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785 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 40
SIR,—In the January and February numbers of your journal for the overland mail, your wool reporter calls attention to the serious cases of the loss of weight in wool which occurred last year, and he appeals to me for an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The total arrivals of wool amount to upwards of 200,000 bales. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers has been large. The bidding commenced with great spirit. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE second series of colonial wool sales for the present year commenecd on the 11th April, and closed this day. The quantities arrived, catalogued, and bought respectively, were:— Arrivals, 177,504 bules (of this quantity about 11,600 bales were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WE have experieuced a week of almost incessnat rain, very few dry days having intervened to break the general downpour, reports the Wagga Wagga Advertiser, and the bush in nearly all places has become soft,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Seeing two or three letters in your paper on the above subject; I am tempted to add a few words as my mite of experience as to using soap, soda, or any other alkalies. The grand secret I have found to be, in using alkalies of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE prospects of sheepfarmers, as far as the season is concerned, are very favourable, as plentiful rains have fallen, promoting the growth of grass, and giving supplies to the dams and waterholes. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE have experienced a week of almost incessant rain, very few dry days having intervened to break the general downpour, reports the Wagga Wagga Advertiser, and the bush in nearly all places has become soft,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →IN the neighbourhood of Sydney there has been another week of dry weather, and although the coast districts generally do not suffer so severely from drought as those of the interior, both agricultural and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR Daniel Cooper writes to the Herald, under date May as follows:— Sir,—In the January and February numbers of your journal for the overland mail, your wool reporter calls…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Sime time since a bill was introduced in the Upper House to provide for the registration of wool brands. From some cause which we do not now remember, it fell through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE official list of awards ia published in the June number of the Journal of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, and there are some additional reports accompanying the awards, that we now…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →AN interesting discussion is in progress, among the chemists of continental Europe, on the cutting of hay and clover before they ripe[?], and on the true character of that substance which forms tho…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →NEW YORK, May 13th—The market continues firm, influenced by the advanced in the price of gold, and the meagre supply of all grades offering. The stock of domestic fleece in now wholly exhausted, and quotations for the most part are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE official list of awards is published in the June number of the Journal of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, and there are some additional reports accompanying the awards, that we now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We issued our first [?] wool report on the 1st of February [?] Since then London February sales established still higher values, and [?] some time extreme prices were paid for all classes of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE season is showing itself extremely favourable for the sheep-farming interest; everywhere rains have been plentiful, and the grass is growing so as to promise abundant, feed until the spring arrives. There are no…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →No fat passed of either character, and none heard of as near, neither sheep nor cattle, says the Deniliquin Chronicle. Last year, during the equivalent lasted three weeks, upwards of 60,000 fat sheep and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →FINE winter weather has prevailed during the past month. The season has been less severe than usual in most parts of the interior; but in some of the coast districts there have been very sharp frosts. The supply of rain has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LIGHT rains have fallen in the country round the metropolis, and though the weather is not remarkably cold, vegetation seems to be nearly at a standstill. Heavy dews have lately prevailed night and…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →In the South-western districts the late rains. have been heavy. and the rivers are still rising; but from the Western grseat complaints are to hand of want of water, where a few heavy showers would prove most…
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