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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Open Column. Watering Sheep on the Common. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 3

SIR,—With your permission, I wish to make public through your respected paper the following facts:— On the 29th of last month I was fined [?]…

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Farm and Garden. Origin Articles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 2

No. 64 Tea (conitued)— Methods of Gathering—Prepation —Rulling —Derivation of Names [?] Tea Various Kinds— Green Tea —[?] Gunpowder Tea—…

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Culling Seed Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 2

THERE is [?]toney in selecting picked cars of wheat from the growing crop for seed purposes before the machine goes in. The importance of selecting seed wheat in this…

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The Price of Butter. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 2

The Sussex-street merchants to-day further advanced the wholesale price of creamery butter to 10d, and other grades proportionately…

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Ticks in Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 3

The Queensland authorities have informed the Minister for Agriculture that ticks have been found in large quantities on a flock of sheep near…

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Farm and Garden Notice Original Articles

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 2

No. 683. The Pistsois Nut—Description of Tree—Leaves and Flowers—Fruit—Soil—Plantations—the Turpentine Tree—Guns Mastic—General Remarks on Stimmi[?]…

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Butter Preservatives

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 28

An analysis prepared by Mr. A. N. Pearson, for the-Department of Apiculture, on the various preservatives used in butter factories will give some factory managers…

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Destroying Suspected Cattle

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 3

At a public meeting at Lockhart, held on Saturday, the Albury borough council’s action in prosecuting owners of diseased cattle put in the market…

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Albury Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 37

YOUNGHUSBAND AND Co. PROPRIETARY Limited continued their wool and produce sale on Friday, December 16, at Albury, when a large attendance of buyers from both…

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New or Old Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 12

Floor made from wheat which has been stored for a time is more nutritious than that manufactured from new wheat, and this is really an argument in favor of Government…

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Diseased Cattle Question. Meeting at Lockhart

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 35

A public meeting of stockowners was held at Lockhart on the 17th instant to consider the above question and the recent prosecutions in Albury. Mr. A. Crawford, the…

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Anthrax in Sheep. Excitement in Melbourne

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 3

Great excitement was caused in Melbourne doling the week, owing to the discovery that a flock of 1500 well-bred sheep from a riverina…

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The Wheat Harvest. Government Statistician's Estimate

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 2

The Government statist has issued his preliminary estimate of the yield of wheat for the colony for the present harvest. He places the area under wheat cultivation at…

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Farm and Garden. an Eefective Plank Drag

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 12

For Some kinds of work this drag is better than a roller. Any farmer can make one in a few hours. The one shown in the illustration is made of three boards, 7ft. long and 8in wide…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, December 23, 1898

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 2

UP to yesterday the weather was very warm, and the thermometer registered 105 5. Towards midnight a change took place, and after a few distant clap[?] of thunder, rain set in steadily. This morning at nine…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 1

No. 65. Coffee—Description of Tree— Leaves—Berries—Species—Opposition to the use of Coffee—In the East—In Europe —Cultivation—Soil—How to Plant—…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 28 December 1898 · page 2

No". 64. Tea (continued)— Methods —of Gathering — Preparation—Rolling —Derivation of Names —Bohsa Tea —Various Kinds —Green Tea — Gunpowder Tea —…

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The Humula Sheep Case

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 30 December 1898 · page 3

The above case, in which C. D. Bardwell, of Oberne, near Tarcutta, sued John Cheney, Junr., of Opossum Plains, near Humula, was concluded before the P.M. last week at…

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The Coolabah Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 December 1898 · page 28

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Cook) has received a report from Mr. Farrer, the wheat expert of the department, regarding the work carried out on…

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Irrigation of Fodder Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 December 1898 · page 12

The grass has been scorched prematurely this season, and the best alternative for those who own live stock is to commence at once to raise green fodder in a very earnest fashion…

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