The Northern Pastoral and Agricultural Association
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 5
THE Singleton Show on Wednesday was very successful. The weather was fine but threatening; notwithstanding this the attendance was in excess of any former show at Singleton. The number of exhibits was larger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep. Fine-woolled. Judges: Mcssrs. Cox and H. W. Bloomfield
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 5
To the owner of the best ram, any age, having been at least once shorn, for fineness, weight of fleece, length, strength, and closeness of staple, silver cup.—W. J. Dangar, prize, To the owner of the best pen of three clothing-wool rams,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir Daniel Cooper and the Tasmanian Wool-Growers
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 229
THE Mercury publishes the following reply from Sir Daniel Cooper, to those who sent him the assurance of their thanks for his timely intervention concerning the wool sales:—…
Continued on Trove, page 229 →Queanbeyan Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Annual Ploughing Matches. (Abridged from the Queanbeyan Age.)
Empire · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 4
LAST Monday the first annual ploughing matches of the Queanbeyan District Pastoral and Agricultural Association came off. The situation was one of the best to be found in the district, being an casterly slope from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle. Males. Judges: Messrs. Major Lowe, C. C. Mair, and R. Lowe
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 5
To the owner of the best Durham bull, 3 years old and over, silver cup. W. and C. Durham—Great Count, calved October 8, 1868, bred by R. W. M'Dougall, prize; W. J. Dangar—Grand Prince 3rd, 3 years [?] months, highly commended; Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fat Stock. Fat Cattle. Judges: Messrs, H. S. Badgery, P. Fleming, and J. Price
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 5
To the owner of the best [?] Durham ox. £1; sccond prize, 10s. James White, 5 years, fed on [?]rne and grass for 2 years, prize; Thomas Hunge, ford, second prize: W. J. Dangar, 5 years, bred by self, grass ted, highly commended. Seven entrances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special List of Prizes to Be Competed for Only by Freehold or Tenant Farmers, Occupying Not More Than 640 Acres, Including Grazing Land
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 5
To the owner of the best brood more, suitable for fanning purposes, £2.—J. M'Alpin, jun, Bulga, "Blossom," prize. Four ent[?]ances. To the owner of the best Durham bull, any age, the bons fide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Produce. Colonial. Judges: Messrs. F. W. Thrum, D. Faulkner, G. Achurcb
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 5
Six bushels best sample wheat, which must be a sample of the produce of not less than one acre, to be exhibited by the grower, £, tecond p[?]ize, £2, third prize, £1.—James Noblec, prize; Samuel Snape, second prize; Kenneth Kennedy, third prize…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cultivator. Impoverished Condition of Farmers in the Older Settled Districts
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 12
THE Lord Bishop of Sydney, on a late occasion, expressed himself to the effect, that the people of the county of Cumberland, and the adjacent districts, were undergoing a gradual but evident…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Facts for Farmers
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 14
THE following testimony to the valuable qualities of the Norway Oat recently appeared in the Melbourne Leader:—Sir, I have lately seen several inquiries in your valuable paper about the Norway oats, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. Latest Newspaper Dates, London, July 12. Late Telegrams, London, August 1. Wool Firm, and Prospects Good. Practical Settlement of the Alabama Difficulty. the Indirect Claims Rejected. Prosecution of the Galway Bishops and Priests. Letter Received From Dr. Livingstone. Attempted Assassination of the King and Queen of Spain. Fatal Cyclone in the Bay of Bengal Death of the Mexican President Juarez. [By Electric Telegraph.] [From Our Adelaide Correspondent.] [A portion of this telegram appeared in our issue yesterday morning. The remainder was corning through when we went to press.] Adelaide, Friday morning
Empire · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 3
The American Indirect Claims have been excluded from consideration by the Arbitrators at Geneva, as contrary to the accepted principles of International Law…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Impoverished Condition of Farmers in the Older Settled Districts
Empire · Tuesday 27 August 1872 · page 4
THE Lord Bishop of Sydney, on a late occasion, expressed himself to the effect, that the people of the county of Cumberland, and the adjacent districts, were undergoing a gradual but evident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Market
Empire · Wednesday 28 August 1872 · page 2
Also in Evening News
Under date July 11, Messrs. WENSTER, DARVALL, and Co, report:—The public sales, which commenced on June 20, have now reached a point by which the future of the market may be fairly estimated, half the present exhibit—as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Wool. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 August 1872 · page 3
SIR,—I shall feel obliged if you will give publication to the enclosed letter, having reference to the samples of wool sent by the Agricultuial Society of New South Wales to the United States of America. The woolgrowers who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1872 · page 263
THE weather has been variable in the pastoral districts; those of Bligh and Wellington have had good rainfalls, and on the Upper Murrumbidgee there have been some slight showers. On the Lachlan, and at…
Continued on Trove, page 263 →Pastoral Items
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 August 1872 · page 10
We have to report, says the Hay Standard, that the first lot of wool this season has been shipped by Mr. James Forsyth, per Pearl steamer, chartered by him. The first shipment consists of 330 bales of dumped wool from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Agriculture, Pastoral. Weather and Crops
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1872 · page 263
ALTERNATIONS of slight rains with sunshine and cool nights, with occasional warm days, have of late given the character of spring to the weather in the metropolitan district. The ground is in good condition for…
Continued on Trove, page 263 →Cattle. Males
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1872 · page 261
Judges: Messrs. Major Lowe, C. C. Mair, and K. Lowe. To the owner of the best Durham bull, 3 years old and over, silver cup. W. and C. Durham—Great Count, calved October 8, 1868, bred by R. W. M'Doueall, prize; W. J. Dangar—Grand…
Continued on Trove, page 261 →Sheep. Fine-woolled
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1872 · page 261
Judges: Messrs. Cox and H. W. Bloomfield. To the owner of the best ram, any age, having been at least once shorn, for fineness, weight of fleece, length, strength, and closeness of staple, silver cup.—W. J. Dangar, prize…
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