Agriculture. Boys on the Farm
It is a proud day when [?] Average boy gets on his first pair of boots and trudges to school by the side of his older sister. He does not care any longer to take her hand…
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Farming & the land, 1879
349 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 18
Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets
GUNNEDAH STOCK REPORT.—March 6, 1879.—We said in our last that there was every appearance of more wet weather, and we were not disappointed. On Thursday and Friday nights we had heavy rain,…
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AGRICULTURAL, progress is made mainly through discoveries by experimenting and by scientific researches, and whatever tends to advance the farmers' intereats and help them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Australian Wheat Harvest. (Melbourne Australasian.)
The South Australian harvest of 1878-79 will hereafter be referred to as the third of a series of harvests ranking in yield per acre considerably below the general average of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wool Trade in 1878 and 1879. ("Anglo-Australian" to European Mail.)
According to a return of the importations of colonial wool into Great Britain during the past year, I find that the total decrease from all ports in 1878, as compared with…
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The enterprise and energy of Bradford men is wall known, but with a considerable amount of native shrewdness there is occasionally a dogged obstinacy…
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NARRABRI STOCK AND STATION REPORT.—March 14, 1879.—No rain has fallen since our last report, in other respects the weather has been seasonable with cool winds and clear atmosphere. Grass continues to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Third Annual Show of the Upper Hunter Pastoral & Agricultural Association. (From our own Reporters.)
The third annual show, under the auspices of the above Association, was held at Muswellbrook on Tuesday and Wednesday. It will be remembered that last year owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thrid Annual Show of the Upper Hunter Pastoral & Agricultural Association. [From Our Own Reporters.] (Continued from another page.) Second Day, Wednesday, March 19
The show of the Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association was continued on the show ground yesterday. The attendance on the first day was very small, somewhere between 600 and 700, the…
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It will prove of interest to breeders of stock and those engaged in pastoral matters to know that our district stands to the fore by being the first, since the restrtions upon importations have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Original Correspondence. the Goat and Cattle Nuisance. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In the month of Way, 1878, I wrote to Inspector General of Police, complaining of the annoyance the residents of this town were put to by cattle, horses, and goats straying in the public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Stock and Farming Prospects. (Queenslander, March 15.)
The rains that fell since March commenced have perfected the good work of the earlier rains. The news is similar now from all quarters, from the grazing and farming districts, that the season is,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Mudgee Farmers' and Selectors' Show. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Mudgee
The Farmers' and Free Selectors' Show opened to-day the weather being fine. The show ground was nicely decorated, and the arrangements were good. The show generally…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sydney Cattle Market. [By Electric Telegrph.] Sydney, Monday afternoon
Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe report having sold at Homebush, a draft of Mr. McElhone's bullocks from Trinkey, to-day, at an average of £7 15s per head, equal to 20s per 100 lbs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Required in England in 1879. (Melbourne Australasian.)
The English wheat crop of 1879 has been the subject of estimates by several statistical exports, since the publication by the Mark-lane Express of the reports of its correspondents. Mr. Thos. C. Scot…
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THE most important condition of success exists (says writer in the Country Geo[?]man in the animals themselves—it is the activity and training of the cells of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Exportation of Cattle from America to England. (Boston Paper, Feb. 4.)
The steamer California, which sailed from New York Saturday, took out seventy head, of beef cattle. One of the firm of the Anchor line said that he had received no instructions…
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NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—March 28, 1879.— Perfectly day weather has prevailed since our last report, and there have been few stock movements. Complaints are rife as to the state of business…
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Leicester Ram, showing most symmetry and weight. J. F. and J. Doyle. R. W. Doyle second. Three Leicester Ewes. J. F. and J. Doyle…
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Bull, three years and over. No entry. Bull, two years. John Eales, "Cherry Oxford Brunswick"; only entry. Bull, under two years. A. A. Dangar,…
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