London Wool Report
The Empires' correspondent says:--Scarcely any sales have been made this month. It is the general opinion that, with the exception of the Port Phillip…
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Farming & the land, 1863
53 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3
Scar in Sheep. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR,--No one who is aware of the infectious nature of the disease amongst sheep called scab, can be surprised at the alarm which has seized both sheepholders throughout the interior, and many merchants in Sydney, at its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Essential to Profitable Farming
THE following paper was read by Mr. Grey, of Dilston, at the recent meeting of the Hexham Farmers' Club:— "Every one knows how great has been the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Henry Kelly's Farm, Cambusdoon Near Kapunda, South Australia
THE special correspondent of the Adelaide Observer gives the following account of the above-mentioned farm, and we have no doubt it will be read with interest by the farmers of…
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WE commend the following interesting account of poultry-farming on a large scale— which we find in a recent number of the Scottish Farmer—to the attention of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fringe Consort's Farms
THE agricultural memoir by Mr. J. C. Morton, of the Prince Consort's farms, is very favourable spoken of. The [?] thus summarises its statistical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Price of Grinding Wheat. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR,--A midst the general depression of trade in every branch, the agricultural interest is suffering in common with every other. Prices are low, and soles are very difficult to effect…
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WINTER work should be proceeded with as rapidly as possible now. Attend to drainage, select good deep soil for tap-rooted plants Ground should be trenched for trees and fruit-bearing bushes, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →June Calendar for Farmers and Gardeners
WINTER work should he proceeded with as rapidly as possible now. Attend to drainage, select good deep soil for tap-rooted plants Ground should lie trenched for trees and fruit-bearing bushes, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tuesday, July 10. The Court opened at half-past nine a.m. Cattle-stealing at Hovell's Cheek
Thomas Anthony was arraigned on an information which charged him with having, on the 27th March last, at Hovell's Crock, stolen one cow, the property of Philip Cunningham. There was also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Crops and Products—mustard, Peas, Beans, Canary-seed
IF I can suggest to farmers the growth of crops hitherto not grown here, I think I shall be usefully employed. In a recent number you suggested tobacco. I am sure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advice to Farmers
THE Leeds Mercury publishes the following letter of advice to Yorkshire farmers by a Mr. J. Fyfe. Although this letter refers to local circumstances, and of course to a climate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burning Stubble. To the Editor of the Farm and Garden
SIR,—I am one of those who sympathise with the notion that the system of burning stubble on the field is altogether indefensible, being equivalent to the destruction of what may be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Method of Making Butter
THIS invention is the production of a lady of the name of Whitehead, of Whitehad's Grove, Chelsea, who has for some time past turned her attention to the making of butter by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Interests Contribution Bill
This bill is intended to provide a fund for yearly contributions from pastoral tenants for the purposes set forth in the third claune of the bill, as follows: --…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Bill to Regulate the Impounding of Cattle. Preamble
WHEREAS it is expedient to make better provision relating to the impounding of cattle. Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →July Calender for Farm and Garden
Seakale. -- Cover some of the earliest plants with pots and put some rough litter round to start them into early growth. Peas and Broad Beans -- May now be sown extensively. And those up should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →August Calendar for Garden and Farm
KITCHEN GARDEN. -- Attend to cucumber frames; fresh lining if required, to keep up a regular heat. Hoeing, blanching, forcing and earthing up, and destroying slugs, &c., should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Cattle-stealing at Binalong. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR, -- In your paper of the 5th inst., I observe a statement to the following effect: -- That a man named Edward Bourke is in charge of the Binalong police for cattle-stealing. The statement is untrue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local & General Intelligence Lachlan Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Exhibition of Colonial-bred Rams
ON Wednesday last the competition, under the auspices of the above society, for prizes of 75. and 25. offered for the best and second best pens of five colonial-bred rams took place at Burrowa. The…
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