The Queensland Cattle Disease Bill. (From the Courier, January 14.)
Empire · Wednesday 22 January 1862 · page 5
THE purport of the measure, as it now presents itself after its stormy passage through the Legislature, is simply as follows:‐The first clause gives the Government power, at any time, to put a stop to the introduction…
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Empire · Friday 24 January 1862 · page 8
The annual report of the Chief Inspector of Sheep, Mr. Logis, has just been published, and from it we are left to gatherr that the sheep-producing interest is [?] rapid advancement. "You will observe," says…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Diseased Cattle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1862 · page 7
THE following proclamation has been issued by the Government of South Australia, prohibiting the importation of diseased cattle into that colony:— PROCLAMATION…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Rights of Pastoral Tenants of the Crown. (From the Pastroal Times, January 17.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1862 · page 6
A CASE of very considerable importance to all pastoral tenants of the Crown in New South Wales whose runs have a frontage to the River Murray in its course from the town of Albury to the South Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland and Our Northern River's Highly Eligible As Sugar-producing Localities, Financially Contrasted with the West Indies, As Regards the Value of Crops, and the Cost of Labour. To the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1862 · page 5
SIR,—In your issue of the 14th instant, a correspondent, writing under the initials "J. A. M.," requests from me a table shewing the above results. Admitting the force of his remark that it would throw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mauritius. Failure of the Sugar Crop
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1862 · page 5
BY way of Adelaide, we have nine days' later from Port Louis, viz., to the 6th of December. The following extracts from the summary of news of the Overland Commercial Gazette of that date, show…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Wool. To the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1862 · page 5
SIR,—In an article in your journal of the 15th instant, on the samples of wool intended for the London International Exhibition, you say—"The general chnracter of the greasy wools is very good, but the prize sample xxxi. (41), grown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Relative Advantages of Feeding Cattle and Sheep on Artificial Food. (From the Farmer's J[?])
Empire · Saturday 1 February 1862 · page 5
IN referring to the feeding and breeding of stock on farms, we always mention sheep, as these are manifestly so much more profitable now than horned cattle, but as the latter are so much preferred in many parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mauritius. Failure of the Sugar Crop
Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 February 1862 · page 7
The following extracts from the summary of news of the Overland Commercial Gazette of that date, show that the state of affairs consequent upon the partial failure of the sugar crop has not improved:-…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lifford Estate Cattle Show
Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1862 · page 1
The annual exhibition of stock, agricultural produce, &c., belonging to the tenantry on the Earl of Earl of Lifford estate, was held at Ballindrate, on Saturday last, in a field adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Average Rates at Hay, Corn. & Cattle Market
Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1862 · page 3
Hay from £7 to £9; Straw 4s to 6s 6d; Corn 5s 9d to 6s; Wheat 5s to 5s 6d; Bark 5s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming in Naples
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1862 · page 3
AMONG the luxurious abodes of the ancient Romans there were none more celebrated than those of the Bay of Baiæ and the Bay of Naples. Around that famous shore, within a distance of thirty miles, villas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tobacco Curing. (From the Farmers Journal.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1862 · page 8
THE perplexity of the farmer for the first time trying his hand at tobacco curing is unfortunately not likely to be removed by his intercourse with those who profess a practical knowledge of the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IRRIGATION. (From the 'Farmers' Journal.)
Empire · Monday 17 February 1862 · page 2
IN looking to the sources from which water may be obtained for this purpose, we have first the running streams, and on mention of these many will be inclined to exclaim that they are out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exports of Wool, Tallow, Hides &[?]
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1862 · page 8
From 1st January to 31st December, 1[?]1:— [?]20 bales wool, [?]002 casks coconut oil, 1[?],857 horns, 11[?] hides, 222 tons, 114,16[?] bones, 23 tons hoops, 4941 bags copper ore, [?] casks tallow, 5131 bags gum, 359 tons silver lead…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Exhibition of Wool at Messrs. Goldsbrough's Stores. (From the Rural Economist, February 7.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1862 · page 4
JUDGES: Messrs. W. Hick, W. Austin, P. N. Walker, W. Hardcastle, H. W. Farrar, J. Pettit, and F. Wattinne. This exhibition of wool was held at the stores of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FIBRILLA. (From the Californian Farmer.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1862 · page 8
THERE are not a few timid souls who imagine that England is falling into decay. Our cousin John is apt to complain. He has been accustomed to enlarge upon his debts, his church rates and poor rates, his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On the Means of Securing Regular Water Supplies for Stock During Protracted Droughts. (From the Pastoral Times, January 31st.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1862 · page 5
THE unusually long duration of excessivley hot weather which we have lately experienced, occurring as it did at a time when all the surface water had disappeared from the plains resulted, as was naturally to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Importation of Cattle. (From N. S. W. Government Gazette, 25th February.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1862 · page 5
THE following Proclamation, which, appeared in the Government Gazette of the colony of Queensland, prohibiting the importation into that colony of cattle from the Australian colonies, is hereby published for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cultivation of Wheat. To the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1862 · page 5
SIR,—My friend Mr. James Byrnes, who has had much experience in the flour trade, has lately called my attention to a plant, allied to the trefoil genus, which in some parts of the colony grows amongst the wheat, and imparts an…
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