Pastoral and Agricultural Society
A meeting of the committee of the above society was held on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Turner (president) in the chair. After the confirmation of the minutes,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farming & the land, 1884
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Daring Sheep Robbery
A very daring sheep robbery was perpetrated at Kangarooie, a station between Forbes and Cowra, owned by Messrs. Armstrong. 4100 sheep were taken from one of their…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Wool Sales. London, April 25
The wool market continues quiet. The total arrivals to date for the sales commencing on Tuesday next amount to 520,000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer John
"If I'd nothing to do," said Farmer John, "To fret and bother me-- Were I but rid of this mountain of work, What a good man I could be !…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The farmer. Distribution of Fat in the Bodies of Animals. in Three Parts.-- Part I. PROFESSOR F. H. STORER
THERE are two distinct and separate ways of looking at the familiar fact of the deposition of fat in the animal body. We may conceive that the fatty matters contained ready formed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)
SlR, — As I observe that in the last [?] of the Riverins Advertiser and of your contemporary, the Deniliquin Chronicle, there is a report of and [?] scene which took place on Tuesday last, the 29th April,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Timer Office. Deniliquin. Friday Evening. May 2, 1884
The weather has again set in one. The rainfall of last week had done perceptible road [?] much larger downpour is earnestly needed. The grace is now springing; but it is not in sufficient quantities for breading stock. Lambing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Distribution of Fat in the Bodies of Animals Part Ii. Professor F. H. STORER
ONE of the most experienced persons with whom I have conversed, was perfectly sure, at least as regards beef and mutton, that the internal "gut-fat" is first deposited, then the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Salting Sheep
A great deal has lately been said concerning salting sheep—how often it should be done and the quantities required. Authorities all agree that salt is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Art of Butter-making
The Breeders’ Gazette (Chicago) contains an article in which the following sensible remarks are made :—“There is no special mystery or difficulty in making good butter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Sales. London, April 30
At the colonial wool auctions to-day 11,300 bales were offered, making a total of 20,000 bales to date. There is a good demand for most descriptions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Corowa Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society. Annual Meeting. Wednesday, May 7, 1884
The seventh annual meeting of the Corowa Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society was held on Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, at the Royal Hotel, Corowa, and attracted a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Distribution of Fat in the Bodies of Animals. Part Ii. Professor F. H. STO[?]
ONE of the most experienced persons with whom I have conversed, was perfectly sure, at least as regards beef and mutton, that the internal "gut-fat" is first deposited, then the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →T=rural Notes. Necessary Adjuncts for Success in Farming
“That which is one man’s meat is another man’s poison” is one of those trite old saying which conveys a deal more wisdom in a dozen words than could be found in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hume Farmers’ Union
The ordinary monthly committee meeting of the above association was held at Burrumbuttock on Saturday last, at the usual hour. Present—The president (in the chair), and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The ordinary monthly meeting of the committee of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held yesterday at the Royal Hotel. Mr. Shanahan occupied the chair ; and Messrs Mack, Nash, Braim,[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Sheep for Sydney Markets
CONSIDERABLE stress has been laid upon the fact that a portion of the recent supplies sent to the Sydney market was purchased in Melbourne and forwarded by rail ; and from that a conclusion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral [?]
SIR—Will you allow me to correct [?] [?] in your last issue, referring to the [?] opera “H.M.S. Piusfore.” by the Deniliquin [?] Company under the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Orrius. Deniliquin. Friday [?] May 9, 1884. [?]
During the last two or three days the weather has been threatening, but no rain has fallen. The barowelet[?] has been unusually high, and standing for several days between 29 7 degrees and 86 3 degrees. To day it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Distribution of Fat in the Bodies of Animals. Part Iii. Prof. F. H. STORER
THERE are a number of trustworthy experiments that go to show that fat is really deposited out of the blood, suggested in the previous article. Thus Boussingault, on…
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