Farmer. Salt for Live Stock
Salt is a mineral substance which is perhaps unique in its usefulness to animal life. One distinction which is often made between plants and animals, especially those high in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1888
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Farmer. To Tell the Age of a Horse
To tell the age of any horse. Inspect the lower jaw, of course; The six front teeth the tale will tell, And every doubt, and fear dispel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer's Debts
The aggregate indebtedness of the farmers of America is put at two billions of dollars--more than the national debt. Yet there is no need to fear that the farmers will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers’ Protection Society, Albury District
Mr. T. Whitaker, hon. sec. of the above society, sends the following progress report :— “As the local press have opened their columns for our benefit, I will avail myself of their…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Rural Notes. the Men Who Make Farming Pay
Upon the question of men who have had no previous experience in farming making a success of the cultivation of small tracts, it is only necessary to point to hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Pig in Relation to the Dairy
A paper on this subject was read recently before a meeting of farmers by Mr. S. Spencer, at Hollywell, St. Ives, England. In the course of its delivery, referring to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)
SIR, — I see by your issue of the 21st July that the Echuca people were endeavouring to induce the Government of Victoria to ex[?] black mail on all goods sent by rail from Swan Hill. Is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, August 3, 1888
The weather during the week has been cold and threatening. A few drops of rain fell, but the quantity was nume[?]ourable. The absence of rain is beginning to cause anxiety. List month only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How Protection Affects Farmers
We quote from President Cleveland's address to Congress the following remarks on farmers and protection:—"The farmer and the agriculturist…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral. Recorder Office, Tuesday Evening
As far back as the records of Balranald go, never has the the present month (August) been known to pass over without fair, and often heavy, rain falling in the town land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer. A Great Irrigation Enterprise
On Wednesday, February 1st, the proximate completion of one of the most extensive and expensive irrigation enterprises over prosecuted in California was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The following stook movements are reported locally:-- 1235 store wethers from Brown's Plains travelling to North Collendina, P. Aitken, owner, crossed on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Market. London, August 7
Fourteen thousand quarters of Australian wheat now shipping for the United Kingdom has been sold at 35s 6d. per 480lb…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Wheat Market. London, August 6
The English wheat market is strong in tone, but prices are unchanged. The Continental markets are advancing with increased firmness. The American market is changing…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Traveller. Exciting Contest. a Bull Alligator Attacks a Herd of Cattle
A very exciting and sanguinary contest between a huge alligator and several head of cattle occurred recently, a few miles below Kissimmee, Fla., on the bank of Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tenant Farming in the United States
It is common to speak of the farmers of the United States as the owners of the land they cultivate and a large proportion of them are in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer. A Great Irrigation Enterprise [?]
On Wednesday, February 1st, the proximate completion of one of the most extensive and expensive irrigation enterprises ever prosecuted in California was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sales of Pastoral Properties
R. Goldsbrough and Co. Limited report the sale of the Mitchell’s Creek and Major’s [?] Stations, [?] near Seymour, comprising 1000 acres of freehold land, or [?] and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deniliquin Pastoral [?] Agricultural Society
The ordinary monthly meeting of the [?] of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricul[?] was held at the Royal Hotel on [?] Mr George Currie occupied the chair, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The American Wool Duties
The proposed abolition of the wool duties by the American Government opens up a curious and interesting subject for criticism. From the broad standpoint of national policy it means that the…
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