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720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 36
SINCE the close of last November-December series of sales there has been a restricted demand for all classes of wool, and very few parcels have changed hands in this market. The improvement in trade, generally expected after the opening of the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE buildings of a farm, to begin with, are merely houses for the farmer and his men, and shelter for his implements and working cattle. So long as only plants are cultivated, agriculture is just a series of operatiens—viz., drainage,…
Continued on Trove, page 324 →Last week we had the pleasure of presenting a highly enooureging report from Mr. John Wyndham. Mr. Fallon has the kindness to advise us as follows :— I hare been for some days engaged in inspecting many…
Continued on Trove, page 325 →Manure may be composted with muck, in proportion of 1 load of manure to 5 or 6 of muck. No lime is needed in the compost, nor is wator necessary to keep it moist. This mixture will not heat…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →SIR,—In your issue of the 24th February is a short account of a selector impounding the above number of sheep. You say—"The sheep were driven upwards of fifteen miles to the Forbes pound, and the drafting them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The country occupied by sheep and cattle is now in excellent condition, and the hopes of stockowners have become much brighter since the steady rains of the last month. On the Murrumbidgee, with sultry heat, there have been a…
Continued on Trove, page 358 →We (Narrbri Herrld) have a full week of fine weather to chronicle. No rain has fallen, with the exception of a couple of smart showers on Sunday night, though a few miles away, on the same occasion, it rained heavily for the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →THE close of last week was sultry and rainy in the Metropolitan district; there was a change on Monday, and that and the following days of the week were clear and bright. Growing crops are benefited largely by this seasonable…
Continued on Trove, page 358 →It is indeed by no means easy to find good descriptions of methods actually used by good farmers in preparing their cattle for the butcher. It would indeed seem to be a haphazard business after all, if we are to be guided by the…
Continued on Trove, page 357 →SEVERAL South Australian farmers drill their wheat, and we believe that, every year's experience is in favor of the practice. It shows more and more that, as against sowing the seed broadcast, it is economical in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →THE sheep breeder in California generally occupies a large tract of land, containing from 4000 to 90,000 acres, and bearing the old Spanish name of " Rancho." These ranchos are old Mexican grants, the title to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Some time ago an English gentleman devised a method of irrigating grass land and a method of successfully feeding sheep upon the enormous crops of grass he is thus enabled to grow. The mode of irrigation was described and…
Continued on Trove, page 357 →PERHAPS no question is of more interest to the winter grazier just at present, than that of the feeding and market value of wheat. There is plenty of wheat being sold at and under 40s. per qr., or rattier leas than £10 per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 357 →FROM time immemorial the island of Guernsey has been famous for its breed of cattle, and a very just reputation it is, for there are few localities in Europe, and certainly none in Great Britain, where…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →WE are indebted to the Agricultural Gazette for the following article on the age of sheep, told by dentition :— Sheep are less frequently than other animals in dispute in consequence of discrepancies between the stated age and…
Continued on Trove, page 357 →THE dairy, according to some authorities, should consist of three apartments—s milkhouse, s churning-room, with proper boiler, as well as other conveniences for scalding and was king the implements, and a room to keep them in…
Continued on Trove, page 356 →To make whitewash that will not wash off by the rain, one peck of lime should be slaked in five gallons of water, in which one pound of rice has been boiled until it is all dissolved. The rice water should…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The attention of Stockowners and others is drawn to the notices in the GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of to-day's date, having reference to the undermentioned Forfeited Runs, situated in the unsettled districts, the unexpired terms of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—With reference to the pastoral runs boundary maps referred to in your issue of the 12th instant, you did not state whether the boundaries had reference to the estimated area of the runs or the described boundaries. I believe I…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—A correspondent in your issue of yesterday's date asserts, by implication, that all pastoral leaseholds in this colony have two desoriptions,—one to which the public have access, the other known only to the lesse[?]es and to this…
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