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The annual show of the Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held to-day on the new ground. The weather was fine, and the attendance excellent, notwithstanding the numerous shows lately held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 617 →THE good management of the seed and of the land, which must be adapted to the culture, is necessary to maintain the character and purity of an improved variety of wheat, just as much as it is with…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The experience of a Victorian farmer with shriveled grain as seed, as related in the Leader, is quite at variance with all preconceived ideas regarding the selection of seed wheat. He writes:—"Having always seen it…
Continued on Trove, page 614 →Sir,—Some time since the Chief Inspector of Stock allotted different earmarks to the owners of sheep in New South Wales, with a view chiefly, I presume, of lessening the crime of sheep stealing now so lamentably prevalent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →[We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of lands, crops, or stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →HYCY rather resembled his father in lineaments of his face, and was, consequently, considered handsome. He was about the middle size, and remarkably well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The showers which fell at the close of last week in several districts did great service, and the farms in nearly all localities are in first-class condition. Indeed it may be said that the autumn promises to be just as favourable to…
Continued on Trove, page 617 →In America for the greater part the work of dairying is now carried out most scientifically. The rule of thumb fashions hare long since grown unpopular, or have been banished by the culture which several…
Continued on Trove, page 614 →COMPLAINTS have of late been prevalent of valuable milking cows staggering, falling, and dying quite suddenly shortly after calving. The better the milker, it seems, the more danger of her loss. It is probably…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The southern portion of the park, as usual, presents a most attractive appearance, and the display of cattle which it bears may be fairly stated as equal to any which has been brought forth since the Agricultural Society chose the park…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the wool soction the exhibits generally were very poor compared with those of former years, and the judges deemed no collection worthy of a champion prize. The general inferiority of the exhibits in the section was doubtless owing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the present occasion as on most otheis, the display of exhibits, in this section is not equal to what might be looked for at the great Metropolitan Agricultural Show of the colony. At many of the country exhibitions a much more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The champion prize for the best male Devon, as nearly all persons who visited the section expected, was awarded to the imported bull—Mr.T.Yeo's Duke of Flitton 14th— which was picked from the Davy herd, now Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There was a very fair show of wool. The number of entries was 48, and all, the entries were forward Mr. E. W. Pitts, of Dry Creele, South Australia, is the principal prize-taker, being awarded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Autumn has brought weather favourable to the agriculturists and graziers of the colony. Rain has fallen in several districts during the past fortnight, and the reports from nearly all localities are highly satisfactory. The grass…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The reports from the pastoral districts are quite as cheerful as those from the principal agricultural centres. There is grass in abundance, but the state of the markets for fat and store stock is such that graziers do not regard the…
Continued on Trove, page 665 →The country along the Macquarie from the Minore to the Marshes looks magnificent, especially back from the road, and, as a consequence, stock of all kinds look in rare condition. On the Castlereagh and…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The display of cattle was quite equal to any which has been displayed on the Society’s grounds. Although the number was not quite so large, it may be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN extensive dairyman of Central New York saye that the food required merely for the support of the animal is equal to above two per cent, of her weight per day, and this does not allow for her yielding a…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Thissection consists of 222 entries, under the different headings of Durhams and shorthorns, Herefords and Devons; and though I miss from the list of exhibitors several leading breeders, who have generally been to…
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