Annual Sales of Stud Sheep in Melbourne
The annual sales of merino and longwool stud sheep in Melbourne were held last week, at which a number of drafts of very fine sheep from New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmrnia,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Farming & the land, 1886
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The Wool Market. London, August 28
Wool continues firm at the late advance…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The American Wool Duties. Deputation to the Premier
A deputation from the Woolgrowers' Association of Australasia interviewed the Premier last Monday, to solicit the aid of the Government in an effort to secure the…
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Milking is not considered very pleasant work, and should be done by the men folks of the farm, especially in the winter and in inclement weather. What is a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Useful Hints for Farmers
GIVING HORSES MEDICINE.—To give a horse medicine take a long-necked bottle, raise the horse's head, and thrust the bottle into his mouth, and whilst the liquid is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Another Invention for Dairy Use—the Lactocrite
We (Queenslander) have received from Stockholm, Sweden, a letter written by Mr. A. Wahlin—who lately travelled the Australian colonies as agent for the De…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times )
[?]—In your notice of the Jubilee Singers at the [?] you say, “The [?] eccentricities in ‘Did’nt my [?] Daniel caused considerable [?] as also [?] amusing story told in “The Gospel Train” Your…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, September 3, [?]
The meteorological record shows [?] days out of [?] one in the month of August, a [?] rarely [?] in a district with such a limited rainfall. The [?] 1 for the [?] was about [?] inches, one cause…
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A conference about travelling sheep and "loafers" was held a Maryborough (V.). when resolutions were passed, and it was directed to place them before the Government. It was decided to ask the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Pastoral Distress
We extract the following from Mr Ward's "Far West" letters in the Daily Telegraph:— But, it may be asked, how it is that the pastoral industry can be carried on year after year at a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ballarat Sheep Show
The Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Annual Champion Sheep Show, which opened to the public on Friday, proved one the most successful exhibitions of both fine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pastoral Question. Hillston, September 7
A large and representative meeting of inhabitants of Hillston and district was held last night at Tattersall Hotel, to take into consideration the way in which business was conducted by the local Land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Commercial and Pastoral Association of New South Wales
The following is a synopsis of the prospectus of the above association recently formed in public meeting at Sydney to aid the pastoralist to obtain the proper amendment of the Land Act as it applies to the…
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The business at the Lands Office this week was:—Robert Ernest Horton, Gunbar, 610 acres, C.P., county Nicholson, parish Gonowlia, Gunbar run Robert Ernest Horton, Gunbar, 1920 acres, C.L.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Diseases of Sheep
THE great loss of ewes every lambing season would not be so severe if we thoroughly understood the different disease sheep are liable to, and from what cause the disease is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Muffins
Mix one pint of milk, two eggs, three tablespoonfuls of yeast, a little salt, with flour enough to make a stiff batter; let it rise four or five hours and bake in muffin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Agricultural and Pastoral Show
The twenty-second annual show of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association opened on Tuesday. The weather, though threatening, kept fine throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Pastoral Rents in New South Wales
The following are the rentals of the frontage pastoral properties, the decisions on which were reserved till Saturday from the Bourke Appraisement Court:—Beemery station, one…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Latest Telegrams. the London Wool Sales. Marked Advance in Prices. London, September 7
At the opening of the fourth series of colonial wool sales to-day 13,000 bales were offered. There was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was brisk. An…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →farmer. Scraps from the Live Stock Journal. Lancaster Comet
FEW Shorthorn sires, of any date, have been more widely impressive than was Lancaster Comet 11,663, for he is accepted as the bull which stamped a district character on the…
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