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Farming & the land, 1893

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 4

THE AUSTRALIAN MORTGAGE LAND AND FINANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, Melbourne, report, 21st September:—We have received the following telegram from Messrs…

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Farm and Garden. Boarding the Strawberry Bed

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 18 October 1893 · page 6

Mulching or covering strawberry beds with boards, and boring large holes in which to insert the plants, might prove a good system, but at the same time, a rather…

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The Farmers of the Chinese Empire

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 18 October 1893 · page 5

The former of America has his ideas about farming, and so has the farmer of the Orient. The difference in culture is great, and so is the difference in yield, the balance…

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The Grading of Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 29

It is still hoped by the Department of Mines and Agriculture that something may shortly be done with the view of bringing about the grading of butter exported from the colony…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Wednesday, October 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 37

Messrs. GOLDSBROUGH, MORT, and Co. LIMITED report :— We held the opening sale of the season to-day, when we catalogued 3000 bales and sold 2700 bales There was a very…

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Opening Wool Sales. (By [?] ) THURSDAY, Oct. 18th

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 3

The New-Zealand Land Association Limited, acting on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy. Limited, held their opening wool sale this afternoon when they submitted a catalogue…

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Dispute in the Wool Trade. Continued Deadlock in Sydney

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 2

The proposal made by the Wool Selling Brokers’ Association in regard is the wool difficulty has been declined by the Wool Buyers’ Association, and…

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The National Wool Company (To the Editor Berrigan Advocate.)

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 2

Dear Sir,—We are informed by our Agents and friends that some representatives the Members of the Wool Brokers’ Association of Melbourne are persistently making…

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Farm Garden Plows and Plowing. Helpful Hints For Formers and Market Gardeners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 4

Good plows are on sale at every hard ware store-in fact, there are more good plows than good plowers, for simple as the operation appears to be, but few…

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The Farmer's Hotbed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 4

Where the farmer or gardener is too far removed from business centers to buy plants cheaply of the seedsmen, a hotbed will be found convenient for…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 12

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Sugar maize may now be sown with a good assurance of success Brussels sprouts, Savoy, red cabbage, and other winter greens may be sown if wanted early…

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The Melting Point of Butter

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 2

For years Danish batter has commanded a higher price in the English market than butter from Friesland, the leading dairy province of Holland, because it does not…

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Berrigan Jerilderie Railway. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 4

Sir,—In regard to the question asked by Mr Edden, for Mr J. M. Chanter, in the Assembly on Wednesday, 27th Ultimo, in reference to the above matter, I crave permission in your columns…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, October 20, 1893

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 2

[?] has prevailed during the week and on [?] for several hours. [?] several times but only a few [?] The river at…

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Melbourne Wool Markets (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, October 18

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 2

WOOL—[?] to the [?] the opening sale of the Victorian [?] did not take place on 11th instant. [?] between [?] and [?] for purchases and as…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. From Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited. Wednesday, October 18

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 3

We held the opening sale of the [?] to-day, when we catalogue 3000 bales and sold 2700 bales. There was a very large attendance of buyers, and competition was spirited. Values were fully equal to last season’s…

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Tidy Up the Farm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 2

In travelling through the country, when a tidy-looking farm is passed, with fences in good order, buildings looking neat and trim, trees trimmed and clean, we know the…

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Clover Seed From First Crop

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 2

Something new in agriculture has presented itself in the form of a crop of clover seed from a field sown the same year. It was a complete surprise, and if it proves…

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Farm and Garden

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 2

Farm stock is often kept too long for profit. Sheep decline very rapidly after six years old, and are [?] sold at five. Cows may retain their usefulness until twelve…

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