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Farming & the land, 1893

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The London Wool Sales. Prices Firmer. London, April 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 21

At the London wool sales to-day prices wore firmer, and the competition for medium wools was keener. The following prices were obtained :—Belleview, 10½d;…

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Second Crops of Grapes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 1

Since the late Francois Cou[?]siant both wrote and spoke in terms of unqualified condemnation of the practise among vignerons which induced second and third crops of…

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Horse and Dairy Stock. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 37

Messrs. CAMPBELL and SONS, Kirk’s Bazaar, report as follows:— Horses—A full supply of country horses forward for each day’s sae the majority of which as usual. were of very…

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WOOL & Stock Reports Sydney

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 2

Warden Harry Graves telegraphs as follows:—At the Homebush market today there were 540 cattle yarded, market bad, I sold Smith's bullocks from Hay,…

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Stock Report. Pastoral [?] Deniliquin, Friday Evening, April 28,1893

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 2

ON Tuesday last 30 points of rain fell, and on Wednesday there were a few more points [?], but it cleared up during the afternoon and since then it has been beautifully fine. More rain urgently needed as the…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 3

SIR,—There can be no question that the whole country, except, perhaps, a few extreme political partizans, has become heartily disgusted at the manner in which its affairs are being conducted,…

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Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, April 26

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 2

WOOL—Our cables advise us that the tons in the present London sales remains very firm, and that prices for all sorts are well maintained, except for the very host superior merino greasies, which are neglected, and sell consequently…

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Another Farmers' Conference. To be held at Cootamundra

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 4

The following circular has been issued by the president and hon. secretary of the Mundawadder Fanners' Association in this colony to send…

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Farm and Garden. Florat Talks

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 1

For a hedge, or to plant along any old fence which you find it desirable to conceal, you can find no better annual than the [?] pea. It is a robust grower, a profuse bloomer…

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Farm and Garden

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 5

Weigh you stock periodically and weigh also the food consumed in each period. Then you may know if you are feeding profitably. If not, the knowledge will set you at work…

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Euroa Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 19

We are Indebted to Mr. Lance, secretary of the Euroa Butter Factory Company, for a copy of the balance-sheet for the half year ending April 15. As a somewhat full account of this factory at d…

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London Wheat Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 4

THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO LIMITED, Melbourne, are in receipt of cable advice from their London house, under date 2nd inst, as follows :—“ Wheat,—The…

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Rust in Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 12

The Journal d’Agriculture Pratique gives the result of an experiment which has been made by M. Leon Noirot, farmer at Venxhhaubs (Cote-d’O ), for the treatment of rust in wheat,…

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The London Wool Sales. London, May 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 21

At this afternoon’s wool sales the market was unchanged. In greasy wool, Mumbledool, Paika, Haddon Big, and Ellangowan up to 9½d. The third series of colonial…

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Farm and Garden. "Horse Dentition."

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 2

The practical author (Sydney Galvayne, the Australian horse tamer) of a handy little manual under this title, claims to impart his own ability to tell the exact age of a horse…

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Horse and Dairy Stock. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 4

Messrs. Campbell and Song, Kirk’s Bazaar, report as follows : —Horses.—A moderate supply of horses forward for the week. The demand continues good for upstanding hacks and horses…

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Pasture for Dairy Cows

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 12

As dairying becomes more and more a special branch of farming amongst us, attention will or ought to be devoted to special arrangements to be promote the highest success…

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The Farmers’ Conference

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 19

We learn from the secretary of the Mundawaddera Farmers’ Association that already re[?]fes have been received from eight members of Parliament, amongst them the popular…

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North Berry Jerry and Mimosa Farmers’ Union

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 19

A meeting of this union was held at the Springwood Hotel, North Berry Jerry, on Saturday, the 29th April, when the following were present:—Messrs. E. T. Barnes…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Offices. Deniliquin Friday Evening, May 5, 1893

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 2

RAIN set in steadily on Monday night last, and it was thought that there was going to be a complete break up of the [?] drought, but before morning the sky [?] and the[?] registration was only 54 points…

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