Yass Pastoral Show
The fifteenth annual pastoral show under the auspices of the association was held on the show ground at North Yass on Thursday, and was a great success. The weather was all that could be…
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Farming & the land, 1885
227 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 12
Cowra Pastoral and Agricultural Show
THE sixth. annual show in connection with the Cowra Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Thursday under most favourable circumstances, the weather being all that could he…
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We gather from a telegram received yesterday from Wagga that Mr. A. L. Faithful has been very successful as an exhibitor of sheep at the pastoral and agricultural show being held this week in that…
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THE first feeling on reading the heavy fall which has taken place in the prices of wool in the London market, and the further fall that is anticipated, is one of…
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AT the Wagga Show, which was commenced on Wednesday, and which was the best ever held in Wagga, A. L. Faithful scored the principal honours in sheep, taking in all about 16 prizes, with…
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THERE are many reasons, says the American Wool Journal why the few growers who still persist should abandon the habit of washing their sheen before…
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THE Sydney Mail says that judging by the empty appearance of most of the warehouses, it will be very near the end of the month before what are termed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cootamundra Wheat
AT a meeting of the committee of the Cootamundra Agricultural Society last week the discussion—postponed from last meeting—on the question of testing the quality of Cootamundra wheat for…
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THE year 1885 (observes the Melbourne Age) will be long remembered as one of the most disastrous ever known in the history of the Australian wool trade. There have been…
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As the season is now approaching and the wool is coming rapidly to hand, a few words respecting the position of the market and the probable result of the…
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IT has been decided at a meeting, held in Melbourne, of those interested in wool, that steps be taken towards establishing, if possible, a trade with China and Japan. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Notes
MALT [?]—Heat 6 or 7 gallons of water, and when cooled to about the temperature of 165 to 170 degrees F., pour half over 1 peck of ground malt…
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At the Young quarter-sessions on the 11th instant, before his Honor Judge Forbes, William Maloney and Samuel Chown were charged with stealing…
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The Forbes Times, of Saturday says:—Mr. C. Cropper who lately held the office of Chairman of the Local Land Board at Forbes, has been appointed Inspector of C.Ps., for the metropolitan district…
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A SELECT committee was recently appointed by the New Zealand House of Representatives to consider the question of advances on land. On the 3rd inst. they brought up the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm. Garden Notes
The white ant attacking fruit trees comes before us from a correspondent. It appears not to be an uncommon occurrence; but only on trees that have either some slight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Competition in the Wool Trade. the Argentine Republic
THE recent depreciation in the market price of wool in London, coming as a surprise to many people, but not altogether unexpected by those who had kept a keen watch on the…
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OPENING OF MARKETS IN CHINA AND INDIA THE question of relieving the present depression in the wool trade by the opening up of new markets is one of such importance that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm. How to Buy a Horse
An old horseman says:—If you want to buy a horse. don't believe your own brother. Take no man's word for it. Your eye is your market. Don't buy a horse in harness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The English Wheat Market
In the Mark Lane Express of August 1Oth the Man of Mark-lane says:—" Farmers, hold your wheat—if you can! That is the advice which, for the first time in my…
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