Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Show. YOUNG
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 39
A SHOW, under the auspices of the Burrangong P. and A. Association, was held yesterday; but, as has been generally anticipated, it was not such a success as in former years, by reason of the drought, which, I need hardly say, has quite…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →The Weather, Agriculture, Pastoral, and Condition of Stock
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 325
IN the eastern portion of the county of Cumberland, the weather for the week ended the 13th. instant was variable in some slight degree. Up to the 7th. an extremely sultry season had been almost without change for nearly a month…
Continued on Trove, page 325 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Homebush
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 40
Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—Fat cattle.—793 forward; the trade have also had some ten lots in addition to numbers yarded. The opening sales of Monday were brisk, owing to a short supply; on Thursday a large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Show. (Abridged from the Burrangong Argus.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 3
THE Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Association's general show, which came off on the 12th instant, cannot certainly be ranked as a success. The exhibits, with the exception of a few sections, were few in number, and not by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lenten Pastoral Letter of the Right Reverend Dr. Murray, Bishop of Maitland
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 17
DEARLY BELOVED BRETHREN AND CHILDREN IN CHRIST.— The holy season of Lent, that period of the year Consecrated in a special manner to works of penance and charity, is…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Pastoral Letter of the Right Rev. Dr. Quinn, Bishop of Bathurst, on the Holy Season of Lent
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 17
DEARLY BELOVED BRETHERN,— The Blessed Season of Lent is again drawing near, when Our Holy Mother the Church, always anxious for the Salvation of her children, lovingly invites us to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Land. Dairy Produce Traffic
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 325
A FEW weeks back we drew attention to the many advantages which would accrue to farmers, if associated dairying were carried out extensively in this colony. We particularly referred to the losses of time and capital…
Continued on Trove, page 325 →Farm Life From a Woman's Point of View
The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 7
"Farmers, my dear," said Aunt Tabitha, as she spread a rug in the chimney corner for her favourite the cat, "are, take them all around, a pretty contented set. They like their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers’, Gardeners’, and Graziers’ Column
The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 2
THE SEASON.—The weather is still all that Could be desired for agricultural purposes. The days during the rast fortnight have been warm and genial ; whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Detective’s Album From the Australian Journal the Wattle-farm Tragedy
The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 2
Howâs this, Barker I was my greeting to the dejected-looking owner of Wattle Farm. âYouâre all worrying your[?] to death, I find, because poor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Facts for Farmers
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 March 1878 · page 21
Is there a dense forest bordering your farm, where searching roots eat out the fertility of your fields far inland? Cut a trench a spade's width and two feet deep, bordering your fence—thus cutting the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Telegrams This Day. Cable Message The London Wool Market. LONDON, March 13
Evening News · Monday 18 March 1878 · page 2
The wool sales show less animation. The prices for fleece and greasy show an average decline of 1/2d to 1d, compared with the opening rates of the present series. The bulk of the scoured sells…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burrangong Pastoral and Agricultural Show. [?] YOUNG
Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1878 · page 2
A [?] the auspices of the Burrangong P. and A. Associated [?] yesterday; but as has been generally anticipated, it was not such a success as in former years, by reason of the drought which I need hardly [?] has quite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool. [Charkes Balme and Co.]
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1878 · page 6
THE comparative inelasticity of the colonial woollen industry during the past year is amply illustiated by the statistics of the movements of the raw material relating to the same period. The arrivals for the four serics of 1877 and 1876 were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trade Circulars. Weekly Wool Report. [R. Goldsbrough and Co.]
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1878 · page 6
Woor,.—We did not held an auction salo this week, and shall probably not do so until the week after next, as there is not much coming for ward. We learn from our telegrams that the Dalling is lfkcly soon to become navigable, and, if so, several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Pastoral Losses
Evening News · Friday 22 March 1878 · page 2
In Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co.'s summar for this mail, some interesting information, accorong to the Argus, is given respecting the losses of sheep which have been sustained through the severe drought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1878 · page 358
LUXURIANT pastures and plenty of water, not only on the ordinary feeding lands, but also along all the routes by which stock travel, present a state of things so cheering as compared with the condition of affairs a few months ago that…
Continued on Trove, page 358 →Pastoral Items
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 March 1878 · page 19
Great numbers of sheep and cattle are coining in from all directions to the Melbourne market, which would point, says the BENDIGO ADVERTISER, to the scarcity of feed in the country districts, or that affairs…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Pastoral and Agricultural Notes
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1878 · page 357
THE extension of the railway line westward is exercising some very salutary effects. Many places hitherto very slow are brightening up, and becoming important. Perhaps, one of the quietest villages on the western roads was…
Continued on Trove, page 357 →Tumut Agricultural and Pastoral Exhibition
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1878 · page 369
THE third annual show of the Tumut Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on Tuesday, the 19th instant. The absence of the usual heat and dust was duly appreciated by the large gathering of holiday-makers who flocked…
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