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Farming & the land, 1897

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Hay Pastoral 'Association

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 2

A special meeting of the committee was held on Friday. There were present— Messrs R.W. Ronald, H.B. Broughton, J. Renton, R. Chambers. J. Johnson, C.G…

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What About the Wheat Markets?

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 4

To understand the relation of the Victorian wheat market to the great markets of the world, it is necessary, firs, to consider the position of Australasia as a whole m any given season, and next the…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office. [?] Friday Evening January 15,1987

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 2

THE week has been a remarkable one [?] the weather is concerned. On Friday night last rain commenced to fall and an exceptionally [?] record was the result before [?] off on Sunday night. The total…

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The Common Question (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 2

SIR.—I notice an emanation from Trustee Taylor in your contemporary, and am pleased to see I have touched him on the raw and that the galled jade winces. I leave the Secretary and…

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Thh Retrenchment Question. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 2

SIR,—AS Trustee Taylor has taken the opportunity to attack me In the public Dress, I should be, in justice, permitted to say a word in reply. I do not intend to write at any length, as I know…

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Open Column. Herrings Across the Trail. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 2

SIR,—Drowning men die hard, and “Trustee Taylor,” after three years faithful services to the electors and commoners of Deniliquin, does not desire to seek the seclusion which has cabin…

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Farm and Garden. Top-dressing Asparagus Beds

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 1

It used to be commonly thought that tho top-dressing usually given to asparagus beds was partly for the purpose of protecting the crowns of the plants, but asparagus is…

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The Wheat Market

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 2

The Sydney Morning Herald states that local wheat is worth, 4s 10d; associated millers' price, 4s 9d. Heavy parcels were sought after last week, and Melbourne…

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Farm and Garden. How Mushrooms Are Grown

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 20 January 1897 · page 1

In the course of an interesting paper in a [?] on the subject of Mu[?] Growing in Grass Fi[?] J. W. R. contends that mushrooms may be grown in…

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A Neglected Breed of Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 14

The it fluence of fashion in live-stock husbandry (says "Bruni" in the Australasian) is more pronounced with cattle-breeders than in any other branch of rural Industry. When…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 14

THE EITCHEN GARDEN.—The planting of potatoes should now be continued. Those that hare sprouted require careful handling to prevent injury to the young shoots; by…

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Stock Report Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, January 22, 1897

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 2

THE temperature during the past week has been variable. For the greater part of the week it was warm, but not nearly so hot as it has usually been in past years during the month of January. On Thursday morning a squall…

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Open Column. the Statutory Federal Convention. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 4

SIR,—It was an instruction to me from the Bathurst Federal Convention that a manifesto should be issued to the people of Australasia embodying the results of its deliberations, and…

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Farm and Garden. a Useful Farm Recipe

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 1

The following recipes for a very common, but nevertheless a very useful, farm commodity—namely, cart grease—may be of service to many readers: 1. To twenty per…

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The Wheat Market

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 3

The Sydney Morning Herald says that local wheat is worth 4s 10d; the Associated Millers' offer 4s 9d per bushel, Darling Harbour delivery…

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A Barge Sunk 900 Bags Wheat Lost

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon intelligence, was brought to Corowa that the whole fleet of steamers and barges which left here on Saturday was stuck up at a place called…

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Farm and Garden. Top-dressing Asparagus Beds

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 1

It used to be commonly though that the top-dressing usually given to asparagus beds was party for the pus[?] of protecting the crowns of the plants, but asparagus is…

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Disease in Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 29

Owing to the great number of cattle that have died in the Wimmera district lately, the stockowners have been very much alarmed, it being thought that some…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety & Co. report: -- We resumed our wool sales to-day and offered 1,450 bales, comprising principally clips from the Gippsland district, from…

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Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 24

The annual meeting of the above society took place at the George Hotel yesterday. Dr. Andrews occupied the chair. The minutes of the previous annual meeting…

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