The Chain Letter Scheme. What Does It Mean? (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)
Sir,—A member of my household has received a letter, of which the followings is a copy(omitting names):— No. 14 — March 9, 1896…
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Melbourne Wool Markets. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, March 25
WOOL—Our London office advise us by cable that the oneuing dates of the next three aeries of wool sales have been fixed as under:— “The 3rd series is to open on 28th April, and the limit of the quantity to be admitted is to be 325,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Soaking Seeds
Experiments in soaking seeds in a weak solution of nitrate of soda previous to sowing favor the operation of fertilisation, the results being an earlier germination and a more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Garden
One of the best means of destroying snails and slugs in the garden is to dust the plante with lie. Salt strewn along the edges of beds will also keep them from the plants…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stock and Pastoral News Wool and Stock Reports. Riverine Grazier Office
THERE are no stock movements to report since our last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural Notes. for Practical Men. Queries upon practical farming or kindred subjects forwarded to the Editor of this journal will in due course be dealt with by Mr. Hennessy in this column
IT occurred to me, after my first notes were written, that someone would certainly want to know the difference between soil mechanically and soil…
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I TAKE my pen with pleasure to commence a new series of practical papers on matters pertaining to agrarian pursuits…
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One of the best means of destroying snails and slugs in the garden is to dust the plants with lime. Salt strewn along the edges of beds will also keep them from the plants…
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THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—We would recommend the patting ia of plenty of parsley seed to as to have abundance is spring. Care should be taken not to leave the first sowing…
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The usual monthly meeting of the Cudgewa Dairying Company Limited was held last wink. During the previous four weeks 211,5751b. of milk was received at…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Stock Report Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, April 3, 1896
DURING the past week the weather has been fine, with cool and bracing nights, and a genial temperature during the day. The weather is all too fine, and rain is badly wanted. Business generally is dull, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Markets. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne. April 1
WOOL—There is noting to say regarding our market, as the season is practically over. Home advices state that the industry is well employed, and prospects for the third series of sales are, as a consequence, considered good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Live Cattle Trade. Disastrous Results on the Augers. the “Horrors” of the Passage
LONDON, February 21.—I alluded last week. (says the correspondent of the Sydney Telegraph) to the disastrous results of the shipments of live cattle by the Angers, which left Gladstone,…
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Onion bulbs remaining from last year’s crop, ought to be looked over. All that are sprouting treat in one of two ways. If the sprouts are long and the bulbs attenuated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden Soaking Seeds
Experiments in soaking seeds in a weak solution of nitrate of soda previous to sowing favor the operation of fertilisation the results being an earlier germination and a more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Celery earthing should be attended to, and the propagation of horse radish by cutting the root into inch or 83 pieces and planting in rows about 18in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society of Deniliquin
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Council of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society of Deniliquin was held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday last. The President, Mr W. R. Raleigh, occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, April 10, 1898
THE weather has been seasonably cool during the week but at times it was alone and sultry. Bain fell in light showers on Wednesday and Thursday, the total being 18 points. To-day it is cool, but there are some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Gardhn the Orchard Must Be Fed
Roberts hag done a distinct service. He has analysed the leaves and fruit of an apple tree 13 years old. Set 35 it apart each way, or,35 trees per acre, he assumes they will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden Bulbs
Onion bulbs remaining from last year's crop, ought to be looked over. All that are sprouting treat in one of two ways. If the sprouts are long and the bulbs attenuated…
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