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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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Missing Cattle Found

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 29

Some short time ago, Mr. Davidson, one of the overseers on Bendenine, when riding round the fattening paddocks noticed some strange bullocks out of…

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A Fodder for Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 14

An experiment made successfully by Mr C. Fetherstonhaugh, of Goorianawa (N.S.W.) some time ago, should never be lost sight of Having in one of his sheep paddecks a…

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Selecting Seed Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 14

Tho value of systematic selection during a [?] of years is shown very by the results of a series of experiments carried out In England some years since. An ear of Wheat…

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Aid for Farmers. State Loans Recommended. London, March 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 26

By a majority report the Royal Commission on the State of Agriculture recommends that land should be relieved from burdens to the greatest possible extent, and that…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.— Any cabbage or can flower plants that have grown large enough for transplanting, if water be scarce, had better be pricked out in beds, where they can be…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office, [?] Friday Evening, March 6, 1896

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 2

The weather has been [?] warm and fine during the week, and the rain seems to have cleared away for the present. The mornings are beautifully cool. The rain, as stated last week, was very patchy,…

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A Further Rise in Wool. London March 3

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 3

The second series of colonial wool sales for 1896 opened this evening, when Messrs. Chas. Balme and Co., Messrs. Jacomb, Son and Co., and Messrs. Buxton, Ronald and…

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Melbourne Wool Markets (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, March 4

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 2

WOOL.—There is nothing of interest to say respecting our [?] markets as the selling season is now practically over [?] have just compiled our [?] of export from all the [?] colonies, and these show a decrease of 99 824…

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Farm and Garden Dehorning Cows

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 1

In a number of cases that have come under observation the yield of milk of cows inclined to be bad tempered has been very materially increased by dehorning and at…

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Guides to Growers. a Series of Practical Articles Specially Written for the Information of Australian Farmers, Agriculturalists & Fruit Growers. Fruit Exportation

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 1

From the extended areas that have been placed under fruit cultivation during the past four or five years it may be expected that many of the…

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The Boy on the Farm

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 5

Though often overlooked he deserves to have a word said for him. The good old adage that 'all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,' seem to be too often…

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Farm and Garden Veterinary. Lump on Shoulder

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 5

C. F. R. has a horse which has a lump on the lect side of the shoulder near the top. It is soft and painful to the touch. Treatment: Cantharides 2 dr and lard 1 oz; mix and rub…

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San Francisco Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 28

A correspondent in San Francisco, writing on February 5, paid:—" The drought which threatened California last month has been averted by a succession…

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The London Wool Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 28

The further advance in wool at the second series of London wool sales for the year so far confirms the opinions of experts who predicted a high range of…

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The A. & D. Society’s Wheat Prize

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 2

The following letter was read from Mr Thos. Wise, at the Iast meeting of the A, and H. Society. (TO THE SECRETARY BERAIGAN A. & H…

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The Boy on the Farm

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 1

Though often overlooked he deserves to have a word said for him. The good old adage that ‘all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,’ seems to be too often…

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Farm and Garden Veterinary. Lump on Shoulder

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 1

C. F. R. has a horse which has a lump on the left side of the shoulder near th[?] top. It is soft and painful to the touch. Treatment: Cantharides 2 dr and lard 1 oz; mix and rub…

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Wagga Experimental Farm

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 3

The [?] of Albury and other places along the Southern line are asking that the Minister for Agriculture shall arrange with the Railway…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Cabbages aid cauliflowers that could not be planted out owing to the recent drought (excepting where there has been a command of water), can now…

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Doodle Gooma and Munyabla Farmers' Union

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 16

A general meeting of the above was held at Pleasant Hills on Saturday last for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing twelve months. It was beginning to be feared that the…

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