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812 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 41
BEFORE proceeding with the second paper on this subject, it would be a satisfaction to know if our farmers really believe that alkalies, phosphates, potash, silicates, &c, &c., the food of the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →WOOL.—The sterruption to the communication per cable has left us without further information as to the course of the English sales cement at the date of our last circular, but vre havelnthemeantiisae received fuller particulars of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →IF an impossibility were possible, we might one day see London, like Pane in 1870, invested by the army of an enemy, and dependent on its own stores. But the supposition of such an event is quite unnecessary to give interest…
Continued on Trove, page 646 →In the county of Cumberland, the week up to Wednesday last was cool, and on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday, rain fell in moderate quantity. The pastures show a growth of feed that promises a fair supply for the…
Continued on Trove, page 644 →IT was a cause for wonder and rejoicing to all Farmer Cobb's sons and daughters when, their father and mother actually made up their minds to go to Sydney and see the grand Exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 663 →The Executive Committee of the Agricultural Society have accepted tenders for the fencing of the ground at Parramatta, intended for a model farm, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We perceive by the local papers that the Victorian Railway Department are making increased efforts to engross the whole of the Riverine wool trade. The railway charges from Echnea to Melbourne upon wool from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chief Inspector of Stock continues to display inactivity with respect to the disease which is destroying thousands of sheep throughout the Western District. The latest number of the Hampden…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I have observed that lately the lungs (or lights, as they are called) of sheep exposed for sale have frequently been full of tubercles. On inquiry I find that a large proportion of the sheep consumed in or about Sydney, within…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE intelligence to hand from the pastoral districts this week continues in the cheerful tone it assumed soon after the break-up of the drought. About Narrabri the country now looks well, and all kinds of stock are improving in…
Continued on Trove, page 677 →The Wilcannia Times is glad to be able to report a little rain, though it is but a very little. It rained slowly all last Friday up to ll o'clock at night, but not quite half an inch of rain fell altogether. As we write…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →THE subject of blood-poisoning lias been referred toon several occasions in reference to its occurrence among various animals, and in several forms, of which, the common disease "splenic apoplexy" is the most characteristic…
Continued on Trove, page 677 →A CASUAL visitor thus describes his impressions in a letter to an English contemporary:— "The other day I went to the wool sales, getting to the b[?]ing in which they are hold by a cork-crew arra…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"THE South Australian statistics which have just been published show a result more favourable than the fears of some agriculturists led them to anticipate." This statement, which is taken from the Adelaide Observer, is…
Continued on Trove, page 676 →Class 33, Cows three years old and over.—There was a comparatively full muster for this class—10 head; but beyond the three which were placed the exhibits were only middling. Mr. Eales' pair of splendid, highly-bred…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →If any one, either farmer or gentleman, expects to realize any considerable profit from his fowls, he must pay some attention to [?]lds. Cross-breeds may in some [?] he profitable…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →BOB COBB and his sisters were surprised to see their parents come home to breakfast five days sooner than they were expected; nevertheless, there was a loving welcome for them. The news of their safe return was…
Continued on Trove, page 699 →The colony has recently been getting a plenitude of rain In the metropolitan district, at the end of last week, rain commenced very steadily, and continued to descend in moderate quantity; on Sunday and Monday the downfall…
Continued on Trove, page 677 →Come, boys, I have something to tell you, Come near. I would whisper it low, You are thinking of leaving the homestead—Don't be in a hurry to go!…
Continued on Trove, page 697 →This question recurs periodically iu all American agricultural writing, and it must come up almost constantly in the minds of thousands of farmers, who see their own, and their neighbours' children, deserting the occupation of their…
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