Facts for Farmers
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 April 1870 · page 13
No matter how partioular the milkmaid may be, a few drops of decaying milk will send a sourish smell through the best kept dairy. Whenever this is perceived remember that a pan of dry charcoal will drink…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wool Sales
Evening News · Monday 18 April 1870 · page 3
Also in Empire
The [?] in the first series of London public sales of colonial wool, which commenced on February 17, and are [?] last till March 8, comprise :—Sydney, [?] Phillip, 29,709; Van…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural and Pastoral Matters—movements of Stock, &c., &c
Evening News · Monday 18 April 1870 · page 4
ATTENTION has been forcibly directed by the Murrumbidgee and Murray papers to the fact that a new industry is required for the great bulk of wheat-growers in those districts. For some weeks past…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sales of Australian Wool in London, To the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1870 · page 3
SIR,—As the speediest mode of getting the report of the London Committee on the mode of conducting the wool sales before those interested, may I request you to publish the Committee's report herewith, Dalgetty,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1870 · page 6
The most cheering accounts have been received during the month from the pastoral districts. Here, at all events, the abundant rains have proved most welcome and beneficial. In the neighbourhood of Dubbo thero is now any…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral
Empire · Wednesday 20 April 1870 · page 3
THE colony has been visited by incessant rains, and several of the coast districts have been the scene of the most calamitous floods—in fact, the season has never been paralleled since 1817. The rain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Land and Pastoral Association
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1870 · page 7
On Tuesday of afternoon, April 5, in pursuance of an advertisement signed by Mr. Thomas Sutcliffe Mort, the Hon. Thomas Holt, M.L.C., Mr. N. D. Stenhouse, and numerous other gentlemen, a public meeting of colonists was held in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool, Tallow, and Hides
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1870 · page 9
THE inward mail per Avoca has again been delivered considerably in advance of contract time, which is so far fortunate that, if the due date had not been anticipated, the early departure of the outgoing mail…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Weather and Crops, Pas[?]oral, &c. Weather and Crops
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1870 · page 6
During the past month the weather has been variable. In the early part of it where were heavy rains throught the length and breadth of the colony—the Southern coast districts having, perhaps, received the largest supply…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Dock Charges on Wool. To the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1870 · page 6
SIR,—It may be interesting to many of your readers to know that the old established Company of the London Docks have resolved to meet competition by the adoption of a reduced scale of charges on wool, which they have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Grazier. Public Cattle Sale Yards
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 11
IT is to be regretted that the municipal council do not feel justified in accepting the amendments made by the Legislature in their Cattle Yards Bill. We gave lately our reasons in favour of the public market, so far…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The London Wool Sales
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 29
The arrivals for the first series of London public sales of colonial wool, which commenced on February 17, and are to last till March 8, comprise: —Sydney, 9553 bales; Port Phillip, 29,709; Van…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Agricultural and Pastoral Matters-Movements of Stock, &c
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 6
Now that nearly all the wheat in the Orange district has been thrashed, a pretty good idea of the harvest can be gathered. It is estimated that the average yield has been twenty-five bushels per…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sales of Australian Wool in London. To the Editor of the Herald
Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 8
SIR,—As the speediest mode of getting the report of the London Committee on the mode of conducting the wool sales before those interested, may I request you to publish the Committee's report herewith, Dalgetty,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Weather and Crops
Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 8
DURING the past week we have been favoured with fine weather in the metropolitan district, although there have been occasional obscurations of the sky by light stratified clouds that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farm, the City, and the Sea. Chapter XVII
Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 10
I HAVE already noticed Mr. Flue's fiery rebuke to John Bell, after Ann left the shop in such a mysterious manner, and without buying a mantle, or even looking at the muslin which Mr. Flue had spoken of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Royal Farming
Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 9
THE Emperor Napoleon, in imitation of his royal contemporary, the late Prince Consort, has established a model farm at Vincennes. The Inverness Courier gives the following…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farms and Vineyards of the Hunter. Kinross Vineyard. [By Our Special Reporter.]
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 12
SINCE my notice of the Dalwood vineyard appeared, the fertile valley of the Hunter has once more been swept by a most destructive flood—a flood which old residents and competent judges agree in describing as…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Facts for Farmers
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 13
Grass around a young fruit tree does as much harm as a tight choker on a boys' neck. On an average the mule can do a third more work, lives a third longer than the horse, and is less…
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