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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

719 stories in Murray's papers · page 36 of 36

Profitable Farming on a Square Mile in South Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1896 · page 14

At a recent meeting of the Amyton branch if the Agricultural Bureau the hon secretary (Mr S. Thomas) read a paper on "Profitable forming on 640 acres" to the following…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1896 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Among the vegetables to be sown for succession are peas, parsley, turnips (yellow and Swedish), cucumbers, spinach, marrows, carrots, celery for…

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Narrabri Land Board. Nanga Pastoral Holding. Important Regarding Exchanges

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 December 1896 · page 4

The Narrabri Land Board gave their decision in the Baan Baa and Cooma proposal exchanges, by which the E S. and A. Bank. Limited, sell to the Government the whole of their estates, and…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, December 18, 1896

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 December 1896 · page 2

THE weather during the past week has been comparatively coal and fine. The prospect of a change to rain is unpromising and in the [?] the [?] outlook is of a most [?] character. As in [?]…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. (Dalgety and Co. Limited.) Monday, December 14

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 December 1896 · page 2

WOOL—At our wool sale today we offered 3300 bales, drawn chiefly from the Western, North Eastern, and Gippsland districts of Victoria, and from the South Australian border, besides several Tasmanian [?]…

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Farm and Garden. Inferior Samples of Fruit

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 December 1896 · page 1

I hear of plums falling off when quite small and the crop failing, while one states his apples crack and rot before they ripen. Of all the apples, pears, and plums that are…

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The Wheat Market

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 December 1896 · page 2

Of the Sydney market last week, the Sydney Morning Herald says:—Breadstuffs continue firm, and very little wheat is coming forward to the metropolis. Local…

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The New South Wales Wheat Yield. Mr. Coghlan's Estimate

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 December 1896 · page 4

Mr. T. A. Coghlan, the Government statistician, has prepare a statement showing the area under wheat in the colony, and the probable yield for the present harvest…

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Farm and Garden. Hastening Potatoes

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 23 December 1896 · page 5

A great authority on potato culture has just expressed the opinion that maturity may be hastened in three ways (a) By planting sets in pots in a greenhouse and…

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Dairy Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1896 · page 14

Dairymen in this colony are not only disciples of the adage " Distance lends enchantment to the view," but they force themselves to believe that distance gives effect to their…

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Butter-making on the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1896 · page 14

Many of those who make this indispensable product of the farm little realise how much benefit a little labor expended in the right direction will help towards producing butter…

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Horses Eating Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1896 · page 28

As the wheat harvest comes round, the accidents that yearly occur amongst farm animals through their obtaining access to wheat frequently creates…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1896 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—The heat having been very trying to growth of all kinds, special care is necessary in dealing with the subjects of this department. Parsley must not be…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, December 25, 1896

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 December 1896 · page 2

THE weather has been very hot during the week, the [?]tration of the season having been [?] on Wednesday last when the thermometer stood at 1[?] in the shad[?] The [?] highest record was [?] 30 [?]…

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Open Column. Deniliquin Public Sc[?] (To the Editor of the Pastoral T[?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 December 1896 · page 2

SIR—On behalf of the children [?] local Public School, I desire to exp[?] thank to all those who interested [?] the breaking-up and distribution of [?]…

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Farm and Garden. a Few Good Dahlias

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 December 1896 · page 2

When the dahlias are in bloom is the time to make a selection for next year. The cactus and pompon varieties are the most popular, and they will last a considerable time…

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The Wheat Market

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 December 1896 · page 2

The Sydney market has remained without quotable change during the past week. The S. M. Herald states that wheat is worth 4s 11d to 5s, but that the…

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The Home. Wool Toys

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 December 1896 · page 2

To make some pretty little wool balls which look almost like cherries get first some very bright cherry-coloured Berlin wool, and some very thick, strong…

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The Wheat Harvest. a Record Yield

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 December 1896 · page 3

It may seem almost incredible to our wheat growers in this district to read the above heading "A Record Yield," but from the official estimate it would be that such is…

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Farm and Garden. Inferior Samples of Fruit

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 30 December 1896 · page 5

I hear of plums falling off when quite small and the crop failing, while one states his apples crack and rot before they ripen. Of all the apples, pears, and plums that are…

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