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Farming & the land, 1896

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, April 24, 1896

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 2

SPLENDID rain [?]et in on Tuesday evening last, and continued throughout the night, the registration at Deniliquin being 146 points. At Hay a magnificent fall of over three and a quarter inches occurred, and there was…

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Melbourne Wool Markets. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, April 22

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 2

WOOL—The Home and colonial wool markets are quiet, and little is being done, pending the opening of the next London series on 28th instant. The list of arrivals for those sales has now been closed, and our London office cable us…

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Farm and Garden Hardy Flower Garden

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 1

Hardy trees and shrubs should, as far is practicable, be planted before severe frosts arrive. No real success can attend the planting, however good the roots, &c., are,…

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Farm and Garden a New Gooseberry

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 29 April 1896 · page 5

According to the Revne Horticale, the first spineless gooseberry was obtained in France as a chance seedling, by the late M. Billard, in 1850. This plant fruited first in…

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Shorthorn Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 14

The north-eastern countries of England have been said to be " the cradle of the Shorthorns," and their origin is attributable to crosses between the aboriginal cattle of that part of…

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Corowa Sheep Board

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 5

A MEETING of the Board of Sheep Directors for the Corowa district was held at the office of the Inspector of Stock on Friday morning last, when Messrs. A…

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Corowa Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society. Meeting of the Council

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 2

THE members of the council of the Corowa P., A., and H. Society met at the Globe Hotel on Tuesday morning, the following being present:--Messrs. H. T. Whitty, in…

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The Rinderpest in South Africa. All Khama's Cattle Die. London, April 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 26

The rinderpest, which has caused great difficulties in the way of transport to the British forces operating against the Matabele, is spreading through Bechuanaland…

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Agricultural Notes. for Practical Men. Queries upon practical farming or kindred subjects forwarded to the Editor of this journal will in the due course be dealt with by Mr. Hennessy in this column

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT wants to know what I regard as the principal feature of importance for agriculturists at the late Royal Agricultural Society's…

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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

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 3

IT would be easy enough to talk for a day about farm implements, but as dairying is just now so much in evidence it seems best to go back to that…

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Potash for Fruit Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 14

For all kinds of fruits, and more especially stone fruits, potash is absolutely necessary in the soil, If payable crops are to be raised, and…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Land that has been under cabbages or other vegetables requiring manure may now be turned to account for the cultivation of such roots as can be…

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Butter

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 2

A quart of cream is too little to put into a churn, but yon can make butter by putting it into a self-sealing half-gallon fruit can. Screw the lid on, put a folded towel in the…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office; De[?]liquin, Friday Evening, May 11 189[?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 2

THE week has been a [?] with occasional threat[?]ings for [?] The temperature has been moderate and to-day there are further sig[?] of rain with the probability [?] thunderstorm. The ra[?]of last week did a lot of…

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Melbourne Wool Markets. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, April 29

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 2

WOOL—The third series of colonial wool sales opened in London yesterday, and our office there cable as as follows: “The sales opened in the presence of a large attendance of buyers ; the selection was indifferent, and competition…

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Farm and Garden Feeding Bees

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 1

Where bee hives were not well-provisioned in the autumn, attention must be given to supplying food. We are entering upon one of the most trying periods of the year, when…

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Departmental Advice to Farmers

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1896 · page 4

The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture has issued some advice to farmers. It recommends them to sow early; to use pure seed, true to name;…

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Farm and Garden Hardy Flower Garden

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 6 May 1896 · page 5

Hardy trees and shrubs should, as far is practicable, be planted before severe frosts arrive. No real success can attend the planting, however good the roots, &c., are…

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Butter Analysis

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1896 · page 29

Mr. James M. Sinclair, the representative of the Victorian Agricultural Department in London, has written to the Secretary of Agriculture giving the…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1896 · page 28

At the Young police court Alfred and Henry M'Glynn were charged with stealing three sheep, the property of H. G. Thackeray, Clifton; and Martha…

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