Conspiracy Against Rent-paying Farmers in Cork
LONDON, December 30.—An extensive secret society of marauders has been in existence in Ireland for some time, having its head-quarters at Macroom, county…
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Farming & the land, 1882
51 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 3
Frozen Mutton and Butter
LONDON, January 14.—A few hundred packages of the frozen butter shipped per Europa were sold at an average of 11d per lb. Fve thousand pounds of mutton by…
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LONDON, January 19.—Three-fourths of the Europa's shipment of butter have been sold, the average price realised being 10sd. Some of the butter was found to…
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THE Gulf country, says the Queens' ander, promises to become one of the largest cattle producing districts of Australia. The determination of many run-holders in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Select Poetry. "Good Crops From Unpromising Ground."
I sot in the amen corner whar' I've set for many — a year, An' I scaled every word ye uttered with a genocine hearty tear;…
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LONDON, February 9.—The new series of colonial wool auctions commence on the 28th instant. The quantity to be offered has been restricted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LOCAL & GENERAL. Cattle Stealing
A REWARD is offered for the conviction of cattle stealers who have recently been "lifting" a number of valuable beasts, the property of Mr. H. Rouse, of Redhead…
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ON Saturday Mr. Russell shipped aboard the steamer Victoria, for Brisbane, a consignment of splendid cattle from the Hunter River and Northern Districts. These…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming. Spinnach
Spinnach, German greens and sprouts should now be sown to be wintered over for spring use…
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LONDON, March 5.—Wool is decidedly firmer, Sydney fleece crossbreds has advanced a halfpenny per 1b…
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LONDON, March 4.—The wool sales continue animated. Rates for Australian wools are stiffer. Sydney fleece crossbreds have advanced one halfpenny. The…
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LONDON, March 9.—At the wool sales to-day, 9600 bales were offered…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Homebush cattle market is lower. Best beef is worth 23s per 100lbs; best wethers, 12s 6d; inferior, 5s…
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LONDON, March 26.—Favourable accounts have been received of the American wheat crop…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Homebush cattle market is firmer. Best bullocks are worth £10 15s; sheep retains the same rates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming. Ringbone in Colts
Professor Law says that "the great majority of ringbone in young horses comes from the failure to shorten the toes." To this may be added that ringbone is apt to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Multum in Parvo. Wheat 6s 9d to 6s 10d at Echuea
Wheat 6s 9d to 6s 10d at Echuca. A gas company is to be started at Kiama. J. L. Hall proves a big hit in "Across the Continent," at Brisbane…
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Scrub sheep are dear even for no price at all. On a good farm they are as bad as rusty nails on a new house…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming. Gathering and Storing Apples
In gathering apples from the trees to store away for winter use, provide yourself with a strong, light ladder, some two feet wide at the bottom and tapering to a point at top…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Royal Farm at Windsor
MR. WILLIAM RENNIE, one of the Canadian Commissioners to the Paris Exhibition, who visited London on his way home, went to see the Royal Farm…
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