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Farming & the land, 1898

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Corowa Sheep Board. Ordinary Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 3

ON Wednesday last, at the Stock Office, ordinary and special meetings of the Board were held, there being present-- Messrs. A. Anderson (chairman), J. G…

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The Wagga Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 28

A party of gentlemen, consisting of the Hon. Q-eo. Graham (Ex-Minister of Agriculture, Victoria), Mr. D. Methyen, M..P. (a member of the Council of…

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The Tobacco Crop

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 29

As a result of his recent visit to Edi, the Minister of Agriculture states that tobacco-growers in the valley of the King River and around Wangaratta intend…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 12

KITCHEN GARDEN,—Now that the soil is in a condition suited to seed sowing it should be remembered when carrying out this work that most kinds of vegetables form spreading…

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Open Column. a Correction. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

Sir,—In the Pastoral Times of Saturday last, it was reported that’s dance was held in the Town Hall, in connection with the Dinning, Farewell. This is likely to create a false impression as the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 1

No. 30. LEGUMINOUS PLANTS —THE EATABLE VARIETIES—THE SHEDS —CARBONIC ACID GAS —CHIEF LEAGUES IN CULTIVATION —NUTRITIVE MATTER IN SEVERAL…

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Hostilities Commenced. Capture of a Spanish Troopship. The Spaniards Capture an American Barque and Large Wheat Cargo. Movements of the American Squadrons. SYDNEY, Sunday 6 p.m

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

Hostilities have commenced. The American flagship has captured the Spanish ship Alphonso Docc, with a thousand troops on board, after a four mile…

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America and Spain. Commencement of Hostilities. Spanish Ship Alphonso Doce Captured by an American Flagship. with 1000 Troops on Board. a Four Miles' Chase. Americans Also Capture Spanish Ship Pedro. an American Barque Captured by the Spaniards. 4000 Tons of Wheat on Board. Reported Capture of the American Liner Paris. American Squadron on the Way to Cuba. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

Latest advices to hand from America report that hostilities between the United States and Spain have commenced…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. the Wheat Market

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 2

Wheat in quoted at four shilling per bushel…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 2

No. 29.—RHUBARE — SPECIES — THE ROOT FIRST INTRODUCED — NATIVE PLACE—APPEARANCE OF THE TRUE RHUBARE PLANT—THE MONK RHUB[?]—…

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Dairy Cattle. Producing and Improving Them

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 11

I know that when a dairyman or farmer takes up a pen with the intention of writing on the subject nearest to his heart, he lays himself open to the ridicule of his neighbors…

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The Value of Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 11

A lecturer of one of the Canadian farmers' institutes recently gave the following ten reasons why farmers should keep sheep :—1. They are profitable 2. They weaken the…

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A Pastoral Letter. London, April 25

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 3

Cardinal Sancha, Archbishop of Toledo (which includes Madrid), and Primate of Spain, has issued a pastoral letter, in which he places the Spanish army under the…

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A Pastoral Letter. London, April 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 22

Cardinal Sanoha, Archbishop of Toledo (which includes Madrid), and Primate of Spain, has issued a pastoral letter, in which he places the Spanish army under the…

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Prelates and the War. Remarkable Pastoral. London, April 25

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 4

The Archbishop of Madrid has issued a pastoral letter, in which he commends the Spanish army and navy to the protection of all the…

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A Wheat Ship Captured. London, April 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 22

The Spaniards have captured the Shehandoah, bound from San Francisco to Antwerp, with a cargo of 20,000 quarters of wheat…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 2

No. 31.—BEANS —DESCRIPTION — PROPAGATION —METHODS F CULTIVATION — BEANS AS FOOD—VETCHES OF TARES—WINTER AND SUMMER TARES—THE KIDNEY…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. No. 30.—Lecuminous Plant—the Eatable Varieties—the Seeds—carbonio—acid Gas—chief Legumes in Cult[?] Vation—nutritive Matter in Several Croups—the Pea and Its Varieties—sub-varieties—early and Late Gab- D[?]n Peas—the Fislo Pxa—boilers and Non-boilers—straw—effect of P[?]s on After Crops

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 2

Leguminous Plants.—The whole of the eatable legumes, with the exception of some of the species which grow on trees, have papillonaccous flowers. The seeds are…

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Alleged Wool Stealing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 28

A Dandaloo correspondent of the Dispatch writes:—" The town has been in a state of great excitement during the past few days. Anyone that knows Dandaloo…

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Sheep Wash Dam 99-6767

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 2

W. H. Brownlees: The probable contents of this dam is about 6000 yards. It backs water for about foil or four miles. It does not back the water out of the creek. It has…

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