Combination of Farming and Grazing
At a recent meeting of the "Light Farmers' Club," South Australia, Mr M. Kenny, Secretary of the Club, read the following paper:— "I have heard it said in the old country that…
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The Pastoral Interest
DESPITE the losses which the squatters of Riverina have sustained latterly, they havo been expanding large sums of money in improving their runs. In every direction expensive works have been carried out. On every run from Dubbo…
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On market remains very inactive, and accounts from the North continue very unsatisfactory. Stocks of wool are large, consumers' expectations not having been realised. At Bradford the absence of American demand has told…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foot Rot in Sheep. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—In continuation of my remarks upon the subject of "Foot-rot," I intend to offer some few suggestions as to preventive measures which may be found to stay the decimating of some of the flocks of the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Footrot in Sheep. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—According to promise made in my last letter, I now bring my remarks upon "Footrot" to a close, treating fully upon the process of cure for this disease. I may, in the first place, dress those that I left just…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming and Pastoral. Grazing Cattle Pastures with Sheep
From our recent quotation from the London Economist, on the question raised in a paper by Mr Hope, on the "Comparative Advantages of Cattle and Sheep as Graziers," the remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times.)
JUNE 28.—The expected floods have descended in the north of the colny, carrying devastation with them. The waters which have done so much damage in the valleys of the more settled districts would have been welcome in the vast plains of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To the Editor. Foot Rot in Sheep
SIR,—In continuation of my remarks upon the subject of "Foot-rot," I intend to offer some few suggestions as to preventive measures which may be found to stay the decimating of some of the flocks of the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Disease. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—In the northern parts if New South Wales and in this colony there prevails amongst sheep an ailment known as "the blue back" or "rubbing disease." Fine healthylooking sheep begin, and continue, to rub the region above…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foreign Intelligence. Great Britain. Pastoral of the Bishop of Plymouth
We make the following extracts from the eloquent Lenten Pastoral of the Right Rev. Dr. Vaughah:—No one can consider the state of nations, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Farming in Germany. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—Thinking that some of your readers may find useful information in the accompanying letter, sent to me from Germany, by Mr. Thomas Holt, of this city, I crave space for that part of it relating chiefly to sheep farming; and…
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At a meeting of the Queensland Philosophical Society held in Brisbane the following paper was read by Dr. Bancroft:— Everybody has heard of sheop soab. Many think it is…
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Sales commenced on 16th May, with a moderate attendance of buyers. 215,000 bales were catalogued; 25,000 were withdrawn in course of sale; prices offered were one penny below…
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The second series of sales for the year commenced on the 16th. There was a moderate attendance of home and foreign buyers, among whom Yorkshire was strongly…
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SIR,—Thinking that some of your readers may find useful information in the accompanying letter, sent to me from Germany, by Mr. Thomas Holt, of this city, I crave space for that part of it relating chiefly to sheep farming , and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trade Circulars. Wool. [Hazard and Caldecot, May 16Th, 1867.]
AT the opening of this year's second series of colonial wool sales, this day, there was an average attendance of home and foreign buyers, and the competition was moderately spirited. Prices was regards Australian wool, show an average decline…
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SALE of [?] bales; by Jacomb, Son, and Co. Ex Liberator: HB, 29 bales at 20d, 1 at l81[?]d, 4 at l4d; G, 2 at 5d, P, 2 at 15d; LK, 4 at 13d, GX in diamond, 6 at 28d, 4 at 27½d, 6 at 26d, 7 at 2[?]d, 3 at 18d, 9 at 16½d, CXC in diamond, 1…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming and Pastoral. Sheep Farming on a Scale
A writer in the Australasian solves the question, as to whether sheep-farming on a small seale will pay, as follows:—"It is often said that sheep-farming on a small scale will not pay…
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IN an article on the above subject, the Pastoral Times of Saturday last observes:— Mr. Burke, in a recent letter to the Australasian, assumes that the sheep farmer (in Victoria) starts as a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boiling Down Stock. (From the Pastoral Times, July 13.)
A MEETING of the committee of Riverine sheepowners lately formed at Deniliquin, for the purpose of further discussing the subject of boiling down stock, was held on Saturday, 6th instant, at the office of Mr. R. R. Landale,…
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