Butter
In order to insure a prime article of butler, the first thing to be considered is feed and water. The first must be fresh, sweet, and wholesome, containing a good percentage of…
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Flour and Wheat Market. London, December 27
The English wheat market is lifeless. The Continental markets are inactive. The American can market is declining, with increased weakness. The spot quotation in New York…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Meat and Wool Supply of Australia
“What shall we eat, what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed ?” are questions involving such vital interest to humanity as to need no apology,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Common Disorders A[?]ffecting Cattle Epizootic Pleuro-pneumon[?] A—contagious Lung Diseas[?]
Inoculation.—As to the value of inoculation as a means of arre[?]ting the further spread of an outbrea[?] stock composing the same herd there can scarcely be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmer. Chicks From Hens and Pullets
There are some persons who seem to fall with brooders under almost every condition; but the causes of failure may often be traced in directions not anticipated. The more I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Confessions of a Baby Farmer
The story of the murders in Stockbridge, near Edinburgh, of the two infant children whose bodies have recently been discovered, will (says the Edinburgh Dispatch), when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
THE rainfall during the past week has been phenomenal for the season of the year, a total of 7.39in. having fallen since last Saturday. Monday and Tuesday nights…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Rne Wool Market. [?] Company Limited). Melbourne, December [?]1
[?] for the holidays on [?]cember, and will not be resumed until [?]. Our own opening sale for the did on Monday next, 7th January, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales. From Messrs Go[?]bbouge, Mort and Co., Limited. Friday, January 5
We offered to-day 2500 bales of wool, and have fold at auction and privately 2528 bales. There was a very large attendance of buyers, and competition, was brisk up to a point in keeping with their limits, which easily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Bales. From the Australasian Mortgage and Agent Company Limited, Melbourne. Friday, January 4
We offered to-day 3000 bales of wool and sold 2500. There was good competition and prices were maintained relatively equal to those which ruled before the holidays. Greasy sold to 10¼d. Tooma brought to 10¼d ;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Confessions of a Baby Farmer
The story of the murders in Stock[?], near Edinburgh, of the [?] infant children whose bodies [?] recently been discovered will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trucking Cattle
The question of the establishment of a system of end-loading as a means of preventing the injuries now inflicted on cattle in railway journeys has not escaped the attention of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Dehorning Beef Cattle
Horns are being sawed off by men holding all degrees of opinions as to the merits of the practice, from the dairyman who dis-horns all his own cows down to the man…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society
A meeting of the committee of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Grieve occupied the chair, the other members present being…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Wool and Stock Reports
MESSRS. GOLDSBROUGH, MORT AND COM[?] wire under date 11th January:—We of[?] 3000 bates of wool to-day, and said by [?] and privately 2000 bales. The attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rural Notes. Beef-producing Breeds of Cattle
From a paper by Mr. J. L. Thompson, Principal of the Dookie Agricultural College, Victoria, we taking the following :— THE HEREFORD…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Committee of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday last, Mr W. R. Virgoe (President) occupied the chair,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Offices. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, January 11, 1889
The weather has been extremely hot during the week the [?] in the shade being 115.7[?]. The offe[?] of the [?] rain as [?] on the local pastures have been something marvellous. A fortnight ago the district was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Market. (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, January 9
Wool,—We held our first Bale of wool after the holidays on Monday, the 7th inst., when we offered [?] bales to the usual master of buyers, some 1800 bales being sold The biddings were brisk, and a strong demand for wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales. From Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mokt and Co., Limited. Wednesday, January 9
We offered 60[?] bales of wool to-day and the prices were very firm for good wools, which are scarcer; inferior sorts are lower. We sold 3409 bales of good greatly to 9[?]; burry and inferior at 4½[?] to 6½[?]…
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