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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

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Russian Farmers

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 December 1893 · page 1

To change Russia will be the work of generations rather than years, and it is necessary to look into the condition of the people in order to understand the…

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Dalgety's Weekly Wool Sale. MELBOURNE, Dec. 11th

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 3

We offered 3,100 bales at our wool sale to day and report a vary strong market for all greasy wools, especially crossbreds the bidding being as spirited us at any sale this…

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Farmer. The Expensive Horns

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 5

We clip the following from The Western Rural: — Mr. S. C. Bassett sends us an address, recently delivered by him, from which we make the following extracts: Are…

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Farm and Garden

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 5

One of the best tonies for chickens is to keep a few rusty waits in every vessel in which they have water. In hot weather there is nothing that will…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 2

No rain has fallen since our last report and the weather has been very warm and oppressive, and the thermometer has over, reached 100 deg. on several occasions…

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Store Cattle Sales at Wodonga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 4

Messrs. ARTHUR S. KING and Co. report having held a sale of store cattle at Wodonga on Friday lest, the 8th inst., at which they sold 678 bullocks from Mr. Thomas Laidley’s Noranside…

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The Pastoral Leases in the Central Division

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 37

In the Assembly last week Mr. Gormly asked the Secretary for Lands,—(1.) Have a number of officers of the Lands Department been instructed to inspect and report…

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The London Wool Trade

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 37

The National Wool Company of Australia Limited have handed us an extract from their letter from their London brokers, Messrs, Chas. Balme and Co., showing that a movement is on…

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Wool Sales. (By WIRE ) Sydney, Thursday, 14Th

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 3

Dalgety and Coy., Sydney, report: Our catalogue for yesterday afternoon sale was [?]faced [?] ba[?]ck, but owing to one of the firms…

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Bush Fires. Crops and Property Destroyed. Heavy Losses of Farmers. Coolamon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 37

By the bush fires that have been raging about the township, many selectors have lost all their grass, and abort Kindra, Marrar. and Tooyal thousands of acres have been burnt. The fire…

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Walla Farmers' Union

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 3

THE quarterly meeting of this body was held at Wenkelman's Hotel on December 9 (Mr. T. Wenke in the chair). After confirmation of minutes a letter was read from…

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The Home Farmers’ Union

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 26

The quarterly meeting of the Hume Farmers’ Union was held last Saturday. Mr. Morton, the chairman, said in opening the meeting he felt proud that the members had…

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Walla Farmers’ Union

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 26

The quarterly meeting of the above body was held at Winkeiman’s Hotel on 9th December, Mr. John Wenke in the chair. After the confirmation of minutes, a letter was…

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A Bee Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 14

Mr. H. Peterson’s bee farm at Wattle Flat seems to yield a handsome profit to the owner : —“ Wattle Flat is a mountainous mining district, 165 mils west of Sydney, on the road…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—They who got in their seeds of various kinds of late crops in good time, will have reason to rejoice, as they will be up and coining forward rapidly, and…

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Horse and Dairy Stock. Melbourne, December 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 37

Messrs. CAMPBELL AND SONS, Kirk’s Bazaar, report:—Horses —A full supply of country horses forward for the week’s sales. There is very little change to note in values. The…

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Farms and Homes around Berrigan. (By our Special Reporter.)

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 2

The special prizes offered by the Berrigan Agricultural society were visited by the judge the week before last. Mr John We[?], of the Goulburn [?]…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin Friday Evening, December 15 , 1893

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 2

THE week has been one of [?]. On Sunday last the thermometer [?] the highest of the season when it [?] at [?]. Down at [?] it was much [?] there being 115 [?]…

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Melbourne Wool Markets (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, December [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 2

WOOL—At [?] weekly wool sale we [?] on [?] instant [?] bales and sold [?] bales, making with private sales during the past week, a total of 2942 bales. We have to report a very [?] market for all [?] wools,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. From the Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company Limited. Melbourne. Tuesday, December 12

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 3

We offered to-day 2200 bales of wool and sold 2000 [?] was very [?], but [?] are [?] [?] sold to [?] and scoured to 16½d : NO [?] [?] DC [?] was bought at 9½d: [?] and J…

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