The Canadian Cattle Imports
Mr. Dyke, the Canadian Government agent at Liverpool, reports that 1243 bowes, 32,155 head of fat cattle, 62,461 sheep, and 1798 pips, have been exported from Canada to Greet Britain via…
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The Weather—agricultural and Pastoral
Autumn has opened with warm and dry weather, the temperature of the past few days being many degrees higher than that of the last weeks of summer. Few faults can be found with the condition of the country, either by…
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A sale has been effected this morning of 60,000 bushels of wheat at 4s lOd, for shipment to England by the Salisbury. There is nothing doing in flour…
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As predicted by us some months ago, autumn is proving a good season for pastoralists. Indeed, we do not remember any year which permitted more satisfactory reports to be circulated anent water and grass than the present…
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Messrs. Griffiths and Weaver report having sold the Morrill Creek station, Lachlan distriot, N.S.W., with 16,200 sheep, 3390 acres of purchased land, plant, &c, for the lump sum of £20,000, on account…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →South Australian Wheat Crop. ADELAIDE
The agricultural statistics for last season show that 1,305,851 acres were placed under wheat this year, as compared with 1,103,046 acres during the previous year. The produce this year has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. HOMEBUSH
Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—Stations: We note sale during week of pastoral property in Western districts at what are considered satisfactory ligures. The inquiry is still limited, owing to unsatisfactory state of money…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Fat Cattle of Smithfield
IT is stated that more than 100,000 persona attended the recent Fat Cattle Show of the Smithfield Club"from the heir apparent to the humblest visitor who could scrape up a shilling to pay at the turnstiles."…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Canadian Cattle Imports
Mr. Dyke, the Canadian Government agent at Liverpool, reports that 1243 horses, 32,155 head of fat cattle, 62,461 sheep, and 1798 pigs, have been exported from Canada to Great Britain via…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Cheese Factories and Butter Makers
From correspondents on the Southern coast we learn that the dairymen of Illawarra do not evince a strong inclination to meet the views of Mr. Holden in regard to the manufacture of cheese. Mr. Holden is the master of a…
Continued on Trove, page 494 →The Tattoo Mark in Sheep
The following letter from Mr. Montague Rothery to the Chief Inspector of Stock is published as illustrating the success of this mark:— "Sir,—According to promise I forward you particulars of…
Continued on Trove, page 495 →The Tatoo Mark on Sheep
WE gladly publish the following letter from Mr. Montague Rothery, as illustrating the success of this mark:[COPY.]…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Red Rust in Wheat
Our agriculturists although too well acquainted with the effects of red rust in wheat, are still, as are the agriculturists of all countries, unacquainted with the causes which lead to its presence. A vigorous effort to solve this enigma was…
Continued on Trove, page 494 →Colonial Wool Merchants Association
The following information has been forwarded to us by the hon. secretary to the Colonial Wool Merchants Association:— "118, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Drafting Yards. To the Editor
SIR,—Many Inquiries having been made through youf columns for information regardiug suitable plans upon which to construct sheep drafting yards, I beg to submit the accompanying rough sketch of a system of yards I…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Pastoral Letter of the Right Reverend Dr. Murray
THE following passages are taken from a pastoral letter just issued by his Lordship the Bishop of Maitland:— JAMES BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND OF THE…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Mort and Co.'s Monthly Wool and Produce Circular
Wool.—The quantity received since we wrote on the 19th ultimo has bean very limited compared with the receipts during a corresponding time in previous seasons, and as the warehouses are now almost empty, a fair estimate can be…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Farmers' Grievances
Some weeks ago a number of the farmers west and south of Sydney, feeling that certain practices, such as that of charging producers the cartage of their stuff from the Sydney railway station after it had been sold, and that of not having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ostrich Hunting and Farming in South Africa
Our illustration of ostrich-hunting in South Africa makes some demand upon faith. One of the birds, it will be observed, has already fallen to the hunter's arrow. Another has, from the depths of his consciousness, evolved the idea…
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