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989 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 50
THE Mudgee Agricultural Association, which has just held its seventeenth annual show, is in many respects a worthy institution. It has a fine showground, on which fair improvements stand, and a strong,…
Continued on Trove, page 174 →THE mild genial weather reported last week was displaced on Saturday by a chilly westerly wind, which proved very unwelcome to dwellers on the coast. A few districts received showers, but in the majority the weather was frosty,…
Continued on Trove, page 177 →A NATIONAL EXHIBITION. — The announcement that the Government has decided not to subsidise the proposed International Exhibition will no doubt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE month of July has been distinguished by very favourable weather. The rains have been moderate, but quite sufficient in quantity, and general; and crops of hay and wheat promise well. The unusually…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Clover increases in dry weight until the blossom in matured. The flea-beetle is said to be doing great damage to tobacco in certain Tennessee districts…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →THE second show of this society was held on August 1, at the show ground on the bank of the river, and was considered a decided success, it being the largest show ever held in the district. Notwithstanding there was a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] following tables have been prepared for the purpose of showing how far the tariff of charges for [?]ying wool on our different railway lines conforms to the principle of uniformity for equal distances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By Messrs. Mort and Co.—FFF, 2 bags skin at 4½, I greaso at 7¾d; > over A, 3 skin at 7d; RH over Calgossie, 1 bale grease at 9d, 1 pieces at 4½d; RXN over New England, 2 skin at 12¾d; YIL over RJR, 1 grease and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—In common with many sheep holders, I fear the mode of branding and ear-marking to be adopted under the recent "Diseases in Sheep Act," will not lead to beneficial results. In place of fire brands of various descriptions on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By Mr. Barker.—SH over B in diamond, 1 bale fleece wool at 17[?]d; PD over Whetstone, 2 washed at 14[?]d S, 1 mixed at 2[?]d; Glendon, 1 angora at 6d; O over B&R, 1 mixed at 4½d; L in diamond, 1 fleece at 9d; H&M over S…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ONE very striking instance of the careful breeding for wool by pedigree is furnished by the early records of the "Camden" merinoes, fortunately, I think, preserved to us through the remarkably…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The reports from the pastoral district prove that the middle of winter has been reached without any serious losses of live stock. The country in the far west still lacks moisture, but for 300 miles inland from the coast line there has been ample…
Continued on Trove, page 217 →Our Melbourne correspondent informs us, by telegraph, that on last Saturday a meeting of Riverina squatters was held, in Melbourne, in reference to the importation of sheep from Tasmania. Sir James M'Culloch presided, and after…
Continued on Trove, page 214 →Among the two score of agricultural societies which in this colony are subsidized by the State there are a few which devote attention only to the encouragement of live stock and breeding. Their prize lists…
Continued on Trove, page 214 →ON this head we find the following report in the LIVE STOOK JOURNAL of May 17:—"During the past month 83 sheep from Bremen, suffering from sheep-scab, and four from Hamburg and two from Rotterdam suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →THE animals of which Ave here give engravings are rising rapidly in favour with the breeders of America, and seem in every way suited for introduction to Australia. The American Agriculturist says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The manner in which the quarantine regulations are enforced, particularly in regard to the importation of sheep, says the Daily Telegraph of the 6th, was pretty freely discussed at the meeting of squatters at Scott's Hotel, on…
Continued on Trove, page 217 →A. BOSTON inventor (Mr. J. C. Wightman, son of exMayor Wightman), seems to have discovered the long-sought-for solution of the problem of shearing sheep by machinery, and his device has been…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →THE second show of this society was held on August 1, at the show ground on the bank of the river, and was considered a decided success, it being the largest show ever held in the district. Notwithstanding there was a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 215 →It is pleasing to find that the exposure of certain malpractices in wool-packing in these columns, and the firm stand made by several wool-buyers in this city, have exercised e very salutary effect on the wool trade of this port…
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