The Farmer. Prizes for Ram Lambs
[?] Royal Agricultural Society of England [?]emplate giving prizes for ram lambs,but [?] considered at a recent meeting it was [?]und that the members resent were almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1885
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The Farmer. Ayrshire Cattle In America
IN the course of a paper read before the Washington Institute, Mr. William Fairweather M'Iane, Pennsylvania, gave some information as to American experience with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The weather has suffered no change since our last report. The days are still fine and bright, with cold nights and a slight nip of frost in the early mornings, though not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Culling Sheep
The most profitable sheep is the most perfect sheep the country will produce. This can only be done by close attention and culling, and to do this it is necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warts on Horses and Cattle
Warts differ very much in position, and also in their form and modes of attachment. Sometimes they are situated in places which are most exposed to pressure from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →How to Prevent Rust in Wheat
A correspondent of Castner’s Monthly writes:—“With analysing, the land farmers, from practice, can learn the capabilities of their soil, and if they could put fifty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Selected Poetry. 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 6 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, April 24, 1885
THE weather has been beautifully fine during the week and the season[?] warm sun has had a marked effect upon the [?] The grass is everywhere springing rapidly, and the stock are first getting into splendid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The farmer. Show-yard Judging
THE prevailing system of show-yard judging (says the Live Stock Journal) is not unfrequently the subject of discussion. It is pointed out that there is a want of uniformity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The week opened with cold, bright weather and an occasional sharp breeze, that on Saturday and Sunday threatened to bring up rain. On Monday the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa Pastoral and Agricultural Society
A MEETING of the committee of this society was held at Thomson's Riverina Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. The President, Mr. H. Hay, occupied the chair, other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →V Brand on Sheep—is It Required ? to the Editor of the Albury Banner
SIR,—Many years since, about 18 months after scab was totally eradicated from Victoria, sheep were allowed to cross from that colony into New South Wales under certain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer. Prizes for Ram Lambs
The Royal Agricultural Society of England contemplete giving prizes for ram lambs, but when considered at a recent meeting is was found that the members present were almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Hints on Breeding Hunters
OUR colunns, says the Live Stock Journal, recently have shown the great desire the exists for reliable information and advice on the subject of breeding hunters, and no one is more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The weather continues without change although the temperature varies slightly between the opposite points of warm and chilly. Lambing is now general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer. Show-yard Judging
THE prevailing system of show-yard judging (says the Live Stock Journal) is not unfrequently the subject of discussion. It is pointed out that there is a want of uniformity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Royal Hotel yesterday. Mr MacFarland occupied the chair, and the following were also present:—Messrs J. McMeekin, Virgoe, Bronghim,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Breeding in Riverina
Another very large property-holder and pastoralist in the Deuiliquin district, is Mr Henry Ricketson, of Baratta, Cornalla, and Aratula. These three stations are directly under the management of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Tin)
As numbers of people are saking questions I am going to get the water into the pro[?] without pumping, and how the water is to be at a sufficient elevation for distributing over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times O[?]ner. Denillquin, Friday Evening, May 8, 1885
THE weather has been fine throughout the week. Two or three [?]ests have been experienced, but the effectiv[?] are sacredly appreciable. A few of the acidulous tress have a yellow [?] indicative a the reproaching winter, but the…
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