Weather and Crops
IN the metropolitan districts the weather hhs been exceedingly variable during the past week, and the indications seem to be favourable to another heavy downfall…
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London February—march Wool Sales
By Messrs, Sauthey, Balme, and Co.:- Ex Maid of Judah: R in circle over AH, 9 scoured at 16½d, 15 at 15d; S, 10 fleece at 14d. Ex Brucklay Castle: W&C York. 24 scoured at 196, 14 at 16½d,…
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CLASS 42.—FINE WOOL. Best three Rams, any age. 1st prize—No. 205, 60 months, bred by Homyer. Germany; owned by A. Cunninghame, Lanyon, Queanbeyan. 2nd prize—none worthy…
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1st prize—No. 738; J. Robinson and Co., Melbourne, Victoria. 2nd prize—No. 741; Barker and Co., York and Market streets, Sydney…
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BY Messrs. Schwartze and Co. Ex Brucklay Castle, Golden Sea, Strathnaver, Anes Rose, Young australia, and Walter Hood; RKS in diamond, 9 at 13½d, 3 at 11½d, 2 at 10½d; [?] in diamond, 22 at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural Implements and Machinery. Class 200.—Sheep-washing Apparatus
1st prize—No. 870, Sheep-washing Plant in operation; T. N. Russell and Co., Sydney Foundry. CLASS 201.—SUGAR-MAKING MACHINERY. 1st prize—No. 871, Cane-Crushing Mill in operation;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Section Ii.—cattle (Durhams). Class 18.—Bull, 3 years and over
1st prize—No. 1[?], Littlebury, 3 years 3 months, by Costa, dam Diem, by Sir Charles 19648; owned by W. J. Dangar, Singleton. 2nd prize—No. 100, Imporial Purple, 3 years and 2…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOOL. Sydney, 6th May, 1869. To the Secretary of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales
Dear Sir,—Having yesterday examined the wool exhibits lying at the stores of Messrs. Mort and Co., we have row the pleasure to forward the awards, and the following remarks on the prize and other bales that came under our…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Upper Darling As a Wool-growing District and Land Legislation. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—Several communications have lately appeared on the above subject in country newspapers, and it is to be regretted the writers have pronounced opinions so adverse to wool-growing in that large and rapidly-increasing…
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FROM the stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 21st, we take the following:— The accounts which reach us from the Upper Darling and the country bordering on Queensland continue to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Late Pastoral. To Editor of the Protestant Standard
SIR,--I have read the Archbishop's Pastoral carefully through, and I have also read your two articles thereon, and while I cannot subscribe to all you say in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WOOL. Sydney, 6th May, 1869. To the Secretary of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales
Dear Sir,—Having yesterday examined the wool exhibits lying at the stores of Messrs. Mort and Co., we have now the pleasure to forward the awards, and the following remarks on the prize and other bales that came under our…
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FROM the weekly stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of the 28th we take the following:—The weather, on the whole, during the past week has been favourable to stock and sheep, and to the growth of…
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As the first step towards advancement in any calling is to acquire a sound knowledge of the principles on which it should be conducted, and as our stock owners, generally speaking, are but little acquainted…
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Our files of the Times furnish the following particulars on this subject with reference to which a paragraph, appeared in our mail telegram on Monday, A correspondent signing himself "A Shareholder in a Colonial Bank,"…
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Since the close of last sales, on March 24, very little has been done in this market, and prices remain without chance, Business in the manufacturing di riots, both here and abroad, is also quiet, and although the…
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IN its Weekly Stock Report, the Dubbo Dispatch of the 4th has the following:—The Pastoral prospects of the district look brighter now than they have done for some time. From the various…
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IN less than three months time we shall be in the middle of shearing, and flockowners are making anxious inquiries as to the best method of cleansing wool on the backs of the sheep. The process of…
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Our files of the Times furnish the following particulars on this subject with reference to which a paragraph appeared in our mail telegram on Monday. A correspondent signing himself "A Shareholder in a Colonial Bank,"…
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THE past month has been uneventful as regards the wool market. A few parcels have changed hands by private contract at a slight improvement upon March rates, but this cannot be regarded as any indication of the tendency of prices, since the few purchases…
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