Irrigation As a Preventative of Rust in Wheat
The Victorian Minister of Water Supply has received two communications, through Mr. M’ColI, M.L.A., showing the advantages of irrigation in the prevention of rust…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farming & the land, 1887
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Odds and Ends. The Farmer
Once on a time he used to plough And rise at dawn to milk the cough, And drive with merry song and laugh To pasture Brindle and her caugh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Signs of a Well-man-aged Farm
There is always something to do upon a farm; but if a man wants to win the prize for the best farm in the colony, he has got to keep on pegging…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rural Notes. Professor Custance on Root and Fodder Crops. (From the South Australian Chronicle.)
Some months ago Professor Custance delivered a lecture on this subject before the Alma Farmers’ Union. The Professor, who was well received in his opening…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Open Column. Public Baths. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)
SIR. — Now would be a suitable for the [?] [?] to be floated on to the opposite bank [?] river. And let them stop there ; where the [?] Inexpensively be forced to [?] the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Sales. From Dalgety and Co. Monday, November [?]
We catalogued 1750 bales [?] containing [?] only a few superior [?] being offered. [?] in full attendance and competed [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs Monckton D. Synnot Bros.’ Weekly Wool, Grain and Station Produce Report. Melbourne. November 16
WOOL—The sales are progressing very firmly, and over 16,000 bales were sold last week by the various [?] Many goods wools were offered, which [?] high rates, superior greasy realising from [?]. At our…
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LAND business this week: Henry Jones, Gunbar, county of Nicholson, parish of Honu[?], 437 1/4 acres, Gunbar run. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Sydney, report…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
THE weather has been increasingly warm since last report, and hopes are entertained that fall of rain may soon break up the long spell of heat. The river is falling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How to Salt Butter
Of course, everybody knows how to salt butter. All there is to be done, according to the old practice, is to Spread out the butter, sprinkle the salt over it, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wool Sales. London, November 16
It is announced that the wool auctions. which open on the 22nd inst, will be closed on the 12th December…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Wheat and Flour Market. London, September 10
The wintry weather which has prevailed lately has caused the wheat market to harden, and a general advance of from 6d. to 1s. has taken place. There also been a similar…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Opening of the London Wool Sales. London, November 22
The November-December series of colonial wool auctions were opened to-day to a large attendance of home and foreign buyers. The catalogue comprised 9000 bales, for which the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Farming Competitions
The following are the awards made by Messrs. T. K. Dow, Angus M‘Naughton, and R. Dodd in the farms, drops, and homesteads competition under the auspices, of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin Friday Evening, September 25, 1887
The weather has been very hot since last report, and the last two days have been the bullest of the season. The [?] are now drying up rapidly, and the grasshoppers are [?] about the district in [?]. Even the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool, Sales. From Dalgety and Co. Monday, November 21
At our weekly wool sale to-day we offered 1700 bales to a full muster of buyers. Competition was brisk and late prices were fully maintained. The catalogues comprised no super wools, but [?] obtained up to 9[?]d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs Monckton D. Synnot Bros.’ Weekly Wool, and station produce Report. Melbourne. November 29
WOOL—At our last Friday’s sale we catalogued 818 bales and sold 671 bales by auction and 52 privately, making 728 bales, all of which realised full rates, [?] was the highest price realised for flue light conditioned crossbred marked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral
Mort and Co., Limited, Sydney, report, November 25: Wool: We offered 3016 bales of wool at auction for this week's sale, and sold 2266, including 642 placed privately. For good-conditioned parcels the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral
Land business this week: William Miller, Booliga[?] 10,240 ares, H.L., county of Waljeers, parishes of Kingswell and York, Alms run. At Flemington on Wednesday the supply of fat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
AFTER some days of hot weather, rain set in on Tuesday afternoon, and continued at intervals until Wednesday morning. In the afternoon the rain again started, and…
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