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WELCOME as the recent rains have been in the squatting districts, and notwithstanding that they have been followed by an atmospheric temperature well suited to the growth of herbage, it is feared that they are too late in the season to do…
Continued on Trove, page 647 →For some time past typhoid fever has been [?]ing in the neighbourhood of Urana, caused it is [?]eved, the pollution of the water through the creek…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tumut Times says:—We are informed by Sergeant Zoellner that when riding along Brungle Creek, one day last week, he counted the dead bodies of twenty-three cattle, chiefly young beasts, within a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE commercial telegram which arrived here early in the week must have been somewhat cheering to many of our graziers. Last week we were informed that the May sales opened fully 10 per cent, lower than those of the last series;…
Continued on Trove, page 646 →IN my last letter on this subject, I expressed a hope that I should not again have to approach the topic until I could congratulate the cattle men of New South Wales on having the ports once more…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →AT the request of Messrs. G. M. Pitt and Son, and at the office of that firm, a meeting was held on Tuesday forenoon of persons interested in the formation of central sale yards for stock near the city. There was but a small attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 647 →A CORRESPONDENT of the California Agriculturist claims that the cause or origin of smut in wheat is cracked grains, which have just vitality enough to germinate and grow, hut not enough to mature…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →BECAUSE wheat happens to be cheap once in seven years, as it always will be, we are told to give up its growth and lay down to pasture. This is a great mistake, for already we have far too much pasture (fifty per cent.) for the good of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harrison. Jones, and Devlin report:—Fat Cattle—914 wen yarded. The arrivals have been fewer this week than for some months past; consequently, the dosing rates for Thurs day wore fully 10s botter. The bulk of those yarded on…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →THERE are few hardier creatures than black-facec sheep (says a Scotch contemporary). The success with which they "weather" the severe storms that are encountered on the higher grounds of Scotland is…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The following is explanatory of an item in our telegram from Melbourne, yesterday:—The Adelaide REGISTER says: We recently mentioned that Dr. Schomburgk (the Curator of the Botanic Gardens) had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HE Colonial wool sales have gone off steadily at a decline of a half-penny to a penny per lb. on former rates. The wool trade in England is flat, and while holders are firm in their demands, manufacturers show no disposition to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →[We shall be happy to receive from practical farmere such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops, or stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A farm wheelbarrow is an indispensable article, and, as everyone knows who has had anything to do with farming, it is applied to an infinite variety of purposes which need not be specially enumerated, although they will readily…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →[?] profit is the chief end of poultry keeping, and this is certainly the purpose for which farmers and those who raise poultry for the market, as well as those who compete for prizes at the poultry shows, are all in pursuit of, then the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Persons who have been fortunate enough to get their work well forward will soon have opportunity to prepare land for spring crops This is to be done by applying such manure as may be available, and turning the soil up to a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE question of the relative value of the different breeds adapted to dairy purposes is of vital importance to any country, but to ours at the present tune it is of special interest…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A practical farmer informs the CRESWICK ADVERTISER, a Victorian newspaper, that he found immanse benefit this season from cocksfoot grass, which afforded good grass for his sheep when the rye grass and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →THERE was only a moderate show of cattle at Homebush on Wednesday, but of these the Greater part were of [?]ood quality, and prices ranged about 10s higher than last week. 396 were sold. Sheep were in good supply, the quality rather interior…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WOOL.—As usual at this season there is but little business doing, transactions being confidential almost entirely to sales of small lots. The advices from London are more satisfactory, and the market appears to be improving…
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