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Farming & the land, 1896

430 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 22

Sydney Wool Sales

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1896 · page 4

THE Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report, under date May 7th, that sales were resumed at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie Place, on Wednesday and…

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Experience With Seed Wheat

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1896 · page 4

THAT Australian wheat fanners had won much experience concerning the sorts of wheat which best suited their business is borne out by the experiences of the Wagga farm tests under Mr…

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London Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 May 1896 · page 2

At the London Wool sales yesterday an excellent selection was offered. Tasmanian wools realised fancy prices and other wools were firm…

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Dishorning Cattle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1896 · page 3

AN expert at dishorning cattle, Mr. Clark, M.R.C.V.S.. of Coupar-Angus, Scotland,; recently stated in public that he had probably had as much experience in…

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Disease Among Cattle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1896 · page 3

THE following suggestive paragraph appeared in the Wanganui HERALD (N.Z.):—"To show our readers how prevalent disease is among cattle, and how easily it may…

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Wheat Culture

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1896 · page 5

The farmers at Campbelltown will attempt wheat growing this year, which has been abandoned in that district for over twenty-five years,…

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Wool Sales

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1896 · page 5

At the wool sales there was keen competition ; prices were firm at last quotations…

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Wool Sales. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1896 · page 5

THERE is keen competition at the wool sales, prices being firm at last quotations…

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Farm and Garden Breaking a Colt to the Halter

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1896 · page 4

Having just finished some of that hind of work, I will give you my method. My weanling colts had never been handled, and having ran with their dams until midwinter,…

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London Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 May 1896 · page 4

At the London wool sales yesterday an inferior selection was offered. Prices for faulty were irregular, end for good unchanged…

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Leader of Sheep

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1896 · page 3

IN Switzerland and other mountainous, countries the goat leads long strings of animals daily to and from the mountains, but it is in…

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Wool Sales

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1896 · page 3

An inferior selection of faulty wools was offered at the colonial wool auctions yesterday, the prices being irregular. For good selections, however, the prices remained…

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A Model Farm for Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1896 · page 2

IT is the opinion of all those who have any knowledge of the subject that the establishment of a Model Farm would be of great advantage to this district. Our largest…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the Series

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 3

London, May 15.—At the wool sales this evening prices were firm and unchanged. May 17.—The wool sales closed,…

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Farm and Garden What Rout Is

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 4

What are the first symptoms? Where the disease is the result of contagion, the first symptom is a watery discharge from the nose. After a few days, the discharge…

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Baby Farming

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1896 · page 2

The woman Annie Dyer has been sentenced to death for the murder of the six infants, whose bodies were found in the Thames…

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Feed for Sheep

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 May 1896 · page 2

In speaking of the deplorable condition of affairs in the Central and Northern Riverina the S. M. Herald says:—" May we not look forward to…

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Sheep Husbandry

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 2

THAT capable writer on stock ("Bruni," of the 'Australasian') has been discussing the interesting question, from a grazier's standpoint, of how to breed sheep for wool…

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Farm and Garden Pruning Roses

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 3

This is work which in due season many who are impatient to get on, may proceed wish pleasantly. It will be noticed that the tops of the shoots are well in leaf…

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London Wool Sales

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 June 1896 · page 2

Dalgety and Company's cable dated May 28: "It has been decided by the London Wool Importers' Committee that instead of the li[?]nit of 375,000…

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