Sheep-shearing a Cruelty
SHEEP-SHEARING, although it was celebrated as a festive entertainment both by the Jews and Romans, and even in some parts of England is still made the…
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Farming & the land, 1875
44 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 3
The Yeoman. a Farmer: What Should He Be?
AT a meeting of the Warrnambool Farmers' Club, Mr. Alexander Lumsden read the following paper on "A Farmer: what should he be?"…
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ANOTHER trial of Caton's fluke exterminator took place on Monday, at 49, King-street, Melbourne, in the presence of a large number of gentlemen, who…
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READ at the April meeting of the Edinburgh Botanical Society, by Mr. A. S. Wilson:—The following experiments were begun…
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AT the various dairymen's conventions every device that promises to increase the yield of butter, or improve its quality, meets with a ready hearing, and is…
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A SMALL work on the subject of "Grass and Sheep Farming, a paper speculative and suggestive," has recently been published by Mr. W. Farrer, B.A., late…
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THE extent of the Indian trade in horses may be judged in some measure by noticing the quantity of hay and chaff supplied to the horse-buyers for use during…
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THE 'Australasian' says:—In the 'Australasian' of July 3 appeared a description of a new form of wool-press, whose capabilities were…
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The Special Correspondent in Sydney of the 'Pastoral Times' writes:—The hope which long deferred is said to make the heart sick is peculiarly…
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THE following is the form of an agreement for use in the shearing shed, as revised by legal authority in Melbourne, and published in the Australasian. Its details may be varied to suit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Intelligence. Pastoral and Agricultural Association Op Southern New England
A MEETING of the members of the above named Association was held, at the Temperance Hall, Uralla, on Wednesday afternoon—the President, Mr. Edwin C…
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A meeting of the members of the named was held, on Friday afterion last, when we were glad to see a muster of more than 30 of the members…
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THE annual general meeting of the members of this Association was held, in the Temperance Hall, Uralla, on Wednesday after[?] last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From Mort & Co.'s Monthly Wool and Produce Circular. Sydney, September 24, 1875
WOOL.—When we wrote on the 27th ultimo, we had telegraphic advices of the London wool sales for the first week, and, notwithstanding the unfavourable turn…
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THE sheep farmers of Bullarook have had an excellent lambing season, which is now drawing to a close, the percentage being unusually large, owing to the number of…
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At a meeting of the Board of Sheep Diictors for the district of Armidale, held On Thursday last week, at the conrt house here, in accordance with…
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The 'Australasian' says:—The rust in wheat question has been brought to the surface again through the action of Mr. Bell, a member of the Ballarat Farmers'…
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As the shearing season may now be said to have commenced the writer thinks that he may be of some benefit to many of the farmers in the district if he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →From Mort & Co.'s Annual Wool and Produce Circular. Sydney, October 22 1875
WOOL.—The past season was not marked by any very sensational movements in the world's market for our chief staple. There have naturally been fluctuations in the…
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THE 'S. A. Advertiser' says:— We had an opportunity of inspecting at the establishment of Mr. W. 'Kemp, at Thebarton, a new process for removing…
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