Deniliquin (and District) History [Extracts from the “Pastoral Times.”]
December 20, 1873 :— A brace auction in aid of the building fund of the Wesleyan Church, Deniliquin, was held at the Royal…
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Farm Jottings
Ignorance is the dairyman’s worst enemy. Dairymen who do not read and learn something every day are not living up to their opportunities…
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Sometimes a good hen—one that is very valuable—will become cropbound. The crop will get larger and larger, until seemingly ready to burst,…
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Dalgoty and Co. Ltd. report:--We submitted our seventh catalogue of 5557 bales for appraisement Monday, the 7th inst. The selection was chiefly…
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Mr. Robert Gileson, of Harden, writes as follows to an Albury contemporary:--The damage now being done to our wheat stacks by the mice, which,…
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Mr. Edward C. G. Mann, Noranders, writes:--"Mr. T. I. Campbell, secretary of the Farmers' and Settlers" Association, is reported to have said recently…
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In the course of a letter to the Melbourne press, Mr. J. F. Guthrie, a well-known authority in the Australian wool trade, says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. No. 314. Agricultural. Factors Influencing Fertility. Chiefly Physical
So much is said and written in discussions of agricultural subjects about the quantity of nitrogen, potash, phosphoric acid and lime contained in the…
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The plant breeder of the Agricultural Department is anxious to get into touch with farmers or sons of farmers who have sufficient interest in…
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Mr H. B. Argus, J.P., of Boree Creek, solicits the support of the district farmers in connection with the wheat pool ballot. Mr Argus has had…
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The executive of- the Farmers and Settlers’ Association, in its annual report, refers at length to the bulk handling question, and strongly urges…
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The position in regard to combating the mice plegue and protecting the wheat stacked in the country has had to be reconsidered by the State…
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A meeting of the Directors of the Jerilderie Butter Factory was we understand, to be held last Saturday, and although there were four of them…
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At a public meeting of farmers and others at Wagga this week, Mr. A. K. Trethowan, who was recently appointed to the State Wheat Board, explained the…
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At Mr. Short's stud farm, "Panoragngi," near Feidling, New Zealand, recently, Mr. J. Moir, of Messrs. Moreheads, Brisbane, gave a very interesting lecture to a…
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Daygety and Co. report holding a special sale of store cattle in their Wodonga yards (in conjunction with E. Trenchard and Co., of Melbourne), on 3rd May,…
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Mr. W. W. Froggart said, at the meeting of the agricultural section of the Royal Society, that the sheep-fly pest had accounted for two millions of sheep during…
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As many of the wheat stacks on country stations have collapsed owing to the damage done by mice, and us the iron roofs have left the…
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Mr H. B. Argus, J.P., of Boree Creek, solicits the support of the district farmers in connection with the Wheat Pool Ballot. Mr Argus…
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The Temora coroner (Mr. Bradley) held an inquest concerning the fire which damaged a large quantity of wheat in stack at Reefton. After examining several…
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