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875 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 44
IT must be borne in mind that wool in the fleece cannot be much scoured without the coarse and fine being so mixed together that they cannot be afterwards separated, or without these being so fitted that they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR.—For several years my annual balance-sheet under the above heading has appeared in the columns of a very respectable periodical devoted to the advancement of horticulture; but as the Handy Book of Bees,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prices firm; prospects show comparatively limited supply for February sales, and point to probable maintenance of quotations lately current. Woollen trade active. The quantity of wool to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE branch mail steamer arrived at Adelaide from King George's Sound last evening, bringing late European news to the latter part of January. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE branch mail steamer arrived at Adelaide from King George's Sound last evening, bringing late European news to the middle of January. The following items were telegraphed to this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As in the coast districts, the districts of the interior have again had unsettled weather during the week ending Saturday last. The heat has been very oppressive, as was to be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Prices firm; prospects show comparatively limited supply for February sales, and point to probable maintenance of quotations lately current. Woollen trade active. The quantity of wool to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE rain in the vicinity of Cooma has not been sufficient to impede farming operations to any considerable extent. Rust is rather prevalent amongst the wheat crops on Mannre this year; in fact, more so than has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →1. Girth.—The girth taken close behind the shoulder. 2. Length.—Is measured straight along the back, from a point on the top of the shoulder in a perpendicular line with the general extremity of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE article I read in the Town and Country last week, on the subject of the late wool exhibition, has just come opportunely, at the right time to prevent the committee of the Agricultural Society drifting…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SIR,—I have often heard of the mountain in labour, and what it produced, and of the dire effects of a puddle in a storm; but never were these remarkable natural phenomena so forcibly brought to my mind…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →IT is curious to note the differences in the modes of paying workmen, labourers, and servants, for their services. With the exception of the board-wages system, the general rule of domestic servants in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →THE weather during the early part of the week in the metro politan districts has. been fine, but exceedingly hot and oppressive, with occasional overcloudings of the sky, threatening another…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SOME experimental cultivators have discovered a new method of growing potatoes, which is said to answer remarkable well and to save a great deal of labour both in planting and digging. The method is this: The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE branch mail steamer arrived at Adelaide from King George's Sound on Wednesday, bringing European news to the 23rd of January. The R.M.S. Geelong arrived at the Sound at 2.30 a.m on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE rain in the vicinity of Cooma has not been sufficient to impede farming operations to any considerable extent. Rust is rather prevalent amongst the wheat crops on Manaro this year; in fact, more so than has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE rain in the vicinity of Cooma his not been sufficient to impede farming operations to any considerable extent Rust is rather prevalent amongst the wheat crops on Manaro this year; in fact, more so than has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Having been repeatedly asked to adopt a mild form of my meat-curing process to the preservation of butter for export, I have been led to reflect on the subject, and hope that the accompanying suggestions may perhaps help to…
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