The Wool Sales
LONDON, August 14.—The attendance of both home and foreign buyers at the wool sales is large. For merino prices are slightly lower, but are well maintained. Crossbreds have slightly given way…
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Our Cattle and their Merits
THE islands forming the British group have in times gone by been surprisingly fertile in the production of distinct breeds of cattle, each of which is now famous —all over the world, we had almost said—for some…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Show. Hay
The following are the awards made in the various sections at the Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Show:—Horses.—Entire draught horse—First, W. Herriott; second, Mr. Mills. Mare of the draught breed—First. Mr. Spry…
Continued on Trove, page 256 →The London Wool Sales
LONDON, August 12.—The wool sales opened to-night. The catalogue comprised 39,000 bales of New South Wales and Queensland wools, 2590 Victorian, 1681 New Zealand, and 1120 Tasmanian…
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LONDON, August 12.—The number of bales to be offered at the present series is 320,759. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers is moderate. Prices at the opening were without…
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WOOL AND SHEEPSKINS.—Cablegrams respecting the opening of the London August and September sales have been received. The quantity available will be about 340,000 bales, and it is reported that at the…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →The Grazier. Sheep for the International
BY the French war steamer Rhin, which arrived in harbour on the 4th instant, have come some French merino sheep for exhibition at the International Show, and they were placed in quarantine…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Persecution of Protestants. Vaughan's Pastoral Translated Into Spanish
Spain is hard ground for Protestants. It appears that although the Spanish Government at the present moment are taking no additional stops, what they have done already, through…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forbes Pastoral and Agricultural Show. (By Electric Telegraph.)
FORBES, Thursday.—The pastoral and agricultural show has been fairly successful, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather. Messrs. Burcher and Strickland took the chief prizes for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. Albury
The annual exhibition of the Albury and Border Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Society was held to-day, and proved to be the best gathering that has taken place since the inauguration of the society…
Continued on Trove, page 256 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Deniliquin
The fat crossings for the Victorian markets were: On Sunday—1900 sheep, Campbell's, to Campbell and Co.; 4500, Tyson's, divided, to Gibson and Co. and Walker and Co; 2200 from Benenenbah, to Ryan and Hammond; 50…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →The Cultivator. Rust in Wheat
THE Victorian Secretary of Agriculture has presented the following report to the Minister of Lands on the subject of rust in wheat and the best means of prevention:—…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Lecture by Rev. J. Jefferis, Ll.b., on the Late Pastoral
The Rev. J. Jefferis, said:-- I have to set myself, to-night, against the mandates which of late have been published by the Roman Catholic hierarchy, it is not" because they issue from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Singleton Pastoral and Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singleton
The number of entries for the Singleton Show is larger than on any previous occasion, there being upwards of 1400. It will be a splendid exhibition, especially in draught horses, fat cattle, poultry, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Proposed Cattle Sale Yards. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—A great deal of interest has lately been taken, since the report of the Commission upon the slaughter-houses upon Globe Island, as to the best manner of supplying the metropolitan market with wholesome beef and mutton, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm Notes
[We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops, and stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Farming Implements for the Exhibition
Mr. Hugh Lennon (says the Melbourne Age), one of our largest manufacturers, exhibited recently a number of agricultural implements and other farming machinery, which he is about to send to the Sydney Exhibition. His display…
Continued on Trove, page 254 →Farm and Garden. the Horse’s Foot, and How to Keep It Healthy
IN the foregoing remarks I have endeavoured to describe, as succinctly and clearly as the space alloted me would permit, the elementary structure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Breeder's Opinion on Dairy Cows
AN American breeder (William Crosier), after a tour in which he had visited various dairy farmers and breeders, and who seems to be a regular contributor, winds up an article in the RURAL NEW YORKER in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Hop-crop
LONDON, August 13.—It is believed the hop crop will be a hopeless failure. WALGETT, Thursday. The Barwon and Namoi are in high flood. The…
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