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865 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 44
SIR,—I this clay mail to you a list of the weights of fleeces of wool as shorn from a part of the flock of pure-bred American merino sheep. Our flock is annually shorn on the last of May and 1st of June. We are…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The following extracts from a letter received by a gentleman at Dapto, from an Illawarra dairyman, a subscriber to the Standard, who recently proceeded to California to settle with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WOOL,—At our auction sale held this day we offered 263 boles, and sold 253 bales, only one small parcel being withdrawn. There was a full attendance of shippers and fellmongers, every lot being well competed for, and the prices obtained were very…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tho area of land held for depasturing purposes in New Zealand is:—In Auckland, 13 runs, with an area of 103,640 acres, on which the rents and assenssments amount to £162 10s. In Hawke's Bay, 23 runs, in an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We notice that the home papers are praising greatly, and contrasting unfavourably our wool with that of Victoria. Now the fact is that while she is thus gaining fame for her wools they are chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Tuesday, in Sydney, there was sold on account of Mr. Samuel Browne, his Ingleston Station, Darling Downs District, with 8000 sheep, at 14s per head, Messrs. Dight Brothers, purchasers…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →DR. VAUGHAN has given us a list of "Peters" who have fought boldly for the "Supernatural" against "Infidelity, Materialism, and Revolution;" and he has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—1169 head of cattle were yarded, and there was an improvement in prices, which will doubtless remain for this next fortnight or three weeks. Prime pens may be quoted at 30s per 1001b; and…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →THE annual Exhibition of the Albury and Border Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held to-day, and was in every respect an unqualified success. The weather was delightful. There were over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE regret to notice that the Albury Board of Sheep Directors and the Chief Inspector of Stock are at variance about what seems to us a very trifling' matter. Hitherto this Board and the inspector have worked harmoniously…
Continued on Trove, page 531 →THE roller should be freely used this month in the growing wheat crops, and on oats, rye, and barley where backward. Where clods arc heavy and dry, caution must be exercised, or the young blades may be injured. Lund when…
Continued on Trove, page 531 →FAVOURABLE as matters pastoral and agricultural appeared to be at the beginning of August, and dwelt upon in our memoranda for August, we regret to have to say that things look less hopeful now. The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →WE regret to notice that theAlbury Board of Sheep Directors and the Chief Inspector of Stock are at variance about what seems to us a very triffing matter. hitherto this Board and the inspector have worked harmoniously…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Those who attended the last Western District Agricultural Show, held in Bathurat, will remember (says the FREE PRESS) the magnificent pen of coarse-woolled sheep-pure Shropshire breed-exhibited by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT a meeting of the Executive Council, held yesterday, the following regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of the Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866 wera approved, and will at once be acted upon in place of the quarantine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE state of the country in the pastoral districts, according to the reports yet to hand, does not seem to be much improved. They speak of large tracts which a couple of months ago showed a promising growth of young grass…
Continued on Trove, page 295 →WE remind our readers in the south that the entries for the Tumut Agricultural Show close on the 18th, and that the show will be hold on the 25th of this month. A good display of horses is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 294 →OUR readers may be a little surprised, but we are confident they will not feel displeased, to learn that our Southern Border has been thrown open for the free ingress of Victorian sheep. The new Ministry have been prompt in this…
Continued on Trove, page 294 →IT argued either gross ignorance on the part of Dr. Vaughan, or a bold presumption of such ignorance on the part of readers, that in his list of Popes, in his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BY proclamation in Tuesday's Gazette the Albury sheep district is divided into two portions, the Albury and Hume districts, the boundaries of which are thus defined:— ALBURY.—Embracing the middle portion of the police…
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