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THE reports from the pastoral districts continue the now monotonous tone of dejection in reference to the prolongation of the dry season and the consequent scarcity of feed ana water. There are, however, evidences that a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 167 →Mr. S. G. Alford, of Mitton, Cowrda, has just imported two fine merino rams from South Australia (says the [?] Chronicle), which are stated to have cut 12 lbs of wool in Sydney previous to their being dipped and placed in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →IN the Metropolitan district, although at times the weather was disturbed and the temperature varied greatly, there was no rain in any measurable degree during the week ended Wednesday, and on that day there was no promise of…
Continued on Trove, page 167 →THE above show, held at Cooma on the 26th January, through many adverse circumstances and a bad dry season, was not as successful as its predecessors, and mast not be considered aa an exhibition worthy of the great pastoral…
Continued on Trove, page 165 →First prize Mr. Robert Broomfield. This ia a sang little farm of 85 acres, with plenty of convenience for carrying on with profit a mixed system. It is divided into five paddocks, well and securely fenced with posts and rails…
Continued on Trove, page 166 →THE following are the reports of the judges who awarded prizes to the competing farms at Smeaton, in Victoria. They are examples of farms under 100, and over 100 acres:—…
Continued on Trove, page 166 →THE advantages to be gained from the use of a water-pressure engine in mountain countryâwhere high heads and an abundant supply are commonâare so great that one cannot help wondering they are so seldom to be met with…
Continued on Trove, page 165 →At the ploughing match of the East Surrey (England) Agriculttiral Association the exhibtion of a plough team of four Poitou mules, 16 hands high, attracted much attention. Their steadiness in draft…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →SIR,—Among the valuable information contained in your journal of the 9th January, I was much pleased in reading an article hended "Farmers' Boys," in which the writer makes excellent remaries, and gives charitable…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →IN order to make a choice tub of butter at all times see that your cows are provided with the best kind of food for that purpose. In summer, when your cows are at the pasture, let them have the best pasture you can provide. As a rule,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Since the last mail left our shores s most welcome downpour of rain has terminated the long drought from which the colony was suffering; and it is most satisfactory to report that all parts of the interior, westward beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FANNING, GRIFFITHS, AND Co.—The most important transactions in the colonial wool markets are now over, and the large business which has been done this season for American and European account gives evidence of the exten[?]ve direct trade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the end of last week the much-desired rain came to dispel the fears that the country was about to suffer from a prolonged drought Nearly all parts of the interior have shared ia the benefits of the rainfall. Tanks and holes…
Continued on Trove, page 198 →Mr. Jones was the pastor of a church in a small country village. One pleasant morning he set off, as was his custom, to visit the families of his charge. He first entered the house of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mudgee Times, writing upon pastoral and agricultural matters, says: This district has been much more fortunate than many others; the wheat and hay crops having been really good, both in quantity and quality…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The metropolitan district was favoured at the end of last week with plentiful rains, which continued with little interruption for three days. It is satisfactory to know that during the same week the country districts were relieved…
Continued on Trove, page 198 →THE following paper, by Mr. J. Smith, Llanarth, Bathurst, was read before the Council of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, on Feb. 3,1875:— The subject of sheep-breeding, though already fully…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →SIR—It may be justly said that there are three great desideratums essential for the production of first-class cattle—a poetic mind, a prophetic eye, and a good castrating knife. The history of the most noble herds…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →HAVING come to the determination to purchase a steam-engine and ascertained the power you require it to be, your next trouble will be whose mike to choose. As I said before, I prefer Marshall and Sons', from…
Continued on Trove, page 199 →Gather cucumbers for pickling every day; the small ones, not over two or three inches long, make the best pickles. The over-grown ones may be made into cucumber catsup, for winter use…
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