Pastoral Items
At Rocky Plain the country is very wet. There is every prospect of a fine spring and good lambing. The country around Tarcutta has always been unequalled for its grazing capacities; it now…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Farming & the land, 1879
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The Fifth Pastoral
HIS Grace Archbishop Vaughan has just issued his fifth Pastoral. He quotes pungent statements made entirely by members of the Protestant faith against secular education. The following are the loading…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Sales
The sales in connection with, the International Show of sheep and swine commenced yesterday morning at 11. Mr. Abbott, for Mort and Co., was the first to occupy the rostrum, and the merino sheep of Mr. James…
Continued on Trove, page 610 →Agricultural Pastoral Forthcoming Shows
Glendaruel, Beckworth, Clunes, Eglinton, Victoria, and Glengower Agricultural Society.—At Clunes (National Show), October 23 and 24. General Show National Agricultural Society of Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 602 →Cattle Sale Yards
AS one of the original advocates for the establishment of a proper live meat market near the metropolis. I cannot tell bow unwillingly I approach the now threatened subject once and again; for it has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Shearing Contest
The following were the prize-winners at the sheep shearing yesterday:—T. W. Short, Bathurst, time 41 minutes, 1st (silve medal and watch)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather—Agricultural and Pastoral
The first half of the past week was remarkable for the sultriness of its weather, the temperature as shown in the table published in another column being more that of summer than spring. Wednesday brought a change, and…
Continued on Trove, page 610 →The Wool Market
LONDON, October 4.—The following are to-day's quotations:—Low free heavy greasy is selling at 6½d per lb; good medium ditto, 8½d; very good, 10½d to 11d;…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Jimbour Sheep at the International
THE success of the Jimbour sheep at the International Sheep Show at the Garden Palace last week, must have been exceedingly gratifying to the proprietor, the Hon. Joshua Peter B[?]ll, M.L.C., and in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Sheep Shearing at the Exhibition
The competitive sheep she[?] postponed from Thursday hast, took place, in the agricultural hall at the Exhibition, yesterday commencing at noon. There were 19 com[?] and it was arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Sales at the Exhibition
OWING to the state of the weather there was only a small attendance at Wednesday's sheep sales at the International Exhibition. Messrs. Treb[?]ck and Maiden, Hill, and Clark offered sovoral p[?]ns, but they…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Sheep at the International Show
The following letter, which we extract from the Sydney Morning Herald of the 6th instant, should be care perused by the sheep-breeders of this colony:— Sir,—You have said, and we all echo the sentiment, that…
Continued on Trove, page 602 →Weights of Fleeces of Exhibition Sheep
Since the awards were made in the sheep classes of the Exhibition nearly all the prize sheep and several others have been carefully shorn. An official report of the weights ill soon be published, with, we assume, some…
Continued on Trove, page 610 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wagga
In fat stock there is a good demand, for cattle, but for sheep inquiries are not so numerous as they were last week. For store cattle there is an improved demand. Good bullocks are worth 60s to 70a; [?] forward. Store Sheep:…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →A Rich Pastoral and Agricultural District. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Tenterfield
To the distant reader who has never been to the north in New South Wales I desire to convey a view of a rich pastoral and agricultural district, which probably he is entirely ignorant of; to the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Rust in Wheat. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
Sir,—I see by the papers that Mr. M'Ivor attributes the rust to spores. I beg to differ from so great an authority. As an old reaper I have seen a little of this pest. I reaped for Mr. F. His paddock was on the Lagoon, Campbell's…
Continued on Trove, page 603 →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 the journal…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Victorian Experiences of Small Flocks Upon Farms
Our inquiries regarding sheep husbandry upon farms line elicited much information of a satisfactory character, together with a great deal of a directly opposite nature. "Wherever the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Burrawang Farmers' Club
We learn from the Scrutineer that the Burrawang Farmers' Club and West Camden Agricultural Society, which was established at Burrawang early in March,last has since its foundation been making steady…
Continued on Trove, page 602 →Farm and Garden. Pigs and Their Management. (Concluded.)
THE Essex pig really is a party-coloured animal with white shoulders, long nose and legs, are great breeders, and good growers, when young. Lord Western…
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