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Farming & the land, 1897

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How to Salt Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1897 · page 39

Perhaps anyone who has ever made butter has been troubled with this at some time. The cause of the mottled condition which is frequently seen in butter is a disputed one, yet…

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A South Coast Dairy Company

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 January 1897 · page 5

THE report of the annual meeting of shareholders in the Jasper Dairy Company, recent [?]l, has been forwarded to us by Mr. C. W. Wood, formerly…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office D[?], Friday Evening January 1, 1887

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 2

THE weather during the most week has been variable The temperature on [?]oring Day ranched the biggest Point of the season, [?]is 114 [?]. ON Society A [?] wind with a tremendous duststorm [?]lew all day…

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Farm and Garden

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 1

The man who starts out to get a big feeding value from boiled potatoes, is likely to be disappointed unless he remember that the potatoes are 85 per cent water…

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Wheat Growing

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 January 1897 · page 2

Messrs. Boynton and Dawes have handed us the following letter which they have received from the manager of the Murrumbidgee Experimental Farm, Bomen, near…

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To Keep Butter Fresh

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 January 1897 · page 2

A very simple method of keeping butter fresh for six months has recently been hit upon in Normandy. The butter, having been carefully washed and wiped,…

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Farm and Garden. a Few Good Dahlias

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 6 January 1897 · page 1

When the dahlias are in bloo[?] 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 [?]…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 24

A meeting of the committee of the Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday morning at Carkeek's hotel. Dr. Andrews occupied the chair, and…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Now that the cutting of asparagus is finished attention mast be given to the treatment necessary for the production of a strong growth of new stems…

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The Farmer's Home

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 14

In the course of an interesting paper on "The Farmer's Home, as seen by an outsider," Mr. J. O'Connell, of the Aopila-Yarrowie branch of the Agricultural Bureau, South…

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An Explanation. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 3

SIR,—It has been currently rumoured that [?]owing to the Fire Brigade refusing the use of their [?]torches to the Band. that body were unable to play in the streets on Christmas Eve. With your…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, January 8, 1897

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 2

THE weather ins been variable throughout the week. In the earlier portions it was hot, and on Monday a tremendous dust storm blew all day. Tuesday and Wednesday were comparatively cool, but on Thursday [?]…

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Open Column. the Deniliquin Commons. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 3

SIR,—I am a commoner residing on the North, [?] I have been watching the present troubles of [?] Trustees with great interest. I have read your [?]ticle on the subject, and I have heard a good deal…

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Farm and Garden. How Mushrooms Are Grown

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 1

In the course of an interesting paper in a contemporary the subject of ‘Mushroom Growing in Grass Fiel[?] ‘J. W. R.’ contends that mushrooms may be grown in…

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The Wheat Market

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 3

Prices at Sydney remain practically unchanged. The Sydney Morning Herald says that wheat is worth 4s 10d to 4s 11d. The Associated Miller's price is 4s 9d, Darling…

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Farm and Garden

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 1

The man who starts one to get a big feeding value from boiled potatoes,is likely to be disappointed unless he remember that the potatoes are 85 per cent water…

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Hay Pastoral Association

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 2

The committee of the Hay Pastoral Association met this afternoon. There were present:—Messrs. R. W. Ronald (president) Gibson, Chambers, Renton, Johnston,…

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Marvellous Butter Making

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 14

An American contemporary, Colman's Rural, is responsible for the following :—Of la[?] the people have been taught to believe that bacteria and bac[?]lll mean disease and death, but…

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Kiewa Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 27

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Kiewa Valley Bitter Factory Company was held here on Saturday, the 9th inst,. Heavy rain was falling all day, and this…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 14

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—The benefits of mulching in such weather as obtained daring the close of the past year must be obvious to every one who has followed out the directions…

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