Experimental Farming
HAVING practiced farming for many years in the most advanced districts of Scotland, England, and Ireland, commencing at the time when bone [?]ust and other artificial [?]ures came in vogue—when…
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Pastoral
THERE appears to have been a good deal of variation in the late weather in the interior, though in all parts except the South there has been little or no relief from the droughty nature of the season. At Dubbo the weather has been…
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It is stated on godd authority that Tallangatta station has been disposed of by Mr. A. Menzies, to Mr. Inglis. The consideration is said to have been about £16,000…
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MANY months ago, when Mr. Garrett's proposed amendments on the Land Act of 1861 were published, we, in more than one article, expressed our dissatisfaction with the patches which were offered us instead of an entirely new…
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THE principal countries of production of the oxen and sheep exported from Belgium to England are the following: Prussia, Westphalia, Hanover, Hesse, Saxony, Bavaria, Wurtemburg, and occasionally Austria. The…
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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…
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SIR,—Having read Mr. Mort's paper on the freezing process, and his opinion of cattle, I am led to make a few remarks. In the first place, small cattle would suit Mr. Mort better than large, for various reasons…
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THE excellence of the country around the mining town, Parkes, has on several occasions formed subject for favourable comment in this journal. Small gardens cultivated close to this great mining centre have for three years…
Continued on Trove, page 804 →The Grazier. Leicester Sheep, [From the Live Stok Journal.]
A[?] Leicester sheep are not propagated at the present day to anything like the extent as Lincolnshire Longwools and some other modern breeds, they can fairly lay claim to merits in thei[?]…
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THE next series of wool sales will take place on February 11…
Continued on Trove, page 814 →Wednesday, December 22. (Before Messrs. G. Langley, H. Taylor, and E. L. Bowling, J.’ s P. j Cattle straying
John Savage, Henry Haigh, Thomas Moxham, and Duncan Campbell, were fined 1s. each for allowing cattle to stray. John Gilmore was charged with…
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[?] metropolitan district there had been no change up to Wednesday from the dryness which for so many weeks we have had to record. Harvesting has been a trifling operation; so small were the crops of fodder produce that all…
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GRASSES.—The proper choice of grasses is of great importance in laying down lands to the state of sward, and a matter of no small difficulty. Sail, situation, climate, moisture, or dryness, have all to be considered. One old…
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It is not, perhaps, known to many of our readers that at present France, with some not very important exceptions, has a practical monopoly of flower production, flowers being considered here simply as articles of commerce. An idea…
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IN a late issue of the Macleay Herald we find in a very sensible article some sound advice tendered to the inhabitants of the Macleay district regarding the style of farming which ought to be practised by the tillers of the soil on that…
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HAVING intimated in a former letter that we purpose experimenting on some of the fundamental principles of agriculture in this colony, and in an especial manner with some of the controverted…
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IN the metropolitan district there had been no change up to Wednesday from the dryness which for so many weeks we have had to record. Harvesting has been a trifling operation; so small were the crops of fodder produce that all…
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SOUTH COAST DISTRICTS.—The News of the 26th states that at Shoalhaven on the previous evening a somewhat heavy thunderstorm passed over the district from the south-west, accompanied with heavy rain, which lasted about an hour,…
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We regret to learn that a very old resident of Morpeth, assures the MAITLAND MERCURY, that he has not seen the country around that district looking so bad as it now does for the last forty years. The…
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