Unevenness of Wool
OREGON'S wool crop is one of the leading products of the State, and it is rising every year to a position of higher importance. Not only is there a steady increase of the wool product, but a much…
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The Sydney Butter Market System
THE existing system for the disposal of provincial-made butter in Sydney does not afford satisfaction to those concerned. There are several produce agents in Sussex-street to whom the farmers of Kiama,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sheep Stealing in the West
A correspondent at Bourke writes:—Steep stealing appeals to be going on all round. One gentleman has offered £150 reward for 400 take a out of his paddock; another, Mr. Campbell, Gabondary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Splendid Wheat from Tumut
WE are not astonished at the people of Tumut and Gundagai in their agitation for a branch railway to connect their fertile country with the Great Southern line. A large quantity of wheat, of oats, and of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Homebush
Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—Fat Cattle: 1175 yarded. We have again had it full supply and prices, on the whole, may be quoted about the same as last week. Prime pens are worth from 22s 6d to 25s per…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →North-western Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Dubbo, May 29
THE second day of this association's meeting was principally devoted to the auctioneers, who unfortunately had, as far as the sale went, a very poor "time," passings being the order of the day. In vain were fairly bred sheep, pure…
Continued on Trove, page 802 →The Yield of Wheat in South Australia
MR. C. L. Dubois writes to the South Australian Chronicle on the above subject as follows:—I find now that the statistics are published that the yield of wheat last harvest was 7¾ bushels per acre; truly a good return for the labour…
Continued on Trove, page 803 →Australian Wool Market Report. [Griffiths' and Co.] Sydney, May 22
When lost writing, we reported some signs of weakness in our wool market, consequent on the fall in prices at the closing of the February sales; but such weakness was of short duration, and prices have nearly recovered the March level…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →The Weather and the Crops
THE weather during the past week has been unmistakably of a wintery nature. Heavy weather set in on the coast on Saturday, with a strong and piercingly cold south-east wind. Rain set in on Sunday night, and continued through…
Continued on Trove, page 805 →The Farmers’, Graziers’, and Gardeners’ Column
THE WEATHER. — The rain that has fallen during the past week will prove of inestimable benefit to this district, which was beginning to suffer greatly…
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The following telegram has been received by Sir Samuel Wilson, of Victoria, from Messrs. Robert Brooks and Co., London [?] Your Ercildoune fleece woll, ex Sir Walter Raleigh, has averaged 43d per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Wool Sales, Yesterday
BY Messrs. Mort and Co.—Wool: B, 4 bags at6½d; WB, 1 lambs at 7d. 1 mixed at 5[?]d; GJ, 1 bale handwashed at 10¼d: GWN, 1 fleece at 13½d; GWV, 1 grease at7¾d; GWW, 1 at 8d; WB, 1 mixed at 4¼d, 1 grease at 8[?]d; WFD…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The London Wool Market. [Helmuth Schwartze and Co.]
THE second series of London sales of Colonial wool has to-day been fixed to commence on Tuesday, the 14th May. The following are the quantities held over from last sales, and the fresh arrivals up to date:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commercial. Wool Sales Yesterday
BY Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin.—MM, 15 bags greasy wool at 6½d; Cross, 7 at 8½d; JB, 2 mixed at 4d; S, 2 greasy at 6½d; SX, 2 mixed at 4½d; S over P, 1 at 3½d; White rag, 8 at 5d, 2 greasy at 8[?]d, 2 washed at 8½d;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral
As stated in the weather report, a few districts have been favoured with light showers during the past week, but the pastoral reports still speak of a heavy rainfall being baily required. The stock continue in excellent health, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 845 →Pastoral Items
There was no rain at Wentworth last month. Still, grass is plentiful throughout the district. On the 5th, 6800 mixed sheep belonging to Mr. R. Gilman, of Mittagong, below Wagga, passed…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Seed Wheat
The following experiments in pickling seed wheat for smut are of interest at the present time. The writer is a Victorian, and writes to the Leader. He says:-"I intend to give you the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Improvement in Butter-making
ACCORDING to the AMERICAN CULTIVATOR, Mr. Edward Burnett, of Southboro', Mass., has discovered a means of obtaining one pound of butter from seventeen pounds of milk of the whole herd. The…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sheep Drafting Yards. To the Editor
SIR,—Sheep work in the drafting yards, as per accompanying plans, is better done, and with less hands than any I have seen. At the race D, four distinct classes can be made; the swing gate for the two…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. (By Electric Telegraph.) Homebush
Messrs. Maiden, Hill, and Clark report:—Fat Cattle: 1162 head passed the yards for the week's supply. There was a good muster of the trade on both days, and prices showed an improvement on last week's rates, especially, for good…
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