Farm Produce
Class 279— Wheat, white, half-bushed. Prize, £2. James Ramsay, Nunama, Yass, first prize. Agricultural and Horticultural Society, Toowoomba, highly commended. Class 230— Wheat, red, half-bushel. Prize, £3…
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Pastoral
ANXIETY about the continued dry weather is at length dispelled, but the rains at the end of last week have not been too early for those in the back lands of the interior, who were looking gloomily at the dead grass,…
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THE weather at Hay, says the Standard of the 24th has been very dry, but yesterday some rain fell, and we may have some more soon. Lambing will be general in a month. Lachlan and Murrumbidgee low—Dal…
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AT the end of last week the threatened change of weather resulted in a steady and occasionally heavy downpour of rain on Saturday and Sunday. In the county of Cumberland and along the coast this was…
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Here we are in the midst of probably as fine a lot of cattle as could be collected together anywhere out of England, if indeed they would not bear good comparison with the best there; and it is satisfactory to see…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Sheep
It is nothing new to have a meagre show of sheep on our Exhibition ground, for our scab prevention enactments almost prevent the possibility of the best animals being brought to Sydney; and owners are satisfied to…
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The judges in this department of tho Agricultural show closed their labours on the evening of tho 24th, and as the various exhibits were open for inspection on the morning of the 26th instant, in a very convenient compartment of…
Continued on Trove, page 562 →Cattle in Quarantine
THE correspondence between the Government and owners of cattle placed in quarantine at Garden Island has been laid before Parliament. It will be remembered that the cattle were imported by the ships Ben Lomond…
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As noticed in our preliminary remarks about the Exhibition last week, the authorities of the Show have put it out of our power or that of any other chronicler, to give an account of the wool exhibits, any further than…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Threatened Cattle Tax
Attention has already been drawn to the probability that, in the event of the Victorian ' Government imposing a tax upon stock crossing the Border of this and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Shorthorn Breed of Cattle
THE Southern breed of cattle may be fairly called cosmopolitan. Its habitat is everywhere. From one small spot in Britian, its native home, it has spread through this country till it is found from John o'…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Annual Show of 1872. (Continued from page 550.) Cattle. Sheep. and Pigs
In 1869 the show of cattle was praised as one of exceeding merit. In 1870 it was said to be better than had ever been seen in these colonies. Last year, exhibitors and visitors competent to express an opinion affirmed that, except at the…
Continued on Trove, page 562 →Facts for Farmers
IN growing oats, it is well to bear in mind that the straw contains fifty per cent, of silica or flint, and this shows why it is that oats flourish luxuriantly on meadow land that has been broken up from grass…
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The sales terminated on the 1st; they were charaterised by unexampled animation; each article attained a higher range value than has been known during the present generation…
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THE sale of cattle which took place on Saturday, at tho Exhibition grounds, must be termed a great success, both from the number and quality of the cattle sold, and the satisfactory prices that were realised. Upwards of…
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SIR,—In the last number of the Journal of the Agricultural Society[?] on the wool inquiry e[?] 1871, and under the beading, "Remarks by brokers (in England) on the awards of the judges at the Sydney Exhibition," and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shorthorn Breed Op Cattle
THE Southern breed of cattle may be fairly called cosmopolitan. Its habitat is everywhere. From one small spot in Britian, its native home, it has spread through this country till it is found from John,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—I wish to call your attention to a paragraph in your issue of yesterday (May 6), in which you state us follows:—" Mr. Ramsay's (Manima) Leicesters have retained their character well, but they strike us…
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