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SIR,—In notice by your paper of Thursday last, that the usual vote for cattle inspectors under the Imported Stock Act was on the motion of Mr. Hill, not voted this year by the Assembly, on the ground, as stated by the mover,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE second series or colonial wool sales to this year opened this evening, with a very large attendance both or home and foreign buyers, and the bidding, though irregular, was fairly spirited at an average decline of about 10 per cent. on closing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE are nor informed, but we scarcely think it probable that Mr. Hamilton Hume, when he first beheld that noble stream the Murray, could have anticipated the probability of its being converted in yenrs to come into a hot spring,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The condition of things in the sheep and cattle country is on the whole encouraging; there being, however, a few, places where more rain is wanted, so that the grass may spring up. The news, however, as to the state of pasture…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →RICHARDSON AND WAENCM.—Wool: The quantity of this staple now con[?]iing to hand is so small that it hardly, supplies data for determining the effect of the recent news from England, which advises a continues firnness in the wool market, with an upward…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE reports from the pastoral districts as yet contain few complaints as to the rigour of the winter, and in some quartos the season has been so mild as to afford hope that sheep at least will get a fair supply of feed during the cold…
Continued on Trove, page 807 →ACCORDING to the Goulburn Herald the sheep directors of Goulburn at a recent meeting, which, by-the-bye, was attended by only two, expressed themselves of opinion that the provisions of the proposed new travelling sheep bill…
Continued on Trove, page 806 →Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, report:âFat cattle: 1448 were forward for the week, and the quality, with few exceptions, was from prime to very midding; good pens sell readily at 24s per 100lb; but midding and…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →AT the sales held at Homebush and at the city sales during the past week, very little stock has been submitted for competition. The following are the latest quotations: Bullocks from £5 to £8 10s, sheep from 9s to 13s 6d, pigs from 20s to £3, calves from 15s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SALE of 1196 bales of Charles Balme and Co., on Tuesday, May 8. Ex Ramsey (Queensland): GRE over Darling Downs, 37 super at 22d, 23 at 21½d, 27 at 21d, 38 at 20½f, 39 at 20d, 7 clothing at 23½d, 25 at 21d, 7 at 20½d, 44 at 19½d, 6 at 19d, 5 damaged at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE following is the full telegraphic report of the London wool sales received by the Sus[?] Mail:— The second series of sales for the year…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Mark Lane Express says,—Active preparations are being made both by Russia and Turkey for the impending struggle in the East, and the week has been marked by tow facts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I had hoped that the news of the alarming outbreak of Foot and Mouth and Plague in England, reported during the last month, would have had the eftect of deterring, at any rate for a time, the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE wool trade has undergone important changes during the last ten years, and it has recently been characterized by considerable depression. Prices have lately fallen to quite a low point, and owing to the liberal supplies offering, and…
Continued on Trove, page 808 →Messrs. R. Goldsborough and Co. report having this day received a telegram from London advising that at closing of the wool sales superior fleece and greasy were ld above closing rates of the last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A WRITER in the LICE STOCK JOURNAL says:— I think that i have read all the letters on the merits of the different breeds of cows which have appeared in your paper since its first issue. Little notice has been taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions an to the treatment of land, crops, or stock as their experience has proved to bo useful. By writing for this…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →OUR reports from nearly all districts afford evidence that farm work during the past month has been pursued with a vigour and steadiness which is praiseworthy. Our 1878 return of cereal crops should be far in excess of any yet…
Continued on Trove, page 806 →DURING the past month both the land and the weather have been unusually favourable for the season, both in regard to pastures and to cultural operations in the field. This applies more particularly to the warmer…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The wool sales closed firm. There was great fluctuation during the series of sales in the first three weeks, but since then there has been a general recovery, and a good business was done at…
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