Great Cry and Little Wool
THE gentlemen initiators, and unsuccessful carriers out of the purposes of the meeting held at the Royal Victoria Theatre having adopted the unprecedented and farcical course…
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Camperdown Cattle Sale Yards. Near Sydney
We report that the supply of cattle during the week has been quite equal to the demand. Good sheep are still scarce. Slaughter-house prices -- Beef, from 2d. [?] 3½d. Mutton. 2d to 3d. October 10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sugar Crop of the World and Its Movements. (From the New York Herald, June ll.)
Next to the importance and magnitude of the production of cotton, stands the growth and supply of sugar. From having been little known to the Greeks and Romans, except by small samples brought from China,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep-drafting Machine. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
SIR,—Nearly nine years ago I published, in the Melbourne Argus, an invention I had made for drafting sheep without catching them; having first practically tested its merits a few days before in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Camperdown Cattle Sale Yards. Near Sydney
The market has been better supplied this week, both with sheep and cattle, particularly the latter; several flocks having arrived has caused the market to decline a little. We have sold a flock of 1300 wethers of Mr. Dines', at 17s. 6d. Slaughter-house prices -- Beef, 2d. to 2¾d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Salt for Wheat
Theodore Perry says, in the Praric Farmer, that he sowed one and a-half bushels of salt per acre upon one half of a ten acre field, just after seeding it with spring wheat, and the result was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Crops and Produce of America in 1856. (From the New York Tribune, August 5.)
It is our candid opinion, and it is based upon such information as we are satisfied to rely upon, the present year is one of the most fruitful of the present century. There was a great breadth of land sown to wheat last…
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We had an opportunity last week of inspecting a sample of wheat, the produce of Mr. Faircloth's farm, at Booval, in the neighbourhood of Ipswich. It was grown from some Chilian seed-wheat, by way of…
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THE following is an extract from a letter from William Heath, Esq., Ludham Hall, England (dated March 10th, 1856), the well-known winner of prizes at Smithfield and Birmingham cattle shows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Public Health, Food,wheat, Flour, Bread. (From the Tasmanian Daily News.)
Dripping harvest seasons are rare in Tasmania, as compared with Great Britain. When they do occur, however, the wheat is frequently damaged by saturation with moisture, whilst standing in the fields after reaping…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales. (From the European Times.)
AUGUST 2.—By Charles Jacomb and Son: 572 bales Australian, is 7d to 2s 1½d, scoured 1s 11½d, lambs 1s 10d, skin 1s 10½d, ditto scoured 1s 10½d, broken, &c., 1s½d to 1s 5½d, sheepskins with Wool on, average 4 1bs., 5s 9d, averge 2½ 1bs. 3s, pieces 1s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THURSDAY, November 13. (Before the Chairman, Major Crummer, Mr. Lang, and Mr. Russell.) Cattle Stealing
John Porter was indicted for feloniously taking and driving away one heifer and one cow, the property of Edward Payne, at Wollombi, on the 20th July. Mr. Pring appeared for the defence; attorney, Mr.Chambers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bill for Better Preventing the Extension of Disease in Sheep
THIS Bill, of which we append a summary, consists of seventeen clauses. The preamble sets out by stating that it is expedient to amend and consolidate the laws for preventing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather and the Crops
There has been another heavy fall of rain, we are informed, in the Upper Hunter, and this was manifested on Wednesday by the river suddenly rising and becoming very muddy. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool, Sheepskins, Tallow, Hides. &c
THE following quantities have been received coastwise from 1st October to 24th November:— THE HUNTER: 1252 [?] bales wool, 27 casks tallow, 1269 hides, 169 bundles 1086 loose sheepkins, 2 bundles 3968 horns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weekly Sales. Cattle
Mylecharane, 655 head, at 67., 700lbs, Sullivan Aaron, 50 head, at 5l 15s, 650lbs, ditto Walker, 100 head, at 8l 5s, 800lbs, ditto Brown, 70 head, at 8l 5s, 800lbs, ditto…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Crops in Victoria
The following paragraphs relating to the crops in the sister-colony are taken from our last papers. The farms on the east side of the Hopkins have as fine an appearance as any in the district, and promise…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grose Farm. To the Editor of the Empire
SIR— I have been informed within these few days by several persons who wish me well, that the public are under the impression, that I was benefited by the grant of part of Grose Farm to my son-in-law, Mr. Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dungog.—weather and Crops
The week preceding Monday, the 8th instant, was remarkably fine, and afforded a good opportunity for the farmers to reap and carry their wheat crops. It was taken general advantage…
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