Pastoral
There were no selections at the Hay Land Office, this week. The revenue received at the Hay Land Office for the past month has been:—C.P.'s: deposits, £583…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming & the land, 1886
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Farmer. Sheep Washing
"WHAT is wanted is more care and attention to this part of his business on the part of the British agriculturist; and as the outspoken opinion of this Chamber may be of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
THE week opened with a return of the dull, cloudy weather which prevailed at the commencement of the season. Thursday was excessively hot, and at nightfall steady…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. London, September 29
At the wool sales to-day 13,300 bales were catalogued, making a total of 249,300 bales since the commencement of the series. The market is quiet…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Short Weight of Butter. to the Editor of the Albury Banner
SIR,—Permit me through the medium of your valuable paper to draw the attention of the Inspector of Weights and Messures to the objectionable practice by some of our dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Meeting Oe the Hume Farmers' Onion
A PUBLIC meeting under the auspices of the Hume Farmers' Union was held at Ryan's Hotel, Burrumbuttock on October 2, to consider the beet steps…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →farmer. Management of the Farm Horse
THE stable should be well ventilated above. If sufficient air and light does not enter, it would be well for the owner to put in some windows of perforated zine, with a boarded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hume Farmers’ Union. Tee Gerogery Water Reserve. Proposed Duty on Imported Produce. the Sale of the Urana Reserves
On Saturday last a largely-attended meeting of the Hume Farmers’ Union was held at Ryan’s Hotel, Burrumbuttock, to agitate for the imposition of duties on imported…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The Annual General meeting of the members of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Australian Club Hotel, yesterday. Mr R. W. Franks (President), occupied the chair, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Den[?] Friday Evening October 8. 1886
Two good soaking showers fell daring the week from which nearly 40 points were registered, making 58 points since Friday last, and a total of 10.51 inches since the beginning of the year, 12.52 inches to the same period last year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Sales. From the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited Friday, October 8
The opening sale was held by this Company to-day. They offered 1000 bales and sold 860 There was very large attendance of buyers, the Continental section being especially well represented. Competition was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ivanhoe Pastoral Association
A meeting of this Association was held at Horne's Hotel, Mossgiel, on the 2nd inst. The wet weather prevented as large a gathering of the members of the Association as had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral
The Hay Lands Office business this week was as follows: Conditional purchase: William Spry, Gunbar, 640 acres, counties Sturt and Nicholson, parishes Wycheproof, Carrego and Beaconsfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
THE wasther during the week has remained uninterruptedly close. On Tuesday a hot wind set in and the sky clouded over, but although a few drops of rain actually fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brine for Salting Butter
An English expert says that dairymen who salt their butter on a table and work the salt in, make more streaky butter than those who salt with brine. We believe…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mutton or Wool?
The main object in view should never be lost sight of, in laying the foundations of a flock of sheep. Shall it be mutton, or shall it be wool? It may be either, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Maize on Wheat Land
Maize, or Indian corn, is one of our staple products, therefore one of the most valuable productions in this colony. Only in different portions, however, has it…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmer. Scarlatina from the Cow
When, sometime ago, a distinguished medical authority, writing to the "Medical Times and Gazette." declared that typhoid fever of man was derived from distempered dogs, we…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Useful Hints to Farmers
MIXTURE FOE CATTLE VERMIN.—Take a pound bar of ordinary yellow soap, and one ounce of carbolic crystals, dissolve the soap in hot water, add the crystals of acid,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Rural Notes. Farming Without Stock
Stock raising and farming are the same in a certain sense. No farmer can keep stock unless he grows grain and grass, and no farm can be kept to a standard of…
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