Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 March 1885 · page 2
THE weather on Friday and Saturday looked as if the prophecies for rain were about to he realised. During the whole of the former day showers fell at intervals and continued until mid-day on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The farmer. Prize Essays.--Class Iii. Butter Making
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 March 1885 · page 2
AFTER looking over the columns of the Rural New Yorker, one would suppose that the subject of butter making had been entirely exhausted; but on an examination of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1885 · page 20
The eighth annual meeting of subscribers to the Corowa Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Show was held at the Royal Hotel on the 28th ult., Mr. F. M‘Farland in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Stock Report. Pastoral Time Offices. Deniliquin. Friday Evening, March 6, 1885
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 March 1885 · page 2
Twenty points or rain fell in Deniliquin last Saturday and since then the weather had been due. Today it is [?] with slight indications of rain. The pastures in the [?] have slightly approved [?] the [?] of the late…
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The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1885 · page 2
Little change worthy of note has occurred in the weather since our last report. The days have been uncomfortably hot and the nights as a rule chilly. Rain keeps off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Losses on Exports of Canad Cattle
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1885 · page 2
ALTHOUGH it is estimated that the absence of all restrictions on their importations, affords shippers of Canadian cattle to great Britain an advance of at least $15 per head over their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Death of Cyrus H. McCormic
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1885 · page 2
This well known inventor, whose name will always be associated with improves harvesting machinery, died in Chicago, May 13, 75 years of age. He was born in Virginia,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Notes. Improved Farming
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1885 · page 7
Farmers cannot afford to waste labor or material, although there are a great many of them who are very extravagant in their expenditure upon both. As with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 2
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Denl[?]quin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Royal Hotel yesterday. Dr. Nayes (vice-president) occupied the chair; and the following [?] were also [?] Messrs [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Food for Sheep
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1885 · page 2
THE most economical and appropriate combination of food for fattening sheep, says Professor W. Sanborn, will depend upon the cost of different foods in the locality. Nearly all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lung Worm in Sheep
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1885 · page 8
Lung worm in sheep is said by the Auckland Weekly News to be occasioning very serious loss throughout certain parts of New Zealand. Remarking that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool, Sheepskins, Hides. &c. MELBOURNE
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1885 · page 13
Messrs R. GOLDSBROUGH and Co. (Limited) report :—Wool.—We catalogued 1306 bales for our sale to-day. In all 930 bales were sold, inferior to average greasy ranging from 5d to 8¾d ;…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cheap Wheat. (From the Saturday Review, London.)
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1885 · page 8
Wheat is cheaper now than it has been for a full century. In the first half of the present year (1884) the average price in the markets of England, as recorded weekly in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farmer. Self-Acting Spring Leg Brace
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1885 · page 2
THE engraving represented a self-acting leg brace which the inventor guarantees will care any knee-sprung or ankle cocked horse in a few weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday E[?]nina, March 20, 1885
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 March 1885 · page 2
There is no alternation in the weather to report during the week. The w[?]mth has been seminal, and wherever the late rains fell he verst in the district, and the s[?]ring natured were not overstocked, the [?]rass is growing well. In other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales. From the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company, Melbourne)
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 March 1885 · page 2
Messrs Helmuth Schwartz and Co., telegraph us under date, London, 19th March. “Wool Sales :—Opening rates are maintained. Prices are steady lot good grease, as compared with closing rates of last series. Far to 1d lower…
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The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 March 1885 · page 2
The weather since last week has assumed a more oppressive character, and hopes are entertained of a change. The first frosts cannot be far off, and unless rain falls in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Notes. the Wheat Market
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1885 · page 7
Mr. John Pitchford, of Gloucester, contributed the following interesting letter on “The Anomalous Condition of the Wheat Market” to The Times of December 30 :—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer Scraps. Milking Records
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 March 1885 · page 2
THE herd of Sir Hussey Vivian, at Park-Is-Brcos--of which the private catalogue has just been issued--presents as interesting an experiment as is anywhere being tried with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Press Office. Den[?] Friday E[?] March 27, 1885
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 March 1885 · page 2
A [?] chance in the weather took plac[?] Thursday evening. Up to that time the weather had been close and muggy. Rain th[?]ed, and the [?] overcast atmosphere led to the be[?] that a downfall was impending, [?]ut…
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