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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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The Dairy. Packing Butter for Export

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 12

The Americana are of the opinion that in the exporting of their batter they should adopt the method of Australian and Canadian exporters in the packing of it. An American…

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Butter Cooling Device

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 12

A reporter of the South Australian Garden and Field, on a visit to Mr. Seppelt's vineyard, says:—"Near the house is the most inganious butter cooler I have seen. I have…

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Wool Scouring

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 13

Mr. G. F. Sagden, who is about to commence the season's scouring, has received the following letter from one of his last year's clients :—…

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British Wheat Crop. Slightly Above the Average. London, August 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 27

The Times publishes a special report on the condition of the wheat crop of the United Kingdom. It is estimated that the yield will be 1.3 per cent. above the average…

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The Difficulty in the Wool Trade

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 2

ONCE again there is a difficulty in the wool trade of Sydney. This time it is not the buyers who are resisting the imposition of the charge of 12d. per lb.,…

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Mr. Leiter's Wheat Deal. Reported Loss, £1,300,000. LONDON, August 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 27

The losses incurred by Mr. Joseph Leiter, of Chicago, in his recent heavy speculations in wheat are believed to be much heavier than were at first supposed…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 12

KITCHEN GARDEN.—A large application of manure should be made to suffice for two crops , in succession by proper management, whereby no two crops of a similar nature will follow…

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Dairy Hints

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 13

Milk with clean, dry hands, just washed. Never smoke, nor allow others to smoke whilst milking. Wipe the udder and neighboring parts with…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, August 12, 1898

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 2

FINE weather has again ruled during the week and the grazing outlook is not so good as it was a little time back. Not nearly enough rain has fallen and judging from the increased temperature this last few days it is…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 1

NO. 46. — THE MULBERRY (continued)— SORTS CULTIVATED FOR FRUIT—MODES OF PROPAGATION—SOIL AND GROWTH—THE RED CURRANT—DIFFERENCES BETWEEN…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 17 August 1898 · page 2

No.45.—THE GRAPE (continued)—[?]ABLE AGE OF VINEYARDS—CLASSIFICATION OF GRAPE VARIETIES—PROPAGATION OF VINES—SCIL—EFFECTS OF…

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A Pastoral Failure

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 28

Cuthbert Clifton, formerly a captain in the Fourth Royal Lancaster Militia, was examined in the Bankruptcy Court, Sydney, on Thursday. He said he arrived…

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Sale of Stud Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 28

A successful sale of imported Vermont, sheep was held in Sydney on Friday by Pitt, Son, and Badg[?]ry Limited, in conjunction with Messrs. Hill, Clark, and…

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Corowa Show. Sheep in Low Condition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 4

The twenty-second show of the Corowa Pastoral and Agricultural Society was opened on Wednesday. Notwithstanding the continuance of the drought in this district, the…

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Diversified Farming

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 13

There was never a time, perhaps, when the need of raising a variety of products on a farm was so urgent as at the pre[?]ent. The farmer who has only "one string to his how," or who…

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Profitable Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 13

Parad[?]x[?]cal as it may appear, it is not always the heavy crop which yields the most profit to the gro[?]er. I have, in fact, heard a practical man uphold the view that the most profitable…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 12

KITCHEN GARDEN.—One of the best methods of treating the soil for vegetable crops, especially where deep-rooting kinds, such as carrots and parsnips, are to be grown, is that…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 August 1898 · page 2

No. 47.—THE GOOSEBERRY (continued)— PROPERTIES OF THE YELLOW GOOSEBERRY—COMPARED WITH THE GREEN— RED GOOSEBERRIES—REFLECTIONS—…

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Co Retail P, [?] Butter, (factory STERY do (dairy) Cheese Eggs OF Bacon Ham Mandeville Square (Publishedby special arrangement with Messrs Ward, Luck & Bowden, Ltd., London.) Chapter Xviii. Vision of the Night

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 August 1898 · page 4

With a gurgling sound which rapidly swelled into a abrick of anguish, Mrs. Marlow gazed upon the apparition, and then thrusting out her hands before her…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. the Wheat Market

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 August 1898 · page 2

Wheat is nominal…

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