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720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 36
PERHAPS it would be as Well to avoid, for the next month or six weeks, any remarks on the oft-noted dryness of the season. In the metropolitan district there are no indications of an early change, and no such boon is likely to come…
Continued on Trove, page 741 →MILLET is one of those most useful crops we hear, far too little about. To the Jews, that smote their neighbours, hip and thigh, it was well known under the name of "Dechen"—from, it is said, throwing out more grain heads…
Continued on Trove, page 741 →The WILCANNIA TIMES' stock report is as under: —The weather continues hot and dusty. 350 head of prime cattle from Hughe's Nocatunga station, Wilson River, for Adelaide, are expected here next week, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE prolongation of the period during which very little rain has fallen in the pastoral districts is loading to a general impression (previously arrived at by pastoralists in some of the less-favoured localities) that the country is…
Continued on Trove, page 774 →The WILCANNIA TIMES'stock report is as [?] —The weather continues [?]ot and duity. 350 hen[?] prime cattle from Hughe's Nocatunga [?], [?] River, for Adelaide, are expected here next week,[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →SIR,—Dr. Jenkins has again entered the field of con[?] of the shor[?]n breed of [?] and which are to become the [?] other breeds, not…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →SOME few months back we noted the fact of Mr. Mechi, of Tiptree, having entered on experiments with South Australian seed wheat which was forwarded to him for that purpose by the Agent-General of South Australia. We…
Continued on Trove, page 772 →IT will be remembered that a couple of years ago, or thereabouts, when most of the colonies of Australasia resolved to prohibit the importation of live stock from Europe, because of the prevalence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 785 →THE next series of wool sales will take place on February 11…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Dubbo Advertiser reports that the farmers are busy gathering in their wheat crops, which, thanks to a favourable Benson, are in splendid condition, and in some cases are estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ANOTHER week of hot, dry weather has been added to the many that have made the season in the metropolitan district a monotonous period of depression to vegetation in all forms. Not only was the week up to Wednesday without…
Continued on Trove, page 773 →HIGHLY important as is the proper method of cultivating artificial grasses to any country, to a pastoral country it is, if possible, more so. Hitherto success has not, as a rule, attended the few and far-between attempts at it among…
Continued on Trove, page 773 →The oldfarm—gate hangs, sagging down, On rusty hinges, bent and brown; Its latch is gone, and, here and there, It shows rude traces of repair…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A pound of copperas dissolved in a pailful of soft soap, aud, when thinned with water, applied to onions, is good to keep off the maggot and promote the growth of the onions…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →HAVING practiced farming for many years in the most advanced districts of Scotland, England, and Ireland, commencing at the time when bone dust and other artificial manures came in vogue—when…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →IT is a long time since we have had such a dry spring and summer. With the exception of occasional showers, there has been little rain on the coast districts for three or four months past. As a consequence, all kinds of vegetation are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under date October 20, Messrs, Jacomb, Son, and Co. report, since the close of public sales on October 1, there has been very little to remark upon in the market for colonial wool. Arrivals accrue but slowly, and about one-third of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RICHARDSON AND WRENCH.—Wool: From November 1[?] to the 16th instant there have been 13,231 bales of this staple castle logned for pnblic auction, of which 630[?] were sold under the hammer at satisfactory prices. The balance being burdened with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—Dr. Jenkins has again entered the field of controversy on the qualities of the shorthern breed of cattle, as the onpati[?], and which are to become the one universal breed, extinguishing all other breeds, not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The old farm-gate ha[?]gs, sagging down, On rusty hinges, bent and brown; Its latch is gone, and, here and there, It shows rude traces of repair…
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