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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1894

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Poor Farming

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

We never yet saw a farmer who was ‘down under the harrow,’ who was handling a poor dairy, just getting out at the end of the year by the ‘skin of his teeth,’…

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Farm and Garden. Cough Mixture

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

A simple and effective cough remedy will be found in the following; Slippery [?] bark, Hoorics root, flaxseed, powdered gen[?] glanber salts, of each four [?]…

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Packing Butter in Small Dairies

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 6

C[?]mary butter has an advantage of uniformity over that produced in small private dairies. The dairy churning is large, the cream has been ripened all together…

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Farm and Garden. Shads for Rhododendrons

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 6

Rhododendrons, and other broad leaved evergreen shrubs and tress succeed best when planted in a half shady position. Some of the species may withstand the hot…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 21

A meeting of the committee of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday. Dr. Andrews occupied the chair, the other members present being Messrs. W. G. Bowen,…

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Young Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 28

The work of erecting the Young butter factory is approaching completion, the contract so far being carried out by Mr. W. S. Millard in a thoroughly efficient manner. The building,…

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Decreasing Butter Yield

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 8

I wish to ask you a question in regard to the yield of butter. We are running a co-operative creamery; pay according to Babcock test. All through the winter we made live pounds of…

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Alleged Sheep-stealing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 29

Robert Garner, of Bostock’s Creek, was brought before the Camperdown police court on Saturday on two changes of sheep-stealing. The case roused the utmost interest throughout…

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London Versus Australian Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 37

The National Wool Company of Australia Limited has addressed the following letter to the Australasian:— Sir,—As we are not only responsible for…

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Corowa and Wahgunyah Dairy Company, Ltd Establishment of a Creamery at Howlong

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 4

ON Saturday, Sept 20., Messrs. Hall, Reid, Hamilton, DeMamiel, and Mesdames Humphries and DeMamiel, representing the residents of Howlong and Bungowan…

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The Dairy Good Advice to Dairymen. "Mark Out Your Course Carefully and Stick to It."

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 8

A correspondent of a local paper, speaking of the lower price that butter is bringing, raised the question if it will pay to feed as much grain to our cows…

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Dairy Cheesemaking

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 8

After the milk is properly ripened heat it to 82 degrees in the summer and 84 in the spring and fall during cool weather. After the proper heat is attained add the…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—It is highly advisable to take means tor retaining the [?] in the soil, one being to maintain a looses surfact, for when the surface dries and is…

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Farming at Dubbo

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 29

A long step in the direction of the fullest agricultural development of the district is (says the Dubbo Dispatch) being taken on Mr. J. Mack’s Browley property. There are now at…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening. October 5, 1894

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 2

TWENTY-eight prints of rain fell during the week, and the weather is now hot and mousy. The grass is fading away rapidly under the continued best, and absence of rain. Last month only 60 points fell, as compared with…

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The Prospects for Australian Wool in America

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 2

THE American Agriculturist—a careful, painstaking authority—takes a hopeful view of the prospect of wool being admitted duty free to the United Stales…

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Farm and Garden. Midsummer Dairy Hints. George E Newell

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 1

Keep the stable ventilated and cool. Keep hogs and calves out of the cow pasture. A strong fence is the best remedy for…

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Melbourne Wool Markets (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, October 3rd

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 2

WOOL—The prices [?] at the present series of London sales remain firm and there is no new development. Our cables further report that the first series for next year has been fixed for the 15th January [?] the [?] for the…

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The National Wool Company of Aurtralia Limited. Melbourne, 1st October, 1894

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 2

WOOL.—The sales opened in Adelaide on 25th [?], when about 2,000 bales were offered. These wools were mostly of inferior condition, being heavy and wasty. Prices ruled ½d per lb lower than last year, but good, sound and…

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Sydney Wool Sales. From Dalgety and Co., Limited, Sydney. Wednesday, October 3

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 3

We expect a large number of buyers at our sale on Wednesday, the 10th instant, as the Melbourne sales do not open until the 17th, which will permit of representatives from the southern market going over to Sydney…

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