The Farmer. On Army Remount Horses
BY request Colonel Ravenhill contributes to the "Live Stock Journal" a description of the character of remount horses suitable for military purposes and as our farmers are largely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1885
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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Committee of the Deni[?]quin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Royal Hotel, yesterday. The President (Mr P. [?] land) occupied the chair, and the following member were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The following stock movements are reported locally.--1747 ewes with lambs from Sandy ridges to Bourke, Chas. Walter : 400 raised sheep from Quat Quatts to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wood Wool
ALTHOUGH this product (so called because it corslets of very fine shavings derived form wood) has for the last four years been in extensive use in America its use in Europe has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. London, June 11
At the colonial wool auctions to-day 11,700 bales were offered, making a total of 82,600 for the present series. The withdrawals amount to 12,000 bales. The market generally is…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Farmer. Broad Hares
VERY little encouragement is given at present by the existing agricultural societies to broad mares for the following reasons:--(1) Because the generality of shows are held during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Denilli[?]nin, Friday Evening, June 19, 1885
The dourly weather which was a characteristic of last week has been [?]eated since last report, and the cold temperature has [?]d. There is little doing in the way of stock. Be[?]ness generally is depressed, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Notes. Preparing Seed Wheat
Whatever may have been said to the contrary, sound and plump seed is to be preferred, for though good crops have been obtained from shrivelled seed, it is not to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Wool Sales. London, June 16
At the wool sales to-day 11,800 bales were offered, making a total of 126,444 bales during the present series. The tone of the market is dull…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Farmer Remarkable Success by Irrigation
AT the recent meeting of the ensilage congress, in New York, Mr. A. N. Cole, of Wellsville, in that state, told some remarkable stories of his success in farming. He ignores…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Den[?]in, Friday Evening, June 26, 1885
During the week the weather has continued cold and overcast. On Wednesday night a few crops of rain fell, and on Thursday there wire on- or two brick showers, the total for the week being 11 points. To…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Improvement of Live Stock. Journal of Agriculture
To those who make farming a business—farming in its best sense—the subject of greatest interest is live stock, for without live stock there can be no permanent success…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Eusilage and Dairy Cattle
IN a letter to the Scotsman, Mr. E. T. Blunt, of [?]laby Hill, Leicester writes--"I have several times been asked the question whether I considered [?]ilage a substitute for hay or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The weather since last report has assumed a more wintry character. On Saturday alight showers fell, but the fall was not of any great extent or long duration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. London, June 24
At the colonial wool auctions to-day 7, 7000 bales were offered. The market was rather weaker. LONDON, June 26…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rural Notes. Does It Pay to Grow Wheat ?
This question has unfortunately been too often in the minds of our farmers during the last few months, and whilst the answers have been variously modified, there…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farms and Cemeteries
A GOOD deal of novelty was imported into the discussion of the best means of disposing of the dead by Mr. Wyntor Blyth's paper at the health Conference. He is convinced that if…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The week opened with two days of steady rain, during which nearly half an inch of rain fell. On Monday fine weather set in, with a slight frost in the mornings and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of Stud Sheep
The first stud sheep sale of the season was held at Orange on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, by Messrs. Burke, Coulson and Naylor, and 2700 sheep were offered, from…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Rural Notes. Australian Wheat Yields
Messrs. J. Dunn and Co. have (says the S. A. Register) in the matter of wheat production for the past year, forestalled Mr. Hayter by several months. Elsewhere will…
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