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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Pastoral and Agricultural Lands

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 March 1899 · page 2

A DEPUTATION waited upon the Minister for Lands last week and asked for an extention of five years of the remaining central leases the bulk of which…

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Wool and Stock Reports. Riverine Grazier Office

The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 2

THERE are no stock truckings to report since our last issue…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 35

A meeting of the committee of the Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Friday at the Globe Hotel. Mr. G. A. Thompson occupied the chair, the other members…

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Milk and Butter Taints

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 12

The flavour and taints which plants communicate to milk or its product seem to be of the nature of essential oils, All or nearly all vegetables have a special smell or taste of their…

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Grass-fed Sheep at Shows

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 29

Among the regulations of the Dubbo P. and A. Association is the following:—"A grass-fed sheep shall mean a sheep that has been grazed in the ordinary way since last…

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Feeding Wheat to Stock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 12

A prejudice exists that wheat is not a suitable food for stock; but it is only prejudice, for nobody who has ever fed wheat in a rational manner has come forward to prove that…

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Jerilderie District Farmers' Union

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the above was held in the Mechanics' Institute last Saturday afternoon. Present—Messrs. M. Arthur (President), O'Connor, Connell, A Laity,…

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Farm and Garden. a Convenient Wheelbarrow Frame

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 12

A convenient wheelbarrow frame and box for same is made in the following manner. Take two boards, 1in. by 14in., 5ft, 6in. long; cut them as in figure 2. Mortise them so as…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Evening, Deniliquin, Friday Evenings, March 31, 1809

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

THERE was another fall if rain on Saturday night last’ the registration at Deniliquin being SO points. From the beginning of the year up to sale, the total rainfall at Deniliquin is three and s half imbos Of that,…

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Open Column. (To the Members of the. Church of England per favour of the Editor of t he Deniliquin Pastoral Times,)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 3

The Churchwardens of St. Paul’s Church of England think it well to call the attention of the congregation to the following Ordinance passed at the last Church Assembly at Hay :—…

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Farm & Garden. Original Articles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 1

No. 80. The Weeping Willow—Appearance —Uses—Roots—Charcoal — Charcoal for Gunpowder—Willow Plantations — Cuttings —The Mountain Ash—Bark and…

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Farm & Garden. Original Articles

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 1

No. 79. The Horse Ch[?] (continued) - The Poplar - Derivati[?] of Name - Species - General Description - Loppings - Some Uses - Manufactures - Seeds - The Black…

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Jersey Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 29

A meeting of gentlemen interested in the breeding of Jersey cattle was held at the Arcadia Hotel, Sydney. The meeting, which was characterised by great…

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Three Cattle Cigarette

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 3

Every cigarette smoker should provide him self with the Three Catties pronounced on the authority of the public verdict to be second to none. Remember the brand and be…

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Sunflower As Cattle Food

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 12

No g[?]at amount of available Information exists as to the value and economy of sunflowers as food for cows, It is somewhat questionable whether the plant is a desirable…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Broker Association (Australasian Mortgage And Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd; Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd.,…

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Improved System of Butter Making

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 28

The success of the Berry Central "Factory in securing three first prizes and the championship of the Royal Agricultural Society's Show for butter is significant of…

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The Distribution of Seed Wheat

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 2

GENERAL dissatisfaction is expressed by applicants at the way the Department is distributing the seed wheat to distressed farmers. Apparently the gift…

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A German Cattle Steamer Sunk. London, April 3

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 3
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

The steamer Star of New Zealand, 4,840 tons, of the Star line, London and Belfast, which left London for Wellington a day or two ago, has returned to Gravesend, and is…

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