The Pickling Oe Seed Wheat
THE best means of pickling seed wheat in order to prevent as far as possible losses from smut is a subject which at this season engages a large share of attention. Like red rust, the…
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Farming & the land, 1879
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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association
A SPECIAL general meeting of members of the Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association, was held yesterday in the court-house at 3.30 p.m., to re-open the decision of the committee with…
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HOOF-BOUND HORSES.—Strong brine has been highly recommended for hoof-bound horses or horses with week hoofs. Salt extracts the moisture from the air, which keeps…
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[?] has fallen during the past week, and [?] not yet [?] to thoroughly loosen the ground for the plough there is appearance of a thorough break-up of the drought. Too…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE. Messrs. R. Goldsborough’s Weekly Wool, Tallow, and Hide report:—
WOOL.—There is very little business doing, the quantity coming forward being limited, and confined chiefly to fellmongers’ sorts. Prices remain about the same…
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THE following are the reports of the judges on the wool of New South Wales exhibited at Philadelphia:-- [?] P. R. White, Blandford, Commended…
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THE following are the reports of the judges on the wool of New South Wales exhibited at Philadelphia:— 284. F. R. White, Blandford…
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THE following are the reports of the judges on the wool of New South Wales exhibited at Philadelphia:— 284. F. R. White, Blandford,…
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THE monthly meeting of the committee of the above association was held in the court house last Tuesday afternoon. The main business was the fixing date of Sheep Show, making…
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I have been asked to explain the meaning of " best" as used in all the subclasses, and to say whether it means a case of six fleeces, or a bale of fleeces as…
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DURING the past three or four months we have impressed upon our readers the necessity for getting on with the preliminary scarifying immediately after harvest, by which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supreme Court—in Equity. Monday, Mat 5. (Before his Honor Sir William Manning.) BUTTER v. TOOKEY
Mr. Owen and Mr. Knox, instructed by Messrs. Scarvell and Gordon (by their agents, Messrs. Cape and Westgarth) appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Davis and Mr. Heydon, instructed by Messrs…
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A MEETING of the sub-committee appointed at the monthly meeting on the 6th instant, to arrange a schedule for the forthooming sheep show, to take place on the 27th of August next, was held…
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THE farmer regards dung as by far the most important fertiliser which can be obtained. In his ryes it occupied a position much higher then that of nitrate of soda, superphosphate…
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WE observe that special efforts are being made to stir up an agitation among the farmers in favor of the doctrine called in this colony by the…
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TALKING of fruit-growing as a help on farms, we may repeat what we have often said before in effect -- for pig food or pork making alone it would pay to cultivate fruit. When we…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the committee of the above association was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Court-house to receive the schedule for the forthcoming sheep show, as arranged by the…
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DURING the past month rains have fallen in every portion of this colony in which farming is carried on. Although the quantity has not in every instance sufficed to replenish even…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn Police Court. Monday, June 2. BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. H. H. Voss and C. Cropper
Frederick White was charged with suffering a horse to stray in Grafton-street; and pleading guilty, he was fined 2s. 6d., and 2s. 6d. costs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prevention of Rust in Wheat
THE following is from a correspondent writing to the D.D. Gazette (Queensland):— "In your columns I have more than once seen the treatment of seed-wheat with…
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