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Farming & the land, 1896

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Open Column. the Mayoral Election. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 2

SIR, —Unquestionably, troublous monetary [?] lie ahead ahead of the Municipal Council of Deniliquin nor does it require tie effort of a gigantic [?] to realise the fact that the monetary difficul[?]…

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Melbourne Wool Markets. (Dalgety and Company Limited),Melbourne, February 12

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 2

WOOL.—There have been no public sales held since our last report, but auctions have been, arranged for the 19th 20th of this month. On this latter day we anticipate offering a catalogue of over 700 hales, including some Darling…

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Farm and Garden Good Queens

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 2

At least one of the points in a valuable queen may be determined by her form of development, and as everything hearing upon the rearing of good queens should be known…

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Farm and Garden Foul Seed

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 5

As long as it remains true that as a man alws, so shall he reap, it behooves him to get sol foul weed seed out of his seed grain. Some practice 'swimming' it out, but the…

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Original Story The Mystery of the Willow Farm. III.—(CONTINUED

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 6

'Don't burry back, but let me hare just an hour and we if I don't bring back one, at least—that is, if the ghost has not frightened them all away;' and in saying this he made…

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Judging Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 14

The season is now on when men have to give their best attention to the sale and purchase of grain of all sorts (writes Professor W. Brown in the Weekly Times). The farmer…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. MELBOURNE

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 2

The Melbourne Tool Brokers Association report that the New Zealand [?] and Mercantile Agency [?] Limited held a wool sale to-day when they submitted an…

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The Queensland Floods. a Mob of 600 Cattle Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 17

Reports show that the flood in the Mackenzie country reached an unparalleled height. On the station belonging to Mr. Blackman fences, stock-yards, buildings, and stock were…

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A Sheep Transaction. And a Search Warrant. Davies v. Wineberg;. Verdict for Defendant

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 3

At the District Court, on Wednesday, Thomas Davies, selector, Burrabogie, sued Henry Wineberg, drover, for £200 damages, for injury done to plaintiffs credit through…

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Original Story The Mystery of the Willow Farm. III.—(CONTINUED

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 2

‘Don’t hurry back, but let mo hare an hour and see if I don’t bring back one, at least—that is, if the ghost has not frightened them all away; and in saying this be made…

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Farm and Garden Foul Seed

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 1

As long aw it remains [?] that as a man [?] ho reap, is. [?] him to get sol foul wood [?] out of his seed grain. Some [?] it out, but the…

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Farming in Riverina

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 37

The demand for and in the Tocumwal district is becoming enormous. A number of Victorian farmers, who have either leased or sold their farms on the other side, are arriving…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Spinach for summer use requires very generous treatment to obtain anything like perfection. Spinach, like all soft vegetables, requires to be grown quickly,…

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A Model Farm for the Hunter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 29

Mr. J. N. Brunker and Mr. Gillies, Ms.L.A., waited on the Minister for Mines and Agriculture as a deputation from the Hunter River Agricultural…

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The Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 2

THE re-starting of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society is an event of more than ordinary interest, in as much as the absence of a show such as that usually held in Deniliquin would…

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The Municipal Deadlock. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 2

During my unavoidable absence, I have been informed that false an more have been, circulated, and apparently have gained currency, that I had been got out -of the-way ea the occasion of the Mayoral…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office Desillquie, friday Evening. February 21, 1896

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 2

In the early part of the week the weather was very warm, Tuesday before the hottest day of the Week, when be there October went up to 110 degree in the official [?]hade. On Wednesday a change took please, and towards…

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Open Column. Thinning the FORESTS.(To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 2

Sir—The unemployed as thick as sheep are pining through this town en route to the Murra[?] Hiver Forest Thinning. They are to be paid weekly at 6 per day. A couple of years ago a writer in the…

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Melbourne Wool Markets. (Dalgety and Company Limited), Melbourne, February 19

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 2

Wool—Our market keeps quiet, but a good demand exists, especially for merino qualities, at very foil values. The monthly sales are being held this day and tomorrow, when about 4000 bales altogether will be submitted by the various…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. From the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Limited. Thursday, February 20

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 3

The Melbourne Woolbrokers’ Association report that the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited held a wool sale to-day, when they submitted an attractive catalogue for this period of the year,…

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