Wool
Diemen's Land, 303 bales; New Zealand, 1595 bales; Cape, 17,042 bales. Total, 42,812 bales. Some of our friends supply different figures, but the disparity is very slight…
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Land and Pastoral Association
A MEETING of gentlemen interested in the formation of a Land and Pastoral Association was held on Thursday, at Messrs. Raynes, Treeve, and Co.'s Rooms, Pitt-street. Mr. T. S. Mort occupied the chair, and brought up the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Dairy. Cheese and Butter. No. 3
WE See no reason why our dairymen should not manufacture a quality of cheese which should command the highest price, both in our own and in foreign markets. As we have said, the climnte of the…
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The London wool sales are postponed till February 17th, in consequence of the smallness of arrivals; it is expected that 90,000 bales will then have arrived for the opening sales…
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So far as we are aware, the Municipal Council have not yet decided on the site for the new cattle market, and, without venturing to dictate to them on the subject, it will certainly not be out of place if we…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Grazier: Wool Washing
THE letter of Mr. Thomas Shaw, which the Town and Country Journal re-published last week from the Australasian, gives very strong evidence in favour of hotwater washing for wool; so strong, so clear and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Agricultural and Pastoral Matters. —Movements of Stock.—Intercolonial Items.—Sugar Prospects, &c., &c
THE recent rains, although attended with comparative disaster in certain districts, have undoubtedly improved the feed in the interior, and open out a promise of success for those farmers who have resorted to early sowing…
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THE weather in the metropolitan district has continued wet during the past week. There have been occasional breaks giving promise of a clearance, but they have only been deceptive,…
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IN the last number of the Royal Agricultural Society's Journal occurs the following report from the Bailiff of the Strives' Calico Printing Company's Farm, in Derbyshire:—…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland. the New Farm Murder at Brisbane
ON the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd instant, before Chief-Justice Cockle, in the Supreme Court, Queensland, William Pender alias Prendergast was tried for the murder of Patrick Hartnett, on the 2nd January. As the case presents some…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Farm, the City, and the Sea. Chapter Xii
IT is the disposition of most persons in the world to think more of their own troubles than other people think of them; and though the heart, to whom we confide our woes, be ever so sympathising, we usually…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Flood in the Hunter. the Back Water—great Destruction of Crops. (From the Maitland Mercury of Thursday.)
SINOR our last notice the water of the river has been falling, though slowly, and some of the land that had been submerged is free from inundation. At 5 o'clock on Monday evening, it will be remembered, the bridge gauge…
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THE best farmer is he who makes the most manure. The next best farmer is he who buys the most. MANY farmers make bad, bitter butter in winter, because they skim too much milk with the cream and…
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On January 27, the Importers' Committee postponed the opening series of sales till February 17. About 43,000 bales have arrived up to the date of writing, composed, according to Messrs. Willans, Overbury,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Brokers' Association. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—I am requested by the committee of the London. Wool Brokers' Association, to forward you the enclosed copy of a resolution passed at a meeting held on the 12th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in the Hunter. Continued Rise of the Hunter. Hundreds of Settlers Driven From Their Homes. Interruption of the Railway Traffic. Immense Destruction of Crops
Morpeth, Friday evening, March 18. My worst anticipations have been realized, for we are now in the midst of one of the highest and most destructive floods that ever devastated the valley of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods. Continued Rise of the Hunter. Hundreds of Settlers Driven From Their Homes. Interruption of the Railway Traffic. Immense Destruction of Crops. (From Our Special Reporter.) Morpeth, Friday evening, March 18
My worst anticipations have been realized, for we are now in the midst of one of the highest and most destructive floods that ever devastated the valley of the Hunter. The flood last week was bad enough,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cheese and Butter
We see no reason why our dairymen should not manufacture a quality of cheese which should command t lie highest price, both in our own and in foreign markets. As we have said, the climate of the…
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