Selling Fat Cattle
In olden times every settler took his own cattle to town, and placed them in the hands of an agent for sale; of late years, however, it has became…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1859
10 stories in Riverina's papers
Sheep-feeding
Practical experience and special experiments all serve to prove that in order to feed animals profitably, care and time are necessary, and that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colonial. Criminal Causes. Goulburn Circuit Court. Saturday, April 2. White and Another V. Morris. Saturday, April 2. Cattle-stealing at Gunning
This was an action for trespass, in which Edward and Stephen White were plaintiffs, and John Moris defendant. The parties are all Billabong squatters. Joseph Turton and Charles Turton (father and son), on bail, were indicted for that they, on the 20th of November last, at the Yass river, did feloniously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Farming on Clay Soils
We lately dealt with that part of Mr. Bond's lecture, upon stock keeping on heavy land, which pointed out the objections to existing practices…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Report. April 16, 1859
The next colonial sales will commence on the 28th April, the arrivals to date consisting, of—2600 bales Australian, 25,698 bales Port Philip, 3100…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock-breeding. Cattle and Horses
There are signs that stock-breeding, as a branch of the art of husbandry, is being made the subject of more systematic attention than formerly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prevention of Cattle-stealing
A correspondent of the Maitland Mercury signing himself "a Squatter" makes the following suggestions with a view to the formation of an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Female and Two Children on Farmer's Island
Captain Arnold, of the Coquette, has furnished the following particulars :-- "The Fraser's island natives report that a mother and two female children (white)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool-washing, Classing, Packing, &c
There is no part of the business of a flock-master so important as sheepwashing and shearing; upon the management of this work depends, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cross-breeding of Sheep
Mr. James Crisp, of Yaloak Vale, Bacchus Marsh, writes the following letter to the Editor of Bear's Circular and Rural Economist, which goes far…
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