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MAY 15.—The weather in the interior is always a subject for anxious thoughts; and we have from our various inland correspondents doleful accounts of the dryness of the season. The seasons here are guided by no known laws in regard to rains;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I see by a paragraph in your paper that Mr. J. B. Bettington, of Brindley Park, has been suggesting to the woolgrowers of the Western district the advisability of having an exhibition of wool in Sydney during the present…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →MR. JACKSON, of Tattenhall, Cheshire, read a paper on this subject, before the London Farmers' Club, of which we give a mere abstract. Mr. Jackson first referred to the extent of the cheese manufacture:—…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →AT Armidale, the weather still continues dry, and matters are beginning to look serious in so far as the fanners ere concerned. The Inverell correspondent of the Armidale Express…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A SPECIAL meeting of the Committee of the above society was held in the Court-house, on Wednesday, 13th instant. The President Mr. W. Dale, occupied the chair. There was a good attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE Dubbo Dispatch, in its weekly report on the 22nd instant, says:—"The weather changed decisively on Monday last. The clouds looked black and threatening throughout the day, and at night the rain came…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE showers with which the Metropolitan district was blessed during the week ending the 24th instant seem to have been prevalent pretty generally throughout the whole colony, though some portions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE little vineyard on Mr. Martelli's farm is deserving of mention, on account of the system of management therein practised. The area enclosed is eight acres, of which about a half is furnished with vines now in their fourth year…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Quotations are as follow:— Flour.—Family and Bakers' Extra, 7 dollars [?] [?] to 7 dollars 75 cents; Oregon and Shipping, 7 dollars to 7 dollars 37½ cents; Standard Superfine, 6…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cable despatches report that the advance of the British army, with General Napier at its head, had reached Lake Ashanghi, Abyssinia, March 16th. Its difficulties increased as it proceeded. The country was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FROM all the northern districts we hear of fine falls of rain enough to dispel the temporary gloom which seized on the people of the pastoral districts. Here we cannot have too much rain— abundance of rain means abundance of fat stock, plenty of wool,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following is the report of the Dubbo Dispatch for the week ending 29th ultimo:—The rains of the last week have been, according to the accounts received from our various correspondents, pretty general. At…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE Metropolitan district has been favoured with a very heavy fall of rain. On Friday night, and Saturday last, there was a large downfall, much refreshing the vegetation, which but for the dews of the early…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The second series of wool sales is to commence on May 14. The probable amount is two hundred thousand bales. The market is firm since the close of last series. Cape wool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Since the March series some business has been done in Cape wools at firm prices; the market is steady, and, as manufacturers are known to be scantily supplied,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Dubbo Dispatch of the 5th commences its weekly stock report with the following remarks:—"During the week the weather has been fine—nice days, with cold nights and mornings. Indications of rain made…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →WE may here describe a system of co-operative sheep, cattle, and arable farming combined, as on instance of successful co-operation that has stood the test of sixty years, notwith-standing many unfavourable seasons, the rise and fall of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In reviewing the state of the weather for the past week, the Maitland Mercury the 6th instant says:— "We are sorry to learn that the rainy weather of the beginning of the week was a coast rain only. At…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →JUNE 5TH.— We regret to find, from our own correspondent, that no rain, up to May 30, had fallen at Wilcannia or M[?]aindie, on the Middle Darling, although they had rain at Wentworth, where the Darling joins the Murray; and we hear that rain has fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE squatters have every reason to be satisfied with their present and future prospects. The weather is propitious, the stock in good condition, the grass and water abundant, and the prices of fat cattle and sheep…
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