Pastoral Items
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 15
The Cooktown Herald of the 15th instant says:— Messrs. W. Williams and J. Walsh have conceived the idea of taking up as a joint speculation, 6000 acres of land at King's Plains, some 25 miles from Cooktown,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farm Notes. Blood Disease Among Sheep
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 19
The subject of blood-poisoning has been referred to on several occasions in reference to its occurrence among various animals in several forms, of which the common disease "splonio…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Grazier. Cattle Prohibition
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 14
WHETHER or not the system of quarantine we had in use formerly should undergo alteration, in the event of prohibition being removed, as I presume it will be some day, even by our present rulers, is a question which may…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Flesh of Diseased Cattle
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 135
SOME passages in the annual report of the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council Office raise the important question as to whether or not the carcasses of animals slaughteted in consequence of their being affected with…
Continued on Trove, page 135 →Markets for Australian Wool
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 136
THE following has been addressed to the editor of the Victorian Argus:— Sir,—The telegram published in your issue of this day, advising a further fall of 15 to 20 per cent, on wool as…
Continued on Trove, page 136 →The London Wool and Produce Markets
Evening News · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 5
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal
Messrs Webster, Darvall, and Co. report, under date June 8:-"The market continues in the same quiet state that we hare previously had occasion to note, business in the centres of consumption being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Direct Wool Trade with France. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 136
SIR,—Knowing that your columns are ever open to any matter that may tend to the public good, may I trespass on your valuable space to call the attention of those connected with the wool trade in this colony who may not already…
Continued on Trove, page 136 →Stud Farms and the Winner of the Derby
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 135
MR. John Wrightson, Professor of Agriculture at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, sends us the following interesting account of the winner of the Derby:—"The fast of Kisber having won the highest English laurels will be…
Continued on Trove, page 135 →The Season and Crops
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 134
DURING the week ended the 29th instant a great deal of rain fell in the metropolitan district. There was a promise of a clearing up on Wednesday, but in the evening of that day heavy clouds came up from the south and…
Continued on Trove, page 134 →Farm Notes for August
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 133
THE roller should be brought into play this month on growing crops. Rolling can be performed at any time before the seed stems have formed: the neglect of it will be felt when harvest time comes round. In districts where…
Continued on Trove, page 133 →The Cultivator. Garden and Farm Memoranda for August
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 16
THE severity of the weather during the major part of the month of July has put the finishing stroke on a large number of the cattle that had survived the effects of the drought. We may expect at least another month…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Weather and Crops.—pastoral
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 August 1876 · page 7
RAINING and tempestuous wea [?] has prevailed in Sydney and on the coast districts for two or three weeks during the ast month, [?]sing floods of more or less magaitude on the rivers. On the Charenec River the highe[?] [?] known…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 166
AT the present time there is suspended hope as to the prospects of the coming season, for just now nearly all the sheep and cattle country is but poorly supplied with feed. The rain has been scant, and the severe cold keeps down the…
Continued on Trove, page 166 →Pastoral Items
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 15
A telegram from Narandera informs us that passtoral matters in that neighbourhood are in a veryunsatisfactory state. There is no feed, and the weather continues fine, with heavy frosts…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Pastoral Show at Riverina
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 7
Also in Evening News
WE are sorry to learn from the special report of the Pastoral Times that the show at Jorilderis must have been disappointing to the promoters. Out it is pointed out that the season has been most unpropitloas, and the long-continued dry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral and Agricultural Notes
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 165
MR. Samuel Gardiner, the well-known breeder, informs us that he has received some good news from his stud farm at Chelsworth, Victoria. The fine red and white heifer Countess of Brunswick 2nd dropped on the 22nd ultimo a…
Continued on Trove, page 165 →Australian Wool Market Report [Griffiths and Co.]
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 32
The cable is still unrepaired, and telegrams come in very irregularly. The mall steamers have all arrived punctually, but from no quarter is the news brought satisfactory for the wool interests. From London the opening and progress of…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →To the Farmers of New South Wales
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 16
A writer in the Armidale Express makes the following remarks about our land laws:— "I wrote to you, some time ago, pointing out the necessity of immediate and united action…
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