon the half of each circle of paste a table…

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Sowing Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 12

The following facts are furnished by the experimental departments of the large wheat-growing districts of the United States :—Five pecks of good seed wheat…

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Selling Wheat As Flour

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 13

It is the practice in some parts for farmers to have their wheat made into flour, and have it sold thus, they retaining its [?] and coarser portions for stock feed…

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Commercial Intelligence. Wheat. London, March 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 18

The market for Australasian wheat ex-warehouse is firm. South Australian wheat is quoted at 43d. per 496lb., Victorian at 42d., New Zealand long-berried at 41s. 9d. ,…

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What Constitutes Good Farming?

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 2

An answer to the above question suggests thought in many directions. A proper attention to every matter concerns the farm whether it be attention to stock, care of…

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A Jindera Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 25

The following is extracted from the report of the judges appointed to examine the farms competing for the National prizes :—“ After leaving Bon Accord we proceeded to Jindera…

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A Thoughtful Farmer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 12

Here are some of the reasons that influence me in my vocation, said an old farmer. Born and reared on a farm, the most pleasurable memories of boyhood and…

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

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 12

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—AS there is every likelihood of rains falling within a short time, turnip, carrot, parsnip, beet, and other root seeds may be sown, as if…

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[?] Pastoral Times [?] Deniliquin, Friday Evening, April 3, 1891

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 2

THE unseasonably hot [?] which prevailed last week [?] in a change to rain on Saturday, and with [?] the welcome rain continued [?] Monday afternoon, the total registration being 116 [?] It was a…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, April 1

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 2

WOOL—In the absence of [?] sales, and in consequence of the [?] holidays, we have no business to report. A good private inquiry at the rates established at the last [?] The next series of London sales are to [?]…

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