The Deniliquin Agricultural and Pastoral Show
The annual show of the Deniliquin Agricultural and Pastoral Society last week was very well attended. The principal feature of the show was, as usual, the merino sheep for…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Farming & the land, 1885
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Breeding Dairy Cows
For the production of thoroughly useful dairy cattle a cross between the Jersey and Ayrshire has been highly recommended, and Colonel F. D. Curtis in writing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →How to Keep a Dairy Cool
The following particulars of a method of keeping a dairy cool are furnished to the. Auckland Weekly News by a correspondent, who says:—“I must first give you to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Hay Pastoral Show
The following is the result of the judging for the Hay Pastoral Show :— Merino Rams, grass-fed.—Ram over two years and a half (13 entries;—First, It. and A. M. Farland,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Denlilquin. Friday K[?]eeine. July 31. 1885
The wrather has been beautifully fine during the week, and the district pastu[?]es [?]ing splenind condition. Stork are in first t[?]e order. The lambing marking is [?]prled the [?]ghagt the dustier, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. the Awards for Thoroughbreds. [To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)
SIB,—At the late show of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society of Deniliquin, the second prize best thoroughbred was awarded to Mr Wm. Robertson for “Troubadour,” and not to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merino Sheep
The celebrated breeder of Merino sheep, M. Gilbert, of Wideville, in France, has lately received the very distinguishing honour of the Cross of the Legion of Honor, for his unwearied industry in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The American Wheat Crop
The [?] of April to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, indicate a reduction of over 10 per cent. from last year’s area of winter wheat. The aggregate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The Hay Grazier reports on July 29--The weather since our last has been changeable. The warm sun of the middle of the day being tempered by a strong cold wind…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sheep Dog Trial
In the presence of a large number of spectators the trial of sheep dogs took place, as usual, on the day before the Show, in a paddock close to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corowa Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool, Sheepskins, Hides, &c. MELBOURNE
Messrs. R. GOLDSBROUGH and Co. (Limited) report:—Wool.—No sales have been held since our last report, and the market remains unaltered. Sheepskins.—All offering find prompt…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Farmer. Breeding Hunters
I have read some interesting remarks lately on the breeding of hunters in your valuable paper, and by your permission I should like to make a few remarks which may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Profitable 10-Acre Farm
The Age gives the figures of the profitable farming of 10 acres in California, owing to an effectual irrigation system—the farm of a Mr. C. F. Peirce. In summing up, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rural Notes. Improvement in Farming
The Register publishes a long letter from “An Australian” on the “Existing Depression: its Cause and Remedy.” The writer makes the following remarks about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ostrich Farm Near Gawler
Dr. Taylor thus writes to The Argus on this farm :— “I paid a flying visit to the flourishing and picturesque little town of Gawler, during my stay in South Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shorthorn Cattle
Whilst attention is being so markedly directed to the Hereford and Aberdeen polled broods of cattle, there is not wanting evidence, the Glago Witness says, to prove the shorthorns the most useful all round…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Timer [?], Deniliquin, Friday, Evening, August 7, 1885
THE weather has been fine and cold during the week. No rain has fallen. One hundred and fifty points of rain were registered last month at Deniliquin ; and at Wangan[?]lla 101 points for all days fall. The total for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. the Awards for Thoroughbreds. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)
SIR,— must take exception to Mr James Robertson’s letter in your issue of the 1st August as misleading in regard to the judges’ awards in the thoroughbred horse class…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
During the past week the weather has been making amends for the unusual warmth of the winter. On Saturday the temperature lowered perceptibly, and on Sunday smart showers of rain…
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