Pastoral and Agricultural
During the month favourable reports on pistoral matters have been received from all parts of the interior. In the Dubbo district the weather has been most…
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Appendix. Wool. March 2[?]
The first public sale after the departure of the mail, was held by Messrs. Mort and Co., on the 29th March. There was an average attendance of buyers, and there was active competition for most of the lots…
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THE inward mail this month was very anxiously looked for by all parties interested in the well doing of our chief staple in the English market, as catalogues and account sales of the first series of sales…
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EXCEPT upon two or three close sultry days, which were followed by a rain-storm, magnificent Autumn weather has prevailed in Sydney since our last summary, with the atmosphere cool and invigorating. A beautiful aurora…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Ideal Small Farm
IN order to see what intelligent industry may do on a small farm worked on the Belgian principle, I will make the following calculation; and as all farming must begin in the brain, I have tried to arrange the farm that it will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Worms in Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—Judging from the tenor of my correspondents, it seems that many are of opinion, that "santonine" is a specific for every form of worm disease, but it is not,—it is of little or no use for worms in the lungs, for it can only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disease in Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—The prevalence of an epidemic among sheep has of late brought forth some comments on the subject through the general Press. Having watched the progress of the malady for some months past, I am desirous, through your…
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OUR accounts from the pastoral districts speak of a fine fall of rain having occurred pretty generally over the Southern and Western district, giving a little freshness to the undergrowth of…
Continued on Trove, page 229 →Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops
IN the metropolitan district the weather during the past week has been all that could be desired. Fine warm days, with cold nights and mornings, are now quite the regular sequence. On Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 228 →H.—cattle
" By the Statistical Register of 1869, the cattle in the colony stand at 1,795,904, while the numbers given there during the last nine years are as follows:— 1861......... 2,271,923…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Show
ON Tuesday, the 11th April, the second annual exhibition under the auspices of the above named society, was held at Yass. There were 63 entries of horses, 59 of cattle, 26 of sheep, 6 of dogs, 10 of pigs, 67…
Continued on Trove, page 229 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence.—Stock Movements, &c
WE learn from the Dubbo Dispatch that the weather has been fine. Cattle and sheep are in fine condition, and everything in the immediate neighbourhood of the township looks remarkably pleasant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Sales in England
THE following letter, addressed by Sir Daniel Cooper Bart., to the Secretary of the New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Association, has been forwarded to us from London for publication:…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →James Morrison and Co's Wool and Produce Circular. London, 23rd February, 1871
The year 1870 has closed since the date of our last circular (30 th November), and it did not, in its course, realize the commercial expectations which we had cherished at its commencement. During the first half…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Farming in Victoria
The following melancholy description of what was once deservedly called the " Garden of Victoria" is from the Melbourne Economist :—A trip through the Bacchus Marsh…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Facts for Farmers
IT is a thing not generally known by farmers and gardeners, but it is a fact, that hot water may be employed without injury to plants or trees, for the destruction of the insects which infest them. Water,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intellicence
WE learn from the Dubbo Dispatch that the weather has been fine. Cattle and sheep are in fine condition, and everything in the immediate neigh[?]rhood of the township looks remarkably pleasant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Sales
THE following letter was received by last mail. As it is on a subject of great interest we publish it in extens[?]:- London, 6th February, 1871. Sir,—Since the Committee of your Association, in March…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trade Circulars. Annual Report on Wool. [H. Schwartze and Co.] London, January 24, 1871
THE past year has not brought that general amelioration which ever since the crisis of 1866 has been eagerly looked forward to, of whose advent every smail temporary turn for the better was interpreted as the sure sign, amd which, even when such…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral and Agricultural Intelligence
WE learn from the Dubbo Dispatch that the weather has been fine. Cattle and sheep are in fine condition, and everything in the immediate neighbourhood of the township looks remarkably pleasant…
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