Pastoral and Agricultural
WAGGA WAGGA STOCK REPORT.—The weather during the past week has been exceedingly hot and dry, and summer has now evidently fairly set in. There is an abundance of feed, but the grass is now…
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The Colonial Wool Trade. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.)
ALTHOUGH the result of the colonial wool sales just concluded has been yery disappointing to most of the importing houses, the manufacturers of the United Kingdom are now placed in a far better position as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trade Circulars. Wool. [Charles Balme and Co] London, 21st September, 1867
THE third series of sales of colonial wool of the year commenced on the 15th ultimo, and concluded this day, consisting of 32,954 bales Sydney and Queensland 36,942 bales Victoria…
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PROSPECTS OF SUGAR GROWERS.—The following extract from a letter, relative to the prospects of sugar growers on the Manning and other Northern rivers, has been handed to us for publication. The sample of…
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THE crops in South Australia have been attacked with this disese, and several applications for remedial measures hav[?]g been made to Dr. C. Muecke, he addressed the following letter to the Editor of the South Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pastoral Interest
THE prospects of the squatters are particularly good, the season having been in every respect favourable to their pursuits. In the far interior there has been abundance of rain and water lately, there has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Red Rust in Wheat
THE crops in South Australia have been attacked with this disease, and several applications for remedial measures having been made to Dr. C. Mu[?]ke, he addressed the following letter to the Editor of the South Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times November 15.)
WE do not hear of any practical results, on a large scale, of the experiments made in meat-curing for Europe. It seems strange that while each of the colonial Governments is offering premiums for discoveries in minor matters (of much moment in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney Wool Market. [Richardson and Wrench]
This market for the new clip has now been open for one month, but until the last public sale day very little business was traussleted, as owners seemed unwilling to meet the market, whilst buyers were determined not to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather and the Crops
DURING the early part of this month, the weather has been exceedingly dry and sultry, so much so that considerable damage has been done to the young crops. In some districts, particularly in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Looney Tick Crops Up Again
I SAY, PUNCH, look here ! Did you "lay the fluttering suction to your heel" that your noble Looney Tick, the truly aerated emancipator of a piebald age, was a Haslem Creekite? Did you imagine that "the bier which cheers but not expostulates" had…
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THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS AT MUDGEE.—The weather in the Mudgee district continues exceedingly dry and fears are entertained that another long drought is setting in. Grass is rapidly burning up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fencing Sheep Runs. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—Having had some hundreds of miles of fencing in use for a number of years, perhaps you will permit me to offer a brief comment on a recent article in your paper on the subject of fencing…
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DUBBO STOCK REPORT.—The want of rain throughout the district is very much felt, and from all parts we hear accounts of the effects which the hot weather of th past few days has had upon the grass. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association Show
ON Tuesday, 19th instant, the third annual exhibition of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association, was held on the grounds of the Association in the racecourse. From almost every point of view the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Sheepfold V. Farm-yard Manure
THE following is the substance of a letter by Mr. J. J. Mechi, addressed to the Mark Lane Express :—"There is nothing like the sheepfold." How frequently we are told this by practical men! "The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times.) November 22
LATEST from Rockhampton represents little doing in sheep, except in exchange for cattle. A mob of mixed store cattle sold at 45s, long terms. Good bullocks saleable at Ipswich iron 85s to 90s; cows 75s; good shorn wethers, 8s 6d. At Dalby, G. B…
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DUBBO STOCK REPORT.—The season, if a plentiful supply of [?]olling fat cattle can be taken as a criterion, is very propitious. Last year the complaint was that stock which were being sold as fat were in reality not…
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CUNDLETOWN.—It is very distressing to have to record another week of dry weather. Although the heat has not been so oppressive, there is every appearance of a continuance of the drought. Still, on many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southdown Sheep
"Mr. T. Cadell exhibited a pair of Southdowns, but the breed appears to have proved nearly worthless for colonial uses." To the Editor of the Herald. SIR,—The above is an extract from the report by your…
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