Open Column. Hybrids—rabbit or Bilbie. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 3
Sir, in your issue of the 10th inst. a letter appears speaking of rabbits hybridising. It goes on to say any person who is curious in the matter, if they visit a station on rabbit scalp counting day in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 March 1888 · page 2
Mort and Co., Limited, Sydney, report, March 23:—WOOL: We brought forward 621 bales for our auction sale on Wednesday, and sold at auction and privately, 889 bales. Although none of the wools…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral
The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 29 March 1888 · page 2
There were no selections this week. Hartland and Fitzerald hold a horse sale at Oxley on the 10th April. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Farm Cisterns
The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 29 March 1888 · page 2
The surface soil is removed to a depth of eighteen inches to exclude frost in the winter and heat in the summer. The excavation is made in the shape of an egg with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 2
THE weather since last report has been fine and warm. It is now sultry and like rain. The Pastoral Times, Deniliquin, reports on Saturday:--The continued dryness of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Importation of Angus Polled Cattle
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 11
Messrs. Dougherty, Son, and Parker landed last week in Melbourne, from the herd of Mr. Matthew Holmes, of Castlerock, New Zealand, by the steamer Waihora, 50…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More and Better Wool
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 11
There are some sheep in every flock that are really worth double the value of the average lot. It is by a system of judicious selection that this can be remedied to a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wheat Market. London, March 24
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 18
The English wheat market is weak in tone, without quotable change in prices. The Continental markets are depressed. The American market is declining. The spot…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Approaching Wool Sales. London, March 22
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 18
The second series of colonial wool sales will commence later than usual, the opening date having been postponed in order that the Easter holidays might not create a break…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Hints for Farmers
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 11
POINTS IN SELECTING HORSES.—Reject a horse with a big, coarse head. Do not look a second time at a horse with either a long, slack back, or with a hollow…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Good Dairy Cows
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 11
It is only here and there, and now and then, that good dairy cows come into market. The only sure and reasonable way of getting good dairy cows is to raise them…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Conviction for Baby Farming
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 15
At the Fitzroy Court on Monday, a middle-aged woman named Margaret Calcutt was charged, under the Public Health Amendment Statute 1883, section 61, on summons, with…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Deniliquin, Friday Evening, March 30, 1888
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 2
The weather has been warm and occasionally sultry during the week. Yesterday was a [?] close day, [?] during the night but only a few [?] Today it is much cooler, but the sky is still colony [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral & Stock News. Stock Reports &c. Riverine Grazier Office
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 April 1888 · page 2
IN meteorological matters there is unfortunately nothing extreme in the way of change. The hot weather of last week has been supplanted by cooler, but beyond a few drippings, rain has steadfastly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Important Sheep Branding Case
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 4
At the Wagga Police Court on Saturday. 24th ult. the stock inspector proceeded against a number of pesons, being the owners of sheep above six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Squatter and the Sheep Shearers
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 4
Some 25 gentlemen interested in squatring and grazing pursuits assembled regen[?] a be office of Dalgely and Co. Darke-street west…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Farm Cisterns
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 2
The surface soil is removed to a depth of eighteen inches to exclude frost in the winter and heat in the summer. The excavation is made in the shape of an egg with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 2
FINE warm weather has prevailed since last report. The following stock movements are reported locally.--Wah[?] April 3--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Market. London, March 29
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 18
The English wheat market is unchanged. The Continental markets are dull. The American market is changing a little for the better. The spot quotation in New York for…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Approaching Wool Sales. London, April 3
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 24
The list for the second series of colonial wool sales, which commences on Thursday, has been closed, the total quantity being 361,500 bales. Of these 54,000 bales have been…
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