Wool Sales
The Wool Sales commenced on the 17th November. During the first week twentynine thousand bales were sold at a decline of halfpenny below August rates. Faulty…
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Farming & the land, 1865
30 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
Local Intelligence. Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England
ON Saturday last, shortly after noon, a meeting of subscribers was, held, in the Municipal Chamber, for the election of officers to act for the above Society. Some…
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ON Monday afternoon last the annual meeting of sheep owners, to elect five Directors for this scab district for the ensuing year, was held in the Armidale court house. But…
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THE sales which commenced on Nov. 17 closed on Dec. 15. The number of bales catalogued consisted oF 20,507 bales Sydney, 13,347 bales Port Phillip, 1891 bales Van…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England. the Ploughing Matches
PRIOR to 9 o'clock on Monday morning last the paddock of Mr. Edward Baker, in which it was intended the ploughing matches should be held, was pegged and…
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[The annual meeting of subscribers to the above Society. was held in the Goudci] Chamber on Monday last, soon after noon. 'When the proceedings began there were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Intelligence. Meeting of Sheep Directobs
ON Saturday, at noon, a public meeting of Sheep Directors was held in the Armidale court house. Three Directors attended—Messrs. H. A. Thomas and C. D. Fenwick,…
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ON Tuesday afternoon a special meeting of the committee of the above Society was held, in the Armidale Council Chamber, to make arrangements for the ploughing…
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THE first series of colonial wool sales of 1865 commenced on the 2nd instant. They comprised 84,352 bales, of which 23,654 bales were Gape wools, the balance Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →High Farming and Clean Culture
THE farmers who make money in this part of the country by the cultivation of the soil are those who understand and appreciate the force and meaning of the words at the head of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural Extracts. Maxims for Farmers
1. THE farmer who does not return to his fields a dressing more than equivalent to the crops gathered therefrom is as unwise and thoughtless as he who would neglect to feed…
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We have bad great difficulty in making butter sometimes, but this summer the climax came. The only way I could gather my butter was to put my bands in the…
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TO show what cultivation will do, and that the success of a farmer does not depend upon "luck," I will take the farm of Mr. John Graham, lot 3rd, in the 11th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Sowing Grasses Without a Corn Crop
THE preparation for and mode of sowing do not widely differ from those usually observed in sowing grasses with a crop. Ploughing five inches deep so soon as the land is cleared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To the Sheep Owners of New England. (Per favour of the 'Armidale Express.')
GENTLEMEN—I have heard upon good authority that the Chief Scab Inspector is about to pay us a visit. As this gentleman must be daily in the habit of handling…
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TO partly remedy many of the abuses the poor sheep are subjected to by band labonr, in the process of sheepwashing and dipping, I have succeeded in inventing a very simple…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten Rules for Making Butter
IN making good butter there are several nice operations to be gone through with which require an eye to cleanliness, forethought, and some little experience…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agricultural Extracts. Farmers' Calendar
THE following Calendar for the UP LANDS of the Colony is from the "Australian Settlers' Hand Book":—JANUARY…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agricultural Extracts. a Cheshire Dairy Farm
Mr. Harold Littledale, of Liverpool, owns a large extent of land near Seacombe, on the Western side of Birkenhead, and some hundreds of acres of this property near his house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural Extracts. Shropshire Downs Sheep
HEREWITH we present a fine illustration of a breed of sbeep which ranks high among short-woolled British varieties, and is deservedly attracting much attention from flock…
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