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Farming & the land, 1895

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, August 9, 1895

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

LIGHT showers fell since last report, but less than a quarter of an inch was registered and this is wholly insufficient for local requirements. The earth is parched and baked with the almost continuous frosts, but the sky…

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Melbourne Wool Markets (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne. Auguts 7

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

WOOL—The new season’s clip is now beginning to come forward, and we have received into our Newmarket stores the first consignment of 106 bales of the Gundabooks clip, from the Bourke district. Shearing is about starting in Riverine,…

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Farm and Garden Curing Bacon

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 1

I have never, lost pound, and have kept it the year round frequently. For 100 pounds meat of any kind, beef, pork, hams, bacon and shoulders, take 6 lbs of purest salt, 4 lbs…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 4

THE AUSTRALIAN MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED, Melbourne, report, 7th August:—Wool.—We have received advice of the dispatch of the first of the new…

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The Farmers' and Selectors' Conference. The Annual Gathering at Cootamundra. Grain Duties and the Land Tax

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 4

The annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was resumed on Wednesday morning. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS…

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Farm and Garden Keep Ahead of the Weeds

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 5

There is only one economical way to fight weeds,—that is to keep ahead of them. When they are just breaking through the ground. they can be [?] with less…

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The Farmers Conference

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 3

The third annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales was opened at Cootamundra on Monday week last. The chair was…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 2

THE prospects of an advance in the price of wheat are rather promising. The United Kingdom will have to import 24,000,000 quarters for the harvest year 1895-96…

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The Sheep for Breeding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 14

There are many points which indicate quality of wool and perfection of form in sheep, which are general to all the breeds. Thus taking wool first, the animals with the…

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Sheep Killing by Travellers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 29

The Jerilderie Herald says:—One of out smaller graziers [?] us that a week or two ago a party of four “[?]ggies” camped in his holding for the night. He saw them at the…

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Australian Butter. Its Manufacture and Importation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 15

A store having been opened in Henwood's Arcade for the sale of Australian butter at a uniform price of 2s. 6d. a lb., a representative of the Standard and Diggers' News…

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The Coming Wool Clip

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 29

The Railways Commissioners do not anticipate that the total quantity of wool carried this year will be in excess of that of last year the character of the wool being lighter, while…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.— The present month is one of the busiest of the year, especially where the soil has not been prepared for crops: If not already done, the propagating…

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Albury Farmers' Weekly Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 4

THIS RIVERINA WOOL. HIDE, AND PRODUCE Co. LIMITED report:—We held our regular weekly sale of farm produce, &c, on Saturday last. The catalogue was cleared to a fair…

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The Wagga Experimental Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 29

Tree-planting is now in foil swing in the orchard department of the Wagga experimental farm, the manager, Mr. Valder, having taken advantage of the recent favorable weather…

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Farmers' Conference. (Cootamundra Herald). Third Annual Conference. Cootamundra, August 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 7

The chair was occupied by the president (Mr. G. F. Plunkett), and the vice-chair by Mr. J. J. Miller (vice-president), with the councillors sitting around the central table,…

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Farm and Garden Keep Ahead of the Weeds

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 1

There is only one economical way to fight weeds,—that is to keep ahead of them When they, are just breaking through the ground they can be [?] with less…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the Council of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was [?] at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday last. [?] H. Lloyd, one of the Vice- Presidents, occupied…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, August 16, 1895

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

THIRTY points of rain [?] Deniliquin since last report but much more is indispensable. The weather was threatening all the week, but to-day the indications are that the much desired change is still far off. A…

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Melbourne Wool Markets. (Dalgety and Company Limited) Melbourne, August 14

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

WOOL—Beyond the first Instalments of the cli[?] previously mentioned from near Bonrke, no [?] woole have been received in this market. A cursory examination of these wools shows them as well grown, of fine soft quality, with…

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