Grease in Wool
The grease which is natural to wool is a valuable substance, and is extracted by the French people for the purpose of various industries. It contains a large quantity of…
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The Cost of Wheat Production
The phenomenally low prices of wheat which have prevailed during the past year have directed attention to the details of the cost of producing that grain, and in various…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Corowa-culcairn Railway. Opinions of the District Press. Pastoral Times
IN a leading article on the subject of Riverina Railway Extension the Pastoral Times of Oct. 23 thus criticises the action of the Council in rejecting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. Prospectus of the Commercial and Pastoral Association. to the Editor of the Albury Banner
SIR,—A circular with the above heading is being sent the rounds of the country for signatures by the squatting community, and almost every shearing shed is supplied with a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The farmer. Foot-and-Month Disease
Dr. E. Kieln, F.B.S., contributed an important article to the Lancet on "The Etiology of Foot-and-Mouth Disease." Dr. Klein says:—"For some time past I have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral
The hare [?] animal in the Corowa district. The Western Grazier of October 30, says:—On Thursday and yesterday we have had a foretaste of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ivanhoe Pastoral Association
A meeting of this association was held at Elliott's Hotel, Ivanhoe, on the 23rd, at which the following monitors were present, Messrs. Bedford (in the chair) H. A. Laird, C. Parsons, J. Evans, A. L. Cameron,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral
There was no land business his week. Mr. Haynes has a young carob tree growing nicely in his garden. Haymaking is now in active progress in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coloring of Butter
I have on former occasions pointed out that the coloring of butter with annatto, with the juice of carrots, or with any other preparation, was a practice that would be more honored in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Waste Matter Utilized. the Fat of Sheep's Wool to Be a Factor of Commercial Wealth
In a recent paper read before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, attention was called to a process of utilizing the fat from the sheep's wool. Tho discovery of this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rural Notes. Terrible Mortality Amongst Sheep in America
Advices have been received from Buenos Ayres to the effect that a fearful loss of sheep has taken place in that country, the loss being placed as high even as 20,000,000 sheep and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farmer. How to Clean a Farm Horse
One of the most important things to be observed in the management of farm horses is their cleaning, and yet it may be safely stated that nothing is more neglected by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer. Scarlatina from the Cow
When, some time 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 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin Friday Evening November 4, 1886
The weather has been warm during the week, and the [?] gives plain indications of the approach of summer. A yellow [?] is apparent on the plains, and the seeds are already shedding. Notwithstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Brown's Irrigation Farm, Maude
Seeing an account in your paper of Brownvale Irrigation Farm, I will try and give a fuller account. There are between 40 and 50 acres under irrigation, principally wheat and about 3 acres of barley. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Early Cattle Improvers
In the endeavour really to ascertain how the various breeds of live stock came to assume the forms in which we now find them in Great Britain the greatest impediments of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Improve Land
Sheep effect very marked improvements in pastures. Any pasture used for cattle and horses may profitably have as many sheep added to the stock as there are acres in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →How to Make Butter
In reply to the request for some farmer's wife to give directions how to make butter and care for milk I shall give my method, which I consider good, few my butter is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Care of Stud Sheep
Shed or yard feeding for stud sheep is now practised, and with considerable advantage when extra feeding is to be given ; but the system requires a great deal of attention. For…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Correspondence. Prospectus of the Commercial, Pastoral, and Agricultural Association. to the Editor of Albury Banner
SIR,—Adverting to the letter of a “Selector (Condobolin) which appeared in your issue of 29th ultimo (and which comes a long way for insertion), I would point out that your…
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