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SIR,—In your paper of yesterday I observed a letter headed as above and signed T. S. Mort, which I think requires just a passing notice to warn well-intentioned, but non-practical, men from being led [?]ray by some of the remarks of his friend the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—Having the greater part of my time in this colony followed farming, I am nuturally much interested at the unusual sevority of the above discase. In reference to Mr. T. S. Mort's letter, in your issue of yesterday, headed as above, in the fourth paragraph…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat, 9z.3d.; flour, £23 to £25. Cleared to day—Mary Smith, for Brisbane, with breadstuffs; Willunga and Goldsecker, for sydney, with breadstuff…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Being a practical farmer, and much interested in the above disease, perhaps you will be kind enough to allow me a small space in your valuable paper to make a few remarks which at this time may not be out of place. It would be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Orwell, for London: 2332 bales wool, 2 bundles whalebone, 207 casks oil, [?] 235 casks tallow. Liberator, for London: [?] bales wool, 360 bags copper [?] 2800 packages copper ore, 10 tons bone, 19,[?] horns, 15 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HO[?].—The horse market has been unusually brisk this week, and the sales were so numerous as to completely clear out, not only all descriptions of useful horses, but also a large number of light and inferior stock. This demand arose mainly through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Being a practical farmer, and much interested in the above disease, perhaps you will be kind enough to allow me a small space in your valuable paper to make a few remarks which at this time may not be out of place. It would be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Per La Hogue: 2630 bales wool, 16 casks tallow. Per Alfred: 1789 bales wool, 322 casks cocoanut oil, 13,900 horns, 12,400 bones, 109 casks tallow, 22,113 treen[?]ils. Per Colonial Empire: 8504 bales wool, 131 packages gum, 249…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—I beg to make a few remarks with respect to preparing wheat before it is sown in the old country. Say on the evening previous to its being sown, take the number of bushels of wheat, put it in a heap on the barn floor; to each…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR.—Having been farming in this colony for some time, it is with interest that I have read the several letter that have appeared on the subject in your publication. While farming in Post Stephens, the rust got in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MATCH took place on Saturday between Mr. O'Connell's horse Colonist and Mr. Burgess' Gatana, for a distance of two miles, on the Deniliquin course. The sum named was £50. The owner of one of the horses was not satisfied with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—My attention, having been attracted to the Subject of renting agricultural or [?]rable land in this colony, during recent visits to some districts of it. I beg leave to suggest to you that the celebrated theory of ren[?] by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—Referring to a little discussion on rust in wheat, between Mr. Mort and Mr. Nought, I think Mr. Nought, who seems to be a practical man, or partially so, is rather hard upon Mr. Mort, who certainly has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Two years ago the price of cattle from £5 to £6 per head, and the butchers then charged three-pence per 1b. for beef. At the present time cattle are sold at from £2 to £3 per head, but the people of this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Through the columns of your paper, I wish to [?] the attention of the public to the following subject:— It has been reported to me, on authority that I can [?] rely on, that many runs on the Werego are infected [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—The above seems to be causing many letters in the Sydney journals, from the general failure of the wheat crop last season, and with the exception of one in your issue on Monday, the 23rd instant, I quite disagree…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I am desirous of bringing a matter of special importance to the colony under the notice of the public, through the columns of your paper, will you kindly give me space for a short narrative. It was a few weeks since known i[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Secretary to the Municipality submitted to that body, on Wednesday last, the periodical return of the various prices charged for bread by the different bakers of Cape Town. And as this list is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is proverbial that the weather exerts a very powerful influence on the produce of our fields. The accounts of the condition of our crops about the time of harvest, which are collected with much care by some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lucerne hay, from 6s 3d to 7s 0d; ost hay 7s 6d to 9s 0d; oats 3s to 3s 6d; wheat hay 5s 9d to 6s 0d; wheat, 12s 0d per hushel; barley, 3s 0d to 4s 0d; maize, new 3s 0d to 3s 4d; maize, old 3s 3d to 4s 6d; green stuff, 10d to is per doz. bundle; milch cows…
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