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720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 36
DURING the month of July, last year, the Council of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, shipped through the firm of T. S. Mort and Co., thirty-three samples in duplicate, of the wools…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →AFTER a foretaste of summer in the occasional hot days of the last three weeks, the season in the metropolitan district now seems to have decisively set in. During the week to Wednesday last the average temperature was high, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 709 →In seasons of drought such as we have at present —and they are by do means of uncommon occurrence—and in tho absence of any cheap and ample supply of water for irrigation, the cultivation of forage plants that will yield large…
Continued on Trove, page 709 →Crudo petrolium ia an excellent material for the preservation of fence posts. It needs no admixture; it may be put on with a broad white washing brush very quickly, and gives an agreeable brownish…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Now, how are we to get larger crops per a[?]re? The atmosphere perhaps furnishes us with all the c[?]bonie acid which plants require; and the rains and dews furnish us a small quanti y of nitrogen, but not nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →VEGETATION is at a stand. It is long since a November has been signalised by so severe a drought, There is absolutely no movement in garden or field, vegetables. The email graziers,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →SIR.—The writer of a letter signing himself "R." in last Saturday's HERALD, evidently considers that my remarks in reply to statements and opinions contained in Mr. Mort's paper, wish which I disagreed, should not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The London colonial wool sales opened this evening. The stock consists of 9000 bales, of which upwards of 6000 were offered. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE third series of London sales of colonial wool which commenced on the 17th of Augsts, will terminate to-morrow. The quantity cataloguced is given in the following figures which, to enable, comparison, are supplemented by a statement…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—In reading Mr. Mortis excellent paper on most freezing, I was much struck with his practical remarks on the advantages of the smaller bleeds of cattle over the larger ones as suited to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE news from the pastoral districts is still anything but rose-coloured. From many parts of the country usually well prepared to stand a good spell of dry weather stockholders will soon have to move their sheep and cattle to…
Continued on Trove, page 741 →Mr. C. B. Lowe (says the WESTERN POST) completed washing daring the past week, and most of the [?] has been dispatched of the metropolis. The heep treated tu[?] about 30,000 in all, and were front…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Now that the long-woolled sheep are becoming more numerous, and are consequently falling a little in price, farmers who are desirous of working into a flock of crossbreds may do so at no great cost. In suggesting cross-bred…
Continued on Trove, page 743 →PURE bred sheep are not of the greatest value, either for wool or mutton; their real use is to be crossed with other races, for the production of a really profitable animal for the market. Thus, the pure Southdown, the Cotswold, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"WE are informed by Mr. Merriman, of Ravensworth, near Yass, that five years ago his sheep were very badly affected with foot-root. He tried numberless popular remedies for their cure, but failed in obtaining beneficial…
Continued on Trove, page 743 →THIS interesting document sets forth at full length the list of prizes to be offered by the society at its forthcoming annual exhibition, to be held at Bombala, on Feb. 8 and 9, 1876. There are no less than twenty sections, in each of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The London colonial wool sales opened this evening. The stock consists of 90,000 bales, of which upwards of 6000 were offered. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 750 →SIR,—In leading Mr. Mort's excellent paper on [?] freezing, 1 was much struck with his practical remarks on the advantages of the smaller b [?] of cattle over the larger ones as suited to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →THE Smeaton Agricultural Society was the first society in Victoria to introduce the system of offering prizes annually for well managed farms under a certain size. We extract from the Leader the following description of the first prize…
Continued on Trove, page 742 →THE following letter, from a farmer, appeared recently in the South Australian Register:—Science is a very hard word for the ignorant to swallow, but how easy and simple when learnt. Science is only the knowledge of things…
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