Peasant Farming
During the last "silly season" the correspondence columns of the Times were much occupied with a discussion on peasant farming, the system which, according to poets and…
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Farming & the land, 1875
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Small Farms
The Melbourne Australasian of Saturday last, December 26, contains two brief articles on the old disputed question of—"Are small farms or large farms most beneficial (as a…
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Melbourne, December 30.—Wool: The auction sales held during the month have been well attended and a larger quantity than usual has been offered and sold, 39,424 bales having been catalogued, and…
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Some time back we published particulars of the "Granges" of the United States. The farmers of one of the central States united into a club, for the special purpose of attacking and lowering the freight and…
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The fourth and last series of London sales commenced on November 17. The following are the arrivals in time, and the quantity catalogued up to date:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Second Annual Sale of the Greystanes Pure-bred Shorthorn and Devon Cattle. (From the Special Reporter of the Herald.)
The 8.30 train on Wednesday morning from Sydney conveyed a large number of gentlemen, on stock-buying bent, to Parramatta, where, in accordance with the terms of the advertisements…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather and Crops.—Pastoral. (From the Herald's Summary, Jan. 15.)
Warm summer weather has prevailed throughout the past month, and very little rain has fallen, either in Sydney or the country. Last Thursday a thunder-storm broke over the city in the evening, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fanning, Griffiths, and Co.'s Australian Wool Market Report. Sydney, 15th January, 1875
The various phases through which the Australian wool trade has passed during the year just closed exhibit some irregular features, whilst they afford abundant grounds for congratulation and hope, and,…
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We commend the following letter to the careful consideration of our numerous agricultural readers. We had heard of Mr. Hungerford's success before, and he has we think conferred a great favor on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Quality of Wool. (From the Adelaide Observor.)
To sheepfarmers the following extract from a paper of the Association of Wool Manufacturers is of importance:—"There is perhaps no defect which renders wool, and otherwise good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saturday. February 6, 1875. Cattle Yards
IT has often been a matter for surprise that no intelligent effort has ever been ! made to establish cattle yards in a. town that is the capital of such a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. (From a correspondent.)
The usual monthly meeting of the above association was held at the School of Arts, Muswellbrook, on Wednesday, the 3rd February, Mr. W. Bowman (one of the vice-presidents) in the chair. Members…
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Theodore Perry says in the Prairie Farm that he sowed 1½ bushel of salt per acre upon one-half of a ten-acre field just after seeding it, and the result was that the portion salted was ready for the sickle five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather and Crops—Pastoral. (From the Herald's Mail Summary, Feb. 12.)
Since the last mail left our shores a most welcome downpour of rain has terminated the long drought from which the colony was suffering; and it is most satisfactory to report that all parts of the interior,…
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The most important transactions in the colonial wool markets are now over, and the large business which has been done this season for American and European account gives evidence of the extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COMMERCIAL. (From the Melbourne Argus' London correspondence.) London, Dec. 24. London Wool Sales
The disappointing results of the last series of colonial wool sales for the present year will long since have been known in Australia by telegraph. All that I can now do is to throw some light upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Edwin Holt and Co.'s London Wool Report. 24, Coleman-street, London, 24th December, 1874
The fourth and last series of Colonial wool sales for the current year closed on the 7th inst., 89,487 bales being catalogued. At the opening of the series there was a fairly numerous attendance of buyers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Circulars. MESSRS. W. MORT & Co.'s London Monthly Circular. 155, Fenchurch-street, London, E.C., December 23rd, 1874
The November series of wool sales, which were in progress when we last wrote, on the 26th ult., closed on the 7th December, a total quantity of 89,487 bales having been catalogued; the new arrivals in time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boga Agricultural and Pastoral Society
THE third annual show of the above society took place on Tuesday, the 9th instant. Favoured by good weather and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton. Hunter River Horse and Cattle Stealing Prevention Society
A meeting of the committee of this society took place on Wednesday the 17th instant, at the Royal Hotel, Singleton. Present: Mr Percy Waddy (chair), Messrs. W. J. M. Durham, R…
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