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SIR,—It will be remembered that about three years ago there was an animated discussion in the colonial newspapers concerning certain alleged shortcomings on the part of those who regulate and conduct the sales of wool in London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE pastoral districts were scarcely ever in a more deplorable plight for want of rain. It is now some mouths since a fall in quantity to affect the growth of grass came in any but a few fortunate pieces of country in the North ; and…
Continued on Trove, page 228 →THE fourth annual show of the above society was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 13th and 14th instant. On the evening of the preceding Monday, a thunderstorm, accompanied by rain, passed over the district, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 230 →This Show came off on Wednesday nod Thursday last, and, according to the Independent, was an unexambled success so far as the south coast districts are concerned. It was held at the Blow-hole peint, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE second annual show of the Armidale and New England Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held most Satisfactorily on the 14th and 15th instant, close to the city, on the recreation reserve, a fine piece of enclosed land which…
Continued on Trove, page 229 →THE Tenterfield P., A.,M., and H. Society is offering in their prize schedule of its forthcoming show (the Grafton Observer states) money prizes sufficient to cover expenses, so that winning producers may not be actual losers. "We…
Continued on Trove, page 228 →Messrs, Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—958 head of fat cattle were forward. The supply keeps about equal to requirements, and nearly all the cattle from the paddocks in the county of Cumberland have bean cleared off, consequently…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →I THINK I shall be believed when I say that, after seeing the paragraph flaunted in the papers about the lat meeting of the Victorian Agricultural Society, I should have anxiously watched for the report in chief. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE following is a copy of the Bill to amend the "Diseases in Sheep Act, of 1860 now belove the Assembly, brought in by Mr. J. B. Smith, Kith February, 1877:Preamble…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE morning of Wednesday, the first day of the Armidale and New England Pastoral and Agricultural Show and Fair, dawned most auspiciously, though the previous evening heavy thunder clouds, showing…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →FOR some four or five weeks since, the metropolitan district has had no rain in any appreciable quantity, and the rest of the coast districts north and south have been no more fortunate. About Sydney the air continues hor and humid…
Continued on Trove, page 228 →The inhabitants of Bathurst (according to the Free Press) are experiencing the sickness of heart which results from hope deferred. Repeated promises of rain and repeated disappointment can be written of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Wool—Affair amount of business has been transacted during the month, and full catalogues have been submittid, considering The lateness of the season, the total offered since last summary being 12.[?]3 bales, of which 9605 bales have been sold. Prices…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THERE is no material variation to report in the state of the weather during the week. Since our last notice advices from the pastoral districts, with few exceptions, are still in that tone of despondency which comes of dry seasons,…
Continued on Trove, page 261 →The weather since our last, says the Carcoar Chronicle, has undergone no material change, although the days have been somewhat cooler. A little rain fell on Saturday last, but only just sufficient to cool the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The time is at hand when preparation for the next crop of wheat will be necessary. The measure of success which has attended the culture of wheat during the season just closed…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →If, remarks the Hamilton Spectator, there is anything that is calculated to disgust a delicate person with food during the hot weather, it is to see butter placed on the table in a liquid state. The question is: Can it be avoided…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Messrs Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report—1315 fat cattle were forward for the week. On Monday the market opened very briskly, especially for prime. On Thursday there was a fair supply, but a very small attendance of buyers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →MANY efforts have been made to produce a machine for shearing sheep that should enable the work to be done as well as by hand, and with greater rapidity. Some inventive mechanic in England,…
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