Snowy River Wheat
A BEAUTIFUL sample of wheat has been left at this office by Mr. R. Rose, of Boloco Creek, The cars are from 3 to 8 inches long, they are full…
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Farming & the land, 1880
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Agriculture. Shorthorn Dairy Cows
BEFORE Shorthornt were known as a race, or rather before they grew into notoriety as a breed, for they had the reputation as a race before any record of Pedigrees were kept, they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Manaro Farming Prospects
Nvav[?] was there such a bright future before us, as regards the yield of the coming harvests. The average returns of wheat throughout Manaro will, we feel certain, be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Market
Harrison, Junes, and Devlin report:—At our auction sale of wool to-day we offered 200 bales, and our sales at auction and privately amount to over 2000 bales…
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Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:— Our catalogue of to-day comprised 3000 bales, and we have sold by auction and privately, about 1900 bales. Sales were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Third Quarterly List of Horse and Cattle Brands for 1879
A over HK George A[?] Kin, Nimitybelle. over K James Baker, Bibbenluke, [?] Catherine Lynch, Dry Plain, via…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Standard Weight for Agricultural Produce. No.xviii. an Act to Declare the Standard Weight of a Bushel of Maize Wheat Barkey Oats Rye Peas and
WHEREAS it is expedient to declare the standard weight of a bushel of maize wheat barley oats rye peas and beans respectively Be it therefore enacted by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agriculture. the Proper Cake and Feed to Make Combing Wool
NEXT to breeding, feeding is the most important consideration. Combing wool with a length of staple and degree of lustre which will command the highest price, can only be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agriculture Long-horn Cattle
LONG before the now famous Short-horns had anything more than a circumscribed local reputation, the Long-horns were highly prized through most of the midland counties…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agriculture. Tillering of the Wheat Plant. Professor Levi Stockbridge
THE wheat plant, like some other of its class, has the habit of developing underground stems from the base of its main upright stem. There are full of nodes or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diseases in Sheep Acts Amendment Act of 1878. Stock Branch, Department of Mines, Sydney, 30th April, 1880
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, directs it to be notified for general information, that the Regulations 1, 2, 3 and 4,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bombala Police Court. Wednesday, 12Th May. Before Messrs. Giles and Thomas SHEEP-STEALING
Thomas Rootsey was again brought up, on remand, charged with stealing two sheep. Mr. Lipecomb, for prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mammoth Rye or Polish Wheat
YESTERDAY, we received from Mr. J. M. Hasall, J.P., of Wambrook, a sample of mammoth rye, a cereal well adapted to the district of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Market. Goldsbrough's Wool Warehouses
Woo.—In consequence of the small quantity of wool forward we did not hold an auction sale this week. There is a good inquiry for all descriptions, and wo can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A French Pastoral
VERY early in the morning As given [?] broke the [?] Mr lard with [?] gives roaming, In the leafy [?] to play…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agriculture. Scientific Farming Practical
MR. BUCKMASTER, before a well-attended meeting of farmers, held at Tadley, in England, the other day, to consider a scheme for teaching the science of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agriculture. a Good Farm Makes Good Stock
SOMEONE has said "the character of the stock on a farm depends essentially upon the [?]itivation and condition of the soil." Grass is not only the natural food, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scientific Farming Practical
MR. BUCKMASTER, before a well-attended meeting of farmers, hold at Tadley, in England, the other day, to consider a scheme for teaching the science of farming,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Melbourne Market. Goldsurough's Wool Warehouses
Wool.—The new clip is now arriving more freely, and a considerable quantity will soon be in our warehouse ready for the opening sales. Prices are firm, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nature. Ants and Their Milch Cattle
THE instigate of the ant are, indisputably more extraordinary than those of any other in the whole range of animated nature. The ancients magnified them into fabulous…
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