Pastoral and Agricultural Society
THE quarterly meeting of the Committee of the above Society was held on Monday afternoon, in the Council Chamber, soon after the meeting with respect to the Gold…
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Farming & the land, 1867
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Wool Washing Machine
The correspondent of the 'Argus' at the Paris Exhibition writes:—One of the most interesting machines in connection with the wool is one for washing, contained in a…
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SIR—On reading an invention discovered by an Austrian subject to manufacture sugar from beetroot I applied the principle upon cane. The article not affording the…
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WE have received the following letter, with printed extract referred to accompanying it, from Mr. Fletcher, the importer of the Cheviot breed of sheep for this district:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. to the Committee of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England. (Per favour of the 'Armidale Express.')
GENTLEMEN—As I see by your lately published report that you are not quite free from debt, will you allow me to make a suggestion which, if adopted, might assist…
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THE third series of London public sales of colonial wool opened on August 15. since when the following quantities hare been catalogued:—3134 bales Sydney, 5172…
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GERMAN wool is equally quoted as the standard for cleanness as well as fineness. It will not be amiss to give some idea of the pains taken in some of the best districts to wash the wool before shearing, as will be…
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A FLOCK of a thousand pure-bred merino ewes, which Mr. J. D. Macansh has sent from the Morrumbidgee for his establishment at Gurley, in the Gwydir district, was…
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LIEUT. Governor Stanton, of Ohio, says:—One thing that struck me very forcibly was that all farmers testified that sheep raising was absolutely indispensable to…
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A CORRESPONDENT writes as follows on the above subject to the 'S. M. Herald':—Having had some hundreds of miles of fencing in use for a number of years,…
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MR. Mechi, the well-known English agriculturist, writes as follows:—It 1s a singular fact that one rarely see a farmer's advertisement of what he has to sell or…
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A CORRESPONDENT writes to the 'Boston Advertiser':—In rearing swine and making pork there is a universal mistake amongst American…
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THE usual quarterly meeting of the General pommittee was held, in the Council Chamber, on Monday. After, waiting some time, but few over a quorum were present…
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MIX one pint of last night's milk with each pan of the new milk, and the milk will be fit to skim twentyfour hours sooner. This method does not require the milk to be put on the fire to simmer; and when you…
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"BUCOLICUS" writes to the 'Herald':—I have lately noticed a disease amongst sheep, that comes under the catagory of "Foot-rot;" but it is not the disease commonly known amongst sheepowners. This disease…
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