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IN the county of Cumberland there has been no rain worth mentioning for the past fortnight. Warm in the daytime, the weather has been generally of a vernal character, bringing out buds and blossoms; but the anticipation of…
Continued on Trove, page 294 →The wool sales show extreme firmness in the rates ruling. Foreign buyers are operating vigorously, and home manufacturers are busy. 20,000 bales have already changed hands…
Continued on Trove, page 310 →AFTER many years of lethargy the good folks of Forbes have aroused themselves to action, and have held most successfully their first Pastoral and Agricultural Exhibition. Perhaps it was the good example of other districts that at…
Continued on Trove, page 293 →GENTLEMEN,—Again let me warn you that it were well to be on the alert again prospective "harassing legislation." By referring to the Herald of the 13th August, you may learn that it is on the tapis to bring in a bill for…
Continued on Trove, page 294 →On the evening of the first show-day, about sixty gentlemen assembled to partake of a very fine repast, which was served up in a style that reflected credit on that well-known caterer—Host-Moxham of the "Australian." The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PATRON—Mr. Willmm Macleay, M.P.; president—Mr. T. H. Mate, J.P.; vice-presidents—Mr. A. A. Devlin, J.P., and Mr. R. B. Wilkinson; secretary—Mr. Fred. A. Tompson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By JACOMB, Son, and Co., on June 10:- Ex strath[?] EUR, 2 bis fleece at 21½d, 19 at 18½d, 10 at 18d, d damaged at 18d 3 pleces at 15d, 2extra-bred at 17½d 3 grease at 11½d, 75 at 10½d. 5 at 9½d, 10 damaged at 9½d, 8…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The wheat market is steady at the declined price recently reported. The finer qualities of Adelaide wheat fetch 55s to 58s per 496 lbs. Flour is worth 37s to 43s per 280 lbs, according to quality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—When Mr. Parkes announced at a public meeting, that he begun his Australian career as a labouring man, and had dabbled in sheep-washing, all true men were ready to honour him all the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALTHOUGH the severest part of the winter season must be over, it has been sufficiently cold lately income parts of the pastoral districts to delay the shearing and retard the growth of the new feed. There was very little rain last…
Continued on Trove, page 327 →ANOTHER dry week has passed, the only change in the Metropolitan district having been a very slight local rain on Saturday. The temperature has been variable, almost summer heat alternating with a wintry cold. Vegetation…
Continued on Trove, page 327 →TAE Murrumbidgee show ground is a portion of the racecourse, only about ten minutes' walk from the centre of the town of Wagga. A very fine site and a very good ground if enclosed ; but as it is, the want of fencing and its…
Continued on Trove, page 325 →ONE of the most important sales of high-class sheep that has been held in Melbourne for many years took place at the stores of the London and Australian Agency Company, Collins-street, on Friday and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A London butcher has lately taken out a patent for a convenient device for feeding and watering cattle as they stand in the railway cars. The hay rack, b, and the water trough, a, are suspended at the end of a balanced lever, c (seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 326 →PATRON: Wm. M'Leay, M.P. President: T. H. Mate, Esq. Vice Presidents: A. A. Devlin, Esq., and R. B. Wilkinson, Esq. Secretary: F. A. Thompson, Esq. Committee: Messrs. O. D. Bardwell, F. Chisholm, S…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →SIR,—What with the immense amount of money that has been expended in sheep-breeding, and the importation of so much foreign blood, our flocks this day ought to shear from 6 lbs. to 7 lbs. of wool per head, in place of which the…
Continued on Trove, page 326 →THE Leader contains tho following. We give it as useful information respecting the keeping of a Lincoln flock on arable land:—Near to Mr. Dougall's is the farm of Mr. William Gibbs,…
Continued on Trove, page 325 →If the extra labour required by horses to draw waggons over bad roads were expended in making the roads good the loads could be doubled. The country roads tax farmers more than the rnilways…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Received in Sydney, September 12,6.8 p.m. The Ministerial journals of Berlin state that the incident at Gutaria, when the Carlists fired upon a German gunboat, which replied by sending…
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