The Wool Sales. London, September 17
The wool sales have closed with a firm and active demand for most descriptions. The total quantity sold during the series amounted to 320,000 bales, 20,000 bales being held over…
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The Farmer. Successful Experiment in Draining Swamps
IN a letter from Atlanta, Ga., to the N. Y. Sun, a correspondent relates the result of some experiments recently made by Col. John P. Fort, on the draining of swamp lands in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Useful Hints to Farmers
In the course of a lecture delivered by Mr. R. W. Emerson M’lvor, at Camden, New South Wales, recently, the lecturer, in speaking of colonial farming as a whole,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dairy Produce
The chief items in this class were the butter exhibits of Messrs. Bruce, Lawson, Hertzog, Cunnington, Scrivener, Wanklyn, Garry, and Mrs. Nixon ; and some fine samples of ham,…
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The wool sales of 1883-84, which will open in Melbourne early next month, promise to be more than usually successful, notwithstanding the serious extent to which the late drought affected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Report. Pastoral Timer Office. Evening. September 26, 1884
A welcome orange in the weather look place on Saturday last when 40 points of rain full. The hawk were irregular in their effects. At Wengenells only 25 pouts fell ; and at Lambton only 22. At…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs Monckton D. Synnot Bros. Weekly Wool, Grain and Station Produce Report. Melbonrne September 22
WOOL is daily arriving in large quantities: and form the number of new clips that are to be offered in this market. we antleipate that at the close of the sales over a quarter of a ro[?]tion blase will pass from the grower to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The vernal equinox, from which so many good results were anxiously expected, has come and gone without any great change in the prospects of the ensuing season…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ostrich-farming in Queensland
It is understood that Mr. Malcolm, of South Australia, who is now visiting Queensland, being desirous of testing the suitability of the interior of the country for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)
Sir,—I wish to correct an error which appears in a paragraph in your paper of 27th ult., describing the burning of the Booabula woolshed. It is stated that this is the second time a similar catastrophe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin. Friday Evening. October 8, 1884
The [?] our last report lias been [?] To-day is it oluse [?] and there are indloatloug[?] of rain. The pastures improved slightly under the influence of the showers which fell last week, but the benefit then received was only of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs Monckton D. Synnot Bros.’ Weekly Wool. Grain and Station Produce Report. Melbourne, September 29
WOOL continues coming forward freely, and advices are daily Increasing. There are no transactions to report, all lots now coming to hand being held for the opening sales, which commence early next month. Boyers are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer Eggs by Weight, Count, and Measure
THERE is a great deal of difference in the size of eggs, and therefore a difference in the nutritive value per dozen when used for domestic purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loafing- Cattle
A case of some importance to owners of travelling stock, and drovers in charge was (says the Times) investigated at the Deniliquin Police Court a few days since. A drover…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
It September "went out like a lion," October has followed out the simile by "coming in like a lamb." Bright sunshiny days and warm weather have been the only characteristics of the past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Wheat
A sample of new wheat called the grand champion has been received from Melbourne by Mr. Goldie, of the Belfast Agricultural Association. It appears that this wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The farmer. Eggs by Weight, Count, and Measure
THERE is a great deal of difference in the size of eggs, and therefore a difference in the nutritive value per dozen when used for domestic purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The annual meeting of tbe members of the above[?] held yesterday at the Royal Hotel. Mr Currie [?] the [?]hair, and the following were also present:— Cheriton, Burchfield, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Breeding in Riverina
Of the many good breeding stations in this part [?] the property of Mr. W. R. [?] promises to push its way by sheer merit [?] in the near future…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Wool Sales. Thursday, October 9
The New Zealand loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Limited held their opening wool sale this afternoon. The catalogue comprised about 1300 bales submitted. There was a very Iarge attendance of buyers including…
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