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Farming & the land, 1893

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Clover Seed From First Crop

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 6

Something now 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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The Butter Season

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 29

Dealing with the Australian butter season, Messrs. John M’Nairn and Co., merchant commission agents of Glasgow, write under date September 21, as follows :—“The season will,…

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Wodonga Store Cattle Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 4

Messrs. EDWARD TRENCHARD and Co. report having held a sale bf store cattle last Friday at their yards, Wodonga, when they yarded [?] bullocks from Messrs Weinholt and Co.’s…

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The Wool Trade

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 39

A correspondent in Melbourne writes as follows:—While it is a matter of regret that the opening of the wool season, 1893 94, has been considerably interfered with, in consequence of…

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The Wool Trade Dispute

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 2

THE recent ruptures in Australian finances have been productive of such a wide variety of results that it has become almost impossible to divine…

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Gleaned for Farmers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 7

No-matter how good the pasture is, a little dry hay is good for the cattle. It is hardly worth while to raise a calf that does not eat well, no matter if its…

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The Farmers’ Movement

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 27

We have been requested by Mr. Ryan, secretary of the New South Wales Farmers’ and Land Settlers’ Association, to publish the following extracts from a letter from Mr. Thos. Browne,…

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Holsteins As Dairy Stock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 13

Mr. Grierson, of Bodalla, has a very high opinion of the Holsteins as dairy stock. In a recent communication to the South Australian Bureau of Agriculture, he says:“We find…

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Does Farming Pay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 13

Thus a writer in New York Tribune: —Almost most every corner group can furnish its quota of would be farmers who will till you “farming does not pay.” I [?] most of them…

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The Farm and Garden, Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 13

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—One of the beat cabbages for private use is Ellam’s Dwarf Early Spring, which is a capital sort to sow in autumn for winter use, being of dwarf compact habit…

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The Wool Season

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 1

Respecting the wool season in Melbourne a correspondent writes as follows :—Whilst it is a matter for regret that the opening of the Wool Season, 1893-4, has been considerally interfered with, in…

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Feeding Wheat to Stock

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 2

Wheat if fed properly is a healthful feed for stock, and if you can buy it so cheaply as corn, it will form a profitable and more nitrogenous ration for young animals. It is…

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Annual Flower Show. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 1

SIR,—Permit me to correct a portion of your report of the above. The collections of roses and wild flowers, and the general collections of flowers were judged by Mr A. Rantoul, and not by the ladies…

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The Shearing Agreement. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 1

SIR,—In dismissing a case recently brought against shearers at Forbes the. P.M. is reported to have made a statement to the effect that the case was one that should never have come into court,…

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Hospital Flower Service. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 1

SIR,—As the United Flower Service to be held on behalf of the Hospital in the Town Hall en Sunday, Nov. 5th, is the first of its kind, permit me to afford a little information. The hour fixed for opening is…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening. November 3, 1893

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 2

The [?] has been very warm during the week but to-day the sky is overcast and there are indications of rain. The outlook is not a promising one. The grass needs are shedding unusually early and the grass is…

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Open Column. Baratta Shearers and Deniliquin Hospital. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 1

SIR,—My attention has been called to a paragraph in your issue of the 21st inst., wherein the following statement is made re Baratta shearers:—“ Had the hospital people at Deniliquin displayed the same…

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Melbourne Wool Markets (Dalgety and Company Limited). MELBOURNE, November 1

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 2

WOOL—After a [?] of the local sales for a few days operation will he [?] again. this day a mutually [?] arrangement Devine been arrived at between buyers and [?] as to mode of payment for wool…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. From Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited. Wednesday, November 1

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 2

The wool sales were [?] by us to-day. when we offered a catalogue of 9600 bales, of which 8200 bales were told. The market nil very firm, and competition keen; prices tend in sellers favour. The leading sales…

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Dalgety's Weekly Wool Sale. MELBOURNE, Nov. 6th

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 2

At our woolsale today we offered an excellent selection of wool comprising 520 bales, and including several important clips from Riverina and Northern Victoria…

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