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785 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 40
SIR,—On the question of what is the best breed of sheep for small farmers, I have lately seen some letters signed "C.C. J.," in a Melbourne journal, and I agree with the writer of those…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →During the month of June the wool market continued to exhibit the same dull characteristics which have been the prevailing features for the past three months. Towards the close, however, some animation was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE are once more in receipt of our monthly budget of news some days in anticipation of the actual due date of the mail. The advices direct are up to the 12th July, but the usual telegrams via India bring us much later intelligence,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The first public sales subsequent to the departure of the last mail per Baroda were held by the associated auctioneers on the above date. The catalogues exhibited a very meagre appearance, even for the time of the year. Four public salesmen put in an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A WORD about prize wool. I mentioned in my last that the Sobraon had on board the prize bales of wool from the colony of New South Wales, and that they would probably be sold during the course of the current auctions. Well, the wool…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Per Ascnlon, for London; 357 bls wool, 191 bls cotton, 2 bls skins, 49 bls leather, 462 esks tallow, 280 csks treacle, 74 csks tin ore, 2519 css meat, 20 esks hide cuttings, 3061 cakes 9410 ingots copper, 7146 hides, 12 tns…
Continued on Trove, 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 Agricultural Society of New South Wales to the United States of America. The woolgrowers who…
Continued on Trove, page 292 →THE following is the substance of the speech delivered by Mr. R. Varden, of Seaford Grange, at the last meeting of the Chamber of Agriculture:—Profits in the ordinary branches of agriculture are, as you well know, very small,…
Continued on Trove, page 293 →THE advantages of steam cultivation, as practiced in England, are thus set forth by Mr. J. H. Van Alen. "It is an admitted fact that in steam-cultivated land the crops are very materially increased where…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE weather of late in the pastoral districts has been unsettled; in some parts heavy rains have fallen, and in others the sheep have suffered from cold after shearing. The shears are now being actively…
Continued on Trove, page 326 →Last week up to Wednesday there was fine weather at Forbes, but on that day a good soaking rain fell. This, says the Times, was much needed for both grass and crops. A still heavier fall is needed on many stations to give…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →WITH the exception of a few cool nights, the weather in the metropolitan district has lately had all the characteristics of spring, and vegetation is showing the effects of the warmth. Crops on the scattered…
Continued on Trove, page 325 →LATELY. I have received a number of questions touching "Catarrh in Sheep," and as the feeling seems to be gaining ground that there is a good deal of this disease about, I wish to dispel the erroneous impression…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →THE effects of the long wet winter are beginning to be felt by the flocks of the Western district. The disease know as fluke, which is always more or less prevalent there, was lately increased to so alarming and extent that the Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 325 →PROFESSOR KEDZIE reports an experiment made with Indian corn at the Michigan Agricultural College. The land used was a very stiff clay, which had been in pasture for several years, and which had never been under-drained,…
Continued on Trove, page 324 →Growers who complain of the lower price of corn have themselves to thank to a great extent, for pursuing the ruinous system of sending grain to market when the price is low. The remedy lies in keeping live stock. For…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wagga Wagga Express states that the weather in the earlier part of the week has been unseasonably warm, and feed is luxuriant. To-day (Friday) a considerable change, however, took place, the weather being cold, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The sales concluded on 30th July at a considerable advance on the opening rates. The latest quotations for most kinds realised the highest point [?] the year. The improvement is traceable to the rigour of French…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE latest advices from the squatting districts speak of the weather as changing, so as to indicate the near approach of the warm season. In the Wellington and Bligh country the genial temperature that has followed…
Continued on Trove, page 359 →During the last few days reports the Monuro Times the weather, during day time, has been very hot and dry with sharp frosts at night. Rain is much wanted, and if the prodictions of a dry spring are verified, grass will be very…
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